Works from early 20th-century Austrian composers Alban Berg and Anton Webern are prefaced by a rare Liszt miniature that “conveys the influence of Wagner down to the pupils of Arnold Schoenberg” (Chicago Tribune), like Berg and Webern.

From Charles Shere’s liner notes: “Both intellectual and sensual… This music is the shore of a quiet sea, beginning at our feet and stretching to the unknown – beginning within reach, but leading to mysterious distance. The music is often fixed on love and death, and it begins in dream.”

SELECT CREDITS

Kronos Quartet
David Harrington, violin
John Sherba, violin
Hank Dutt, viola
Joan Jeanrenaud, cello

with
Aki Takahashi, piano
Marcella DeCray, harp