home music artists Decca & Philips Worldwide | Help | Contact | Terms of Use
new releases concerts features      

The Weller Quartet
Soundtracks
DVDs
Composers
Genre
Themes
Series
  Search our Catalogue
 
  Detailed Search
ARTIST
The Weller Quartet

WORKS
Decca Recordings 1964-1970
CATALOGUE NUMBER
475 6796 7 DC8
     


TRACKLISTING
CD 1
1-4: Haydn: String Quartet, op.33 no.1 in B minor, HIII:37
5-8 String Quartet, op.33 no.2 in E flat major, HIII:38
9-12 String Quartet, op.33 no.3 in C major, HIII:39
13-17 String Quartet, op.1 no.3 in D major, HIII:3

CD 2
1-4: Haydn: String Quartet, op.33 no.4 in B flat major, HIII:40
5-8 String Quartet, op.33 no.5 in G major, HIII:41· 9-12 String Quartet, op.33 no.6 in D major, HIII:42
13-14 String Quartet, op.103 in B flat major, HIII:83

CD 3

1-4 Beethoven: String Quartet in E flat major, op.74 “Harp”*
5-8 String Quartet in F minor, op.95 “Serioso”*

CD 4
Beethoven: String Quartet in E flat major, op.127*
5-7 Dittersdorf: String Quartet No.5 in E flat major*
8-10 Vanhal: String Quartet in F major*

CD 5
1-4 Mozart: String Quartet in D major, K575 “Prussian No.1”*
5-8 String Quartet in F major, K590 “Prussian No.3”*
9-11 String Quartet in G major, K156*

CD 6
1-4 Brahms: String Quartet in C minor, op.51 no.1*
5-8 String Quartet in A minor, op.51 no.2*

CD 7
1-4 Schubert: String Quintet in C major, D956
5 Quartettsatz in C minor, D703

CD 8
1-2 Berg: String Quartet, op.3*
3-6 Shostakovich: String Quartet No.10 in A flat major, op.118*

* First international release on CD


RECORDING INFORMATION
The Weller String Quartet was founded by Viennese-born Walter Weller in 1959. Weller was born on 30 November 1939 and played in the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra from 1956 and from 1961-69 he was leader of the Vienna Philharmonic and the Staatsoper orchestra. He began his conducting career in 1966 and has held appointments with a number of orchestras including the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. As a conductor he had made a number of recordings for Decca including the complete Prokofiev Symphonies, Bartók Piano Concertos (with Pascal Rogé), and Rachmaninov Symphonies.

The Weller Quartet recordings in this Original Masters release comprise all the recordings made for Decca between 1964 and 1970. With the exception of the Haydn and Schubert works all of the recordings are receiving first international CD releases. The range of repertory performed by the Weller Quartet is perfectly illustrated across these eight CDs — from the Viennese classics through to twentieth-century works and their recording of Shostakovich’s 10th Quartet was first heard in the West through this premiere recording.

To see all Original Masters go to the homepage at www.deccaclassics.com/originalmasters.
Home | Music | Artists | New Releases | Concerts | Features | Decca & Philips Worldwide