V / A : Complete Recordings (Alban Berg Quartett)

Alban Berg Quartett, Amadeus Ensemble, Alfred Brendel (piano), Rudolf Buchbinder (piano), Philippe Entremont (piano), Per Arne Glorvigen (bandoneon), Georg Hortnagel (double bass), Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano), Heinz Medjimorec (piano), Sabine Meyer (clarinet), Alfred Mitterhofer (harmonium), Ernst Ottensamer (clarinet), Alois Posch (double bass), Heinrich Schiff (cello), Hariolf Schlichtig (viola), Wolfgang Schulz (flute), Markus Wolf (viola)

Kompletní edice nahrávek legendárního vídeňského smyčcového kvarteta, založeného roku 1970 a fungujícího kontinuálně až do roku 2008. Od roku 1981 po dalších 25 let měl Alban Berg Quartett stabilní obsazení ve složení Günter Pichler, Gerhard Schulz, Thomas Kakuska a Valentin Erben. Kolekce obsahuje více než 100 děl od 28 skladatelů v širokém časovém záběru od klasicismu až po konec 20. století. I když je zde velký důraz pochopitelně kladený na rakousko-německou školu a skladatele jako Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn a Brahms, zkrátka nepřicházejí ani francouzští, ruští, maďarští nebo čeští autoři včetně našeho Dvořáka a Smetany. V úloze hostů tu
navíc participuje i řada dalších špičkových instrumentalistů, jako např. klavíristé Elisabeth Leonskaja a Alfred Brendel, klarinetistka Sabine Meyer nebo violoncellista Heinrich Schiff. Bez jakéhokoli přehánění můžeme konstatovat, že podobně rozsáhlá edice (celý komplet obsahuje 62 CD a 8 DVD), věnovaná jednomu specifickému smyčcovému kvartetu, dosud nevyšla.

Tracklist:

1. Berg: String Quartet, Op. 3
2. Berg: Lyric Suite – for string quartet (1926)
3. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 74 No. 3 in G minor ‘The Rider’
4. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 3 in C major ‘Emperor’
5. Schubert: String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D804 ‘Rosamunde’
6. Schubert: String Quartet No. 9 in G minor, D173
7. Webern: Five movements for String Quartet, Op. 5 (1909)
8. Webern: Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9 (1911-1913)
9. Webern: String Quartet, Op. 28 (1937-38)
10. Haubenstock-Ramati: String Quartet No. 1 ‘Mobile’
11. Urbanner: String Quartet No. 3
12. Dvorák: String Quartet No. 13 in G major, Op. 106 (B192)
13. Brahms: String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51 No. 1
14. Brahms: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2
15. Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 in B flat major, Op. 67
16. Mozart: Six Quartets dedicated to Haydn (Quartets 14-19)
17. Mozart: String Quartet No. 20 in D major, K499 ‘Hoffmeister’
18. Mozart: String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K575 ‘Prussian No. 1’
19. Mozart: String Quartet No. 22 in B flat major, K589 ‘Prussian No. 2’
20. Mozart: String Quartet No. 23 in F Major, K590 ‘Prussian No. 3’
21. Beethoven: String Quartets Nos. 1-16 (complete, inc. Grosse Fuge)
22. Schubert: String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D887
23. Schubert: String Quintet in C major, D956
24. Bartók: String Quartets Nos. 1-6
25. Stravinsky: Three Pieces for String Quartet
26. Stravinsky: Concertino for String Quartet
27. Stravinsky: Double Canon (Raoul Dufy in memoriam)
28. Haubenstock-Ramati: String Quartet No. 2
29. Einem: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 45
30. Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
31. Alban Berg Quartett (string quartet)
32. Ravel: String Quartet in F major
33. Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D810 ‘Death and the Maiden’
34. Schubert: String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D804 ‘Rosamunde’
35. Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44
36. Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K465 ‘Dissonance’
37. Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D667 ‘The Trout’
38. Mozart: String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K515
39. Mozart: String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K516
40. Mozart: String Quartet No. 14 in G major, K387 ‘Spring’
41. Mozart: String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K421
42. Mozart: String Quartet No. 17 in B flat major, K458 ‘The Hunt’
43. Mozart: String Quartet No. 16 in E flat, K428
44. Mozart: String Quartet No. 18 in A Major, K464 ‘Drum’
45. Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K465 ‘Dissonance’
46. Mozart: String Quartet No. 20 in D major, K499 ‘Hoffmeister’
47. Mozart: String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K575 ‘Prussian No. 1’
48. Mozart: String Quartet No. 22 in B flat major, K589 ‘Prussian No. 2’
49. Mozart: String Quartet No. 23 in F Major, K590 ‘Prussian No. 3’
50. Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
51. Dvorák: Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81: Dumka
52. Brahms: String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36
53. Brahms: String Sextet No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 18 – Andante ma moderato
54. Beethoven: String Quartets Nos. 1-16 (complete, inc. Grosse Fuge)
55. Dvorák: String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 ‘American’
56. Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor ‘From My Life’
57. Brahms: String Sextet No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 18
58. Brahms: String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36: Scherzo
59. Rihm: String Quartet No. 4 (1980 / 81)
60. Schnittke: String Quartet No. 4 (1989)
61. Berg: String Quartet, Op. 3
62. Berg: Lyric Suite – for string quartet (1926)
63. Brahms: String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51 No. 1
64. Brahms: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2
65. Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 in B flat major, Op. 67
66. Lanner: Marien, Op. 143
67. Lanner: Steyrische Tänze, Op. 165
68. Strauss, J, I: Wiener Gemüths-Walzer, Op. 116
69. Strauss, J, I: Beliebte Annen – Polka Op. 137
70. Lanner: Die Werber Op. 103
71. Strauss, J, I: Eisele und Beisele Sprünge-Polka, Op. 202
72. Strauss, J, II: Schatz-Walzer, Op. 418
73. Strauss, J, II: Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333
74. Strauss, J, II: Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437
75. Janácek: String Quartet No. 1 ‘The Kreutzer Sonata’
76. Janácek: String Quartet No. 2 ‘Intimate Letters’
77. Dvorák: Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81
78. Lutoslawski: String Quartet
79. Urbanner: String Quartet No. 4 (1991-92)
80. Berio: Notturno (1993)
81. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 2 in D minor ‘Fifths’
82. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 3 in C major ‘Emperor’
83. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 4 in B flat major ‘Sunrise’
84. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 1 in G major
85. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 5 in D major
86. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 6 in E flat major
87. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 33 No. 3 in C major ‘The Bird’
88. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 77 No. 1 in G major
89. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 77 No. 2 in F major
90. Haydn: Andante cantabile from the Serenade Quartet in F
91. Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D810 ‘Death and the Maiden’
92. Schubert: String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, D87
93. Schubert: String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D887
94. Schubert: String Quartet No. 12 in C minor (fragment), D703 ‘Quartettsatz’
95. Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
96. Brahms: String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111
97. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K414
98. Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat major, K493
99. Dvorák: String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, Op. 51 (B92)
100. Dvorák: String Quartet No. 14 in A flat major, Op. 105 (B193)
101. Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 12
102. Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13
103. Piazzólla: Tango Sensations (5) for bandoneón ; string quartet
104. Arolas: El Marne
105. Cobián: Mi Refúgio
106. Caro: La Rayuela – Gran Tango Milonga – solo bandoneon
107. Schwertsik: Adieu Satie Op. 86
108. Piazzólla: Tristeza de un doble A