The members of the Alban Berg Quartett learned and refined their art at the very heart of the Viennese musical tradition. They have recorded twice Beethoven's Complete String Quartets, the first time in studio from 1978 to 1983 at the Evangelische Kirche in Seon (Switzerland), and the second time at concerts in June 1989, at the Mozart-Saal of the Konzerthaus in Vienna (Austria). This second version is offered for the very first time in a vinyl clamshell box and as a limited edition.In these transcendent live performances, the ABQ rise to the challenge of the complex and ambitious works that stand at the summit of the chamber repertoire. To their trademark Polish, finesse and intellectual penetration, the ABQ adds, where appropriate, a wildness and dangerous energy that is both exciting and characteristically Beethovenian.

Tracklist:

String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18 No. 1: I. Allegro con brio (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18 No. 1: II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18 No. 1: III. Scherzo. Allegro molto (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18 No. 1: IV. Allegro (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18 No. 2: I. Allegro (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18 No. 2: II. Adagio cantabile - Allegro (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18 No. 2: III. Scherzo. Allegro (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18 No. 2: IV. Allegro molto quasi presto (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18 No. 5: I. Allegro (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18 No. 5: II. Menuetto (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18 No. 5: III. Andante cantabile (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18 No. 5: IV. Allegro (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18 No. 6: I. Allegro con brio (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18 No. 6: II. Adagio ma non troppo (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18 No. 6: III. Scherzo. Allegro (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18 No. 6: IV. La Malinconia. Adagio - Allegretto quasi allegro (Live at Konzerthaus, W
String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59 No. 3 "Razumovsky": I. Introduzione. Andante con moto - Allegro vivace (Live at Konzerth
String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59 No. 3 "Razumovsky": II. Andante con moto quasi allegretto (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI
String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59 No. 3 "Razumovsky": III. Menuetto. Grazioso (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59 No. 3 "Razumovsky": IV. Allegro molto (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95 "Quartetto serioso": I. Allegro con brio (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95 "Quartetto Serioso": II. Allegretto ma non troppo (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95 "Quartetto Serioso": III. Allegro assai vivace, ma serioso (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien,
String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95 "Quartetto serioso": IV. Larghetto espressivo - Allegretto agitato (Live at Konzerthaus
String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: I. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, 1989)
String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: II. Presto (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, 1989)
String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: III. Andante con moto ma non troppo (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, 1989)
String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: IV. Alla danza tedesca. Allegro assai (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, 1989)
String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: V. Cavatina. Adagio molto espressivo (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: VI. Finale. Allegro (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, 1989)
String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18 No. 3: I. Allegro (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18 No. 3: II. Andante con moto (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18 No. 3: III. Allegro (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18 No. 3: IV. Presto (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18 No. 4: I. Allegro ma non tanto (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18 No. 4: II. Scherzo. Andante scherzoso quasi allegretto (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.19
String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18 No. 4: III. Menuetto. Allegretto (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18 No. 4: IV. Allegro (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: I. Maestoso - Allegro (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, 1989)
String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: II. Adagio ma non troppo e molto cantabile (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, 1989)
String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: III. Scherzando vivace (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, 1989)
String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: IV. Finale (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, 1989)
String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59 No. 2 "Razumovsky": I. Allegro (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59 No. 2 "Razumovsky": II. Molto adagio (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59 No. 2 "Razumovsky": III. Allegretto (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59 No. 2 "Razumovsky": IV. Finale. Presto (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: I. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, 1989)
String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: II. Allegro molto vivace (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, 1989)
String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: III. Allegro moderato (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, 1989)
String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: IV. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, 1989)
String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: V. Presto (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, 1989)
String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, 1989)
String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: VII. Allegro (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, 1989)
String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59 No. 1 "Razumovsky": I. Allegro (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59 No. 1 "Razumovsky": II. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien
String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59 No. 1 "Razumovsky": III. Adagio molto e mesto (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59 No. 1 "Razumovsky": IV. ThÃ¨me russe. Allegro (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74 "Harp": I. Poco adagio - Allegro (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74 "Harp": II. Adagio ma non troppo (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74 "Harp": III. Presto (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74 "Harp": IV. Allegretto con variazioni (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, VI.1989)
String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: I. Assai sostenuto - Allegro (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, 1989)
String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: II. Allegro ma non tanto (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, 1989)
String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: III. Molto adagio (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, 1989)
String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: IV. Alla Marcia, assai vivace (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, 1989)
String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: V. Finale. Allegro appasionato (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, 1989)
String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135: I. Allegretto (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, 1989)
String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135: II. Vivace (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien, 1989)
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UPC: 5054197604966
Label: Warner Classics
Release Date: 4.12.24
Format: Vinyl Record

Alban Berg - Beethoven: Complete String Quartets (1989 Live [LP]