artist:Alban Berg Quartet 3 notes
The Alban Berg Quartet's recordings of the complete Lyric Suite and Berg quartets reveal extraordinary transparency and emotional depth through meticulous attention to balance, intonation, and tonal color.
Apr 4
Bartók: String Quartets Complete
Alban Berg Quartet · 1987 Spin it Again - Four Hungarians handed six quartets to four Austrians and the result is the kind of cold precision that makes you stop arguing about which recording is definitive.
 decade:1980s
Apr 4
Beethoven: The Middle String Quartets
Alban Berg Quartet · 1981 Spin it Again - The Alban Berg Quartet in 1981, playing Opp. 59 and 74 like they had the rest of their lives to get it right and somehow still finished on time.
 decade:1980s
Apr 4
Beethoven: The Late String Quartets
Alban Berg Quartet · 1983 Spin it Again - Four Vienna guys in 1983 who had clearly lived inside these quartets long enough to stop proving anything and just play them straight.
 decade:1980s