String Quartets by Viera Janárčeková, Márton Illés and Lisa Streich

They like to think big: with “Insights,” the highly acclaimed recording of Arnold Schönberg’s complete string quartets for the GENUIN label, the Asasello Quartet has created a monument for itself and laid the foundation for an even larger project. For the several-part album and concert cycle “Orbit Schönberg,” the Asasello Quartet has now commissioned works from the renowned composers Lisa Streich, Márton Illés and Viera Janárceková. Each of these works complements and reacts in a unique way to a string quartet by Schönberg as well as that of a Schönberg predecessor (Beethoven, Brahms, Reger). The exceptional ensemble records the fascinating result on its new GENUIN album “Insights to-morrow.”