Works by: Alban Berg, Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert, Anton Webern, Antonín Dvorák, Johannes Brahms, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Béla Bartók, Igor Stravinsky, Claude Debussy, Robert Schumann, Bedřich Smetana, Wolfgang Rihm, Alfred Schnittke, Johann Strauss, Leoš Janáček, Witold Lutosławski, Luciano Berio, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, Gottfried von Einem Spanning repertoire from the Classical to the contemporary and some 30 years of the Alban Berg Quartett’s career, these recordings evince the achievement of an ensemble whose very name honours both the tradition and innovative musical spirit of its home city, Vienna. Founded in 1970, it soon became recognised as one of the defining quartets of the 20th century and went on to make two landmark recordings of the complete Beethoven cycle, the first in the studio, the second live at Vienna’s Konzerthaus (presented here in both CD and DVD versions). This 70-disc set, which in addition features DVDs of Schubert and a live performance in St Petersburg, also documents the Alban Berg Quartett’s collaborations with such artists as Sabine Meyer, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Alfred Brendel, Rudolf Buchbinder and Philippe Entremont. WORKS: Arolas: El Marne Bartók: String Quartets Nos. 1-6 Bartók: String Quartet No. 1, Sz 40 (Op. 7) Bartók: String Quartet No. 2, Sz 67 (Op. 17) Bartók: String Quartet No. 3, Sz 85 Bartók: String Quartet No. 4, Sz 91 Bartók: String Quartet No. 5, Sz 102 Bartók: String Quartet No. 6, Sz 114 Beethoven: String Quartets Nos. 1-16 (complete, inc. Grosse Fuge) Beethoven: Grosse Fuge in B flat major, Op. 133 Beethoven: String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18 No. 1 Beethoven: String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 18 No. 2 Beethoven: String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 18 No. 3 Beethoven: String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4 Beethoven: String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18 No. 5 Beethoven: String Quartet No. 6 in B flat major, Op. 18 No. 6 Beethoven: String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59 No. 1 'Rasumovsky No. 1' Beethoven: String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2 'Rasumovsky No. 2' Beethoven: String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59 No. 3 'Rasumovsky No. 3' Beethoven: String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, Op. 74 'Harp' Beethoven: String Quartet No. 11 in F minor Op. 95 'Serioso' Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major, Op. 127 Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130 Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131 Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 Beethoven: String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135 Berg: Lyric Suite - for string quartet (1926) Berg: String Quartet, Op. 3 Berio: Notturno (1993) Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 Brahms: String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51 No. 1 Brahms: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2 Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 in B flat major, Op. 67 Brahms: String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111 Brahms: String Sextet No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 18 Brahms: String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36 Brahms: String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36: Scherzo Caro: La Rayuela - Gran Tango Milonga - solo bandoneon Cobián: Mi Refúgio Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 Dvořák: Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81 Dvořák: Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81: Dumka Dvořák: String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, Op. 51 (B92) Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 'American' Dvořák: String Quartet No. 13 in G major, Op. 106 (B192) Dvořák: String Quartet No. 14 in A flat major, Op. 105 (B193) Einem: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 45 Haubenstock-Ramati: String Quartet No. 1 'Mobile' Haubenstock-Ramati: String Quartet No. 2 Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 33 No. 3 in C major ‘The Bird' Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 74 No. 3 in G minor 'The Rider' Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 1 in G major Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 2 in D minor 'Fifths' Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 3 in C major 'Emperor' Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 4 in B flat major 'Sunrise' Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 5 in D major Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 6 in E flat major Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 77 No. 1 in G major Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 77 No. 2 in F major Janáček: String Quartet No. 1 'The Kreutzer Sonata' Janáček: String Quartet No. 2 'Intimate Letters' Lanner: Die Werber Op. 103 Lanner: Marien, Op. 143 Lanner: Steyrische Tänze, Op. 165 Lutosławski: String Quartet Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 12 Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K414 Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat major, K493 Mozart: Six Quartets dedicated to Haydn (Quartets 14-19) Mozart: String Quartet No. 14 in G major, K387 'Spring' Mozart: String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K421 Mozart: String Quartet No. 16 in E flat, K428 Mozart: String Quartet No. 17 in B flat major, K458 'The Hunt' Mozart: String Quartet No. 18 in A Major, K464 'Drum' Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K465 'Dissonance' Mozart: String Quartet No. 20 in D major, K499 'Hoffmeister' Mozart: String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K575 'Prussian No. 1' Mozart: String Quartet No. 22 in B flat major, K589 'Prussian No. 2' Mozart: String Quartet No. 23 in F Major, K590 'Prussian No. 3' Mozart: String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K515 Mozart: String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K516 Piazzólla: Tango Sensations (5) for bandoneón & string quartet Piazzólla: Tristeza de un doble A Ravel: String Quartet in F major Rihm: String Quartet No. 4 (1980/81) Schnittke: String Quartet No. 4 (1989) Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D667 'The Trout' Schubert: String Quartet No. 9 in G minor, D173 Schubert: String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, D87 Schubert: String Quartet No. 12 in C minor (fragment), D703 ‘Quartettsatz' Schubert: String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D804 'Rosamunde' Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D810 'Death and the Maiden' Schubert: String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D887 Schubert: String Quintet in C major, D956 Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44 Schwertsik: Adieu Satie Op. 86 Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor 'From My Life' Strauss, J, I: Beliebte Annen - Polka Op. 137 Strauss, J, I: Eisele und Beisele Sprünge-Polka, Op. 202 Strauss, J, II: Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437 Strauss, J, II: Schatz-Walzer, Op. 418 Strauss, J, II: Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333 Strauss, J, I: Wiener Gemüths-Walzer, Op. 116 Stravinsky: Concertino for String Quartet Stravinsky: Double Canon (Raoul Dufy in memoriam) Stravinsky: Three Pieces for String Quartet Urbanner: String Quartet No. 3 Urbanner: String Quartet No. 4 (1991-92) Webern: Five movements for String Quartet, Op. 5 (1909) Webern: Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9 (1911-1913) Webern: String Quartet, Op. 28 (1937-38)