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Hommage - Alban Berg Quartett

Hommage - Alban Berg Quartett

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Prior to the start of the group's farewell tour in 2008, EMI released this five-disc set entitled ABQ -- Alban Berg Quartett -- Hommage.

In it are cherry-picked performances recorded between 1979 and 2000 from the Viennese quartet's wide-ranging catalog.

Naturally, the group's namesake's Lyric Suite is included along with two Beethoven recordings, one early, one late.

Partisans of the group have long asserted that the Alban Berg Quartet incarnated the deathless spirit of Viennese quartet playing.

But though its focused vibrato and supple tempo rubato do sometimes evoke the memory of Alt Wien, the linear intensity, individualistic ensemble, and unrelenting concentration comes directly from the group's career-long engagement with contemporary music.

Every work sounds utterly fresh in these performances, as if each were newly composed and this was its world premiere.

The player's passion can appear to threaten the music in passages of highest expressivity, but instead of going down in flames, the performances somehow transcend the merely great for the truly sublime.

It's amazing that this approach could work in such a wide range of repertoire, but the group pulls it off every time with performances as exciting as the best ever recorded.

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Title/Composers Performer Listen Time Size Size
1
Double Canon, for string quartet ("Raoul Dufy in Memoriam")
Igor Stravinsky
Alban Berg QuartetPlay01:243 MB0 MB
2
String Quartet No.8 In E, Op.59 No.2 'Rasumovsky': I. Allegro
Alban Berg QuartettPlay09:5822 MB0 MB
3
String Quartet No.8 In E, Op.59 No.2 'Rasumovsky': Iv. Finale (Presto)
Alban Berg QuartettPlay06:0013 MB0 MB
4
String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor, "From my life": I. Allegro vivo appassionato
Alban Berg QuartettPlay07:3117 MB0 MB
5
String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor, "From my life": II. Allegro moderato à la Polka
Alban Berg QuartettPlay05:5613 MB0 MB
6
String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor, "From my life": III. Largo sostenuto
Alban Berg QuartettPlay08:4720 MB0 MB
7
String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor, "From my life": IV. Vivace
Alban Berg QuartettPlay06:0113 MB0 MB
8
Marien, Op.143
Alban Berg QuartettPlay08:2919 MB0 MB
9
Wiener Gemüths, Op.116
Alban Berg QuartettPlay06:4515 MB0 MB
10
Die Werber, Op.103
Alban Berg QuartettPlay08:2919 MB0 MB
11
String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91 (2002 Remastered Version): I. Allegro
Alban Berg QuartettPlay05:5913 MB0 MB
12
String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91 (2002 Remastered Version): II. Prestissimo, con sordino
Alban Berg QuartettPlay02:506 MB0 MB
13
String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91 (2002 Remastered Version): III. Non troppo lento
Alban Berg QuartettPlay05:2012 MB0 MB
14
String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91 (2002 Remastered Version): IV. Allegretto pizzicato
Alban Berg QuartettPlay02:546 MB0 MB
15
String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91 (2002 Remastered Version): V. Allegro molto
Alban Berg QuartettPlay05:3412 MB0 MB
16
Lyric Suite: I. Allegretto giovale
Alban Berg QuartettPlay03:036 MB0 MB
17
Lyric Suite: II. Andante amoroso
Alban Berg QuartettPlay05:3912 MB0 MB
18
Lyric Suite for String Quartet: III. Allegro misterioso - Trio estatico
Alban Berg QuartetPlay03:137 MB0 MB
19
Lyric Suite: IV. Adagio appassionato
Alban Berg QuartettPlay05:1912 MB0 MB
20
Lyric Suite: V. Presto delirando
Alban Berg QuartettPlay04:3010 MB0 MB
21
Lyric Suite: VI. Largo desolato
Alban Berg QuartettPlay05:2812 MB0 MB
22
String Quartet in C major, Op. 76 No. 3 "Emperor": II. Poco adagio - Cantabile (Thema) -
Alban Berg QuartettPlay01:112 MB0 MB
23
String Quartet in C major, Op. 76 No. 3 "Emperor": Variation I -
Alban Berg QuartettPlay01:072 MB0 MB
24
String Quartet in C major, Op. 76 No. 3 "Emperor": Variation IV -
Alban Berg QuartettPlay01:454 MB0 MB
25
String Quartet in C major, Op. 76 No. 3 "Emperor": Variation III -
Alban Berg QuartettPlay01:112 MB0 MB
26
String Quartet in C major, Op. 76 No. 3 "Emperor": III. Menuetto (Allegro)
Alban Berg QuartettPlay04:2610 MB0 MB
27
String Quartet No. 20 in D Major, K. 499 "Hoffmeister": II. Menuetto. Allegretto
Alban Berg QuartettPlay02:536 MB0 MB
28
String Quartet No. 20 in D Major, K. 499 "Hoffmeister": IV. Allegro
Alban Berg QuartettPlay08:0018 MB0 MB
29
String Quartet in F Major, Op. 3 No. 5: II. Andante cantabile "Serenade" (Formerly Attributed to Haydn as Hob. III:17)
Alban Berg QuartettPlay05:2112 MB0 MB
30
String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135: I. Allegretto (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
Alban Berg QuartettPlay06:1914 MB0 MB
31
String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135: II. Vivace (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
Alban Berg QuartettPlay03:207 MB0 MB
32
String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135: III. Lento assai, cantante tranquillo (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
Alban Berg QuartettPlay08:2719 MB0 MB
33
String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135: IV. Grave ma non troppo tratto - Allegro (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
Alban Berg QuartettPlay07:0216 MB0 MB
34
String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59 No. 1 "Razumovsky": I. Allegro
Alban Berg QuartettPlay09:3321 MB0 MB
35
String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59 No. 1 "Razumovsky": II. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando
Alban Berg QuartettPlay08:4420 MB0 MB
36
String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59 No. 1 "Razumovsky": III. Adagio molto e mesto
Alban Berg QuartettPlay12:5629 MB0 MB
37
String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59 No. 1 "Razumovsky": IV. Thème russe. Allegro
Alban Berg QuartettPlay08:2119 MB0 MB
38
String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 13: Adagio - Allegro vivace
Alban Berg QuartettPlay07:4117 MB0 MB
39
String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 13: Adagio non lento
Alban Berg QuartettPlay06:3815 MB0 MB
40
String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 13: Intermezzo (Allegretto con moto - Allegro di molto)
Alban Berg QuartettPlay04:2910 MB0 MB
41
String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 13: Presto
Alban Berg QuartettPlay09:1721 MB0 MB
42
String Quartet No. 2, 'Intimate Letters': I. Andante
Alban Berg QuartettPlay06:0113 MB0 MB
43
String Quartet No. 2, 'Intimate Letters': II. Adagio
Alban Berg QuartettPlay05:3912 MB0 MB
44
String Quartet No. 2, 'Intimate Letters': III. Moderato
Alban Berg QuartettPlay05:2912 MB0 MB
45
String Quartet No. 2, 'Intimate Letters': IV. Allegro
Alban Berg QuartettPlay08:0818 MB0 MB
46
String Quartet, M. 35: I. Allegro moderato - Très doux
Alban Berg QuartettPlay07:4017 MB0 MB
47
String Quartet, M. 35: II. Assez vif - Très rythmé
Alban Berg QuartettPlay06:5115 MB0 MB
48
String Quartet, M. 35: III. Très lent
Alban Berg QuartettPlay09:2021 MB0 MB
49
String Quartet, M. 35: IV. Vif et agité
Alban Berg QuartettPlay04:5411 MB0 MB
50
String Quartet No. 4: I. Agitato allegro - Alla marcia, allegro ma non troppo
Alban Berg QuartettPlay06:1114 MB0 MB
51
String Quartet No. 4: II. Con moto, allegro - Andante - Allegro molto
Alban Berg QuartettPlay06:5715 MB0 MB
52
String Quartet No. 4: III. Adagio
Alban Berg QuartettPlay06:4915 MB0 MB
53
String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, Op. 161, D. 887: II. Andante un poco moto
Alban Berg QuartettPlay12:2128 MB0 MB
54
String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, Op. 161, D. 887: III. Scherzo (Allegro vivace) - Trio (Allegretto)
Alban Berg QuartettPlay06:5815 MB0 MB
55
String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, Op. 161, D. 887: IV. Allegro assai
Alban Berg QuartettPlay10:3324 MB0 MB
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Artist Job
1
Alban Berg Quartet
Primary Artist, String Quartet
2
Gerd Berg
Producer
3
Richard Bradburn
Compilation Producer
4
John Fraser
Producer
5
Eckhardt van den Hoogen
Liner Note Translation
6
Sabine Keck
Photography
7
Hilmar Kerp
Balance Engineer, Editing
8
Johann-Nikolaus Matthes
Balance Engineer, Producer
9
Tully Potter
Liner Notes
10
Peter Quantrill
Editing
11
Michel Roubinet
Liner Note Translation
12
Darren Rumney
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