Alban Berg Quartett - Music Of The Twentieth Century (1996)

Tracklist:

CD1: Alban Berg • Béla Bartók - [56:09]
Alban Berg (1885-1935)
Lyric Suite(1925/26)
1. I. Allegretto giovale
2. II. Andante amoroso
3. III. Allegro misterioso
4. IV. Adagio appassionato
5. V. Presto delirando
6. VI. Largo desolato
Recorded: IV.1992, Evangelische Kirche, Seon (Switzerland)
Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
String Quartet No.6 in D (1939)
7. I. Mesto - Vivace
8. II. Mesto - Marcia
9. III. Mesto - Murletta
10. IV. Mesto
Recorded: XII.1985, Evangelische Kirche, Seon (Switzerland)

CD2: Wolfgang Rihm • Альфред Шнитке - [57:33]
Wolfgang Rihm (*1952)
String Quartet No.4 (1981), Dedicated to the Alban Berg Quartett
1. I. Agitato, allegro - alla marcia, allegro ma non troppo
2. II. Con moto, allegro - andante - allegro molto
3. III. Adagio
Alfred Schnittke (*1934)
String Quartet No.4, Dedicated to the Alban Berg Quartett
4. I. Lento
5. II. Allegro
6. III. Lento
7. IV. Vivace
8. V. Lento

CD3: Игорь Стравинский • Roman Haubenstock-Ramati • Gottfried von Einem - [51:08]
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Three pieces for string quartet (1914)
1. No.1
2. No.2
3. No.3
4. Concertino for string quartet (1920)
5. Double Canon - Raoul Dufy in memoriam (1959)
Recorded: VI.1983, Evangelische Kirche, Seon (Switzerland)
Roman Haubenstock-Ramati (1919-1994)
String Quartet No.2 - In memoriam Christl Zimmerl (1977)
6. I. Bittersüß "weinerisch"
7. II. Ziemlich rasch
8. III. Kanon I
9. IV. Violente
10. V. Kanon II
11. VI. "Valse triste"
Recorded live: 30.I.1990, Mozart-Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna
Gottfried von Einem (*1918)
String Quartet No.1 (1976)
12. I. Allegro
13. II. Adagio molto
14. III. Moderato

CD4: Leoš Janáček - [43:30]
Leos Janacek (1954-1928)
String Quartet No.1 "after Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata" (1923)
1. I. Adagio - Con moto
2. II. Con moto
3. III. Con moto - Vivo - Andante
4. IV. Con moto
Recorded live: 31.X & 1.XI.1993, Mozart-Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna
String Quartet No.2 "Intimate Letters" (1928)
5. I. Andante
6. II. Adagio
7. III. Moderato
8. IV. Allegro