Berg, Alban: Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets (1989 Live recordings) (Vinyl LP)

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. 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 Wien VI.1989), String Quartet No. 9 in C Major Op. 59 No. 3 Razumovsky: I. Introduzione. Andante con moto - Allegro vivace (Live at Konzerthaus Wien VI.1989), String Quartet No. 9 in C Major Op. 59 No. 3 Razumovsky: II. Andante con moto quasi allegretto (Live at Konzerthaus Wien VI.1989), 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 VI.1989), String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor Op. 95 Quartetto serioso: IV. Larghetto espressivo - Allegretto agitato (Live at Konzerthaus Wien VI.1989), 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.1989), 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 VI.1989), 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. Thème 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), String Quartet No. 16 in F Major Op. 135: III. Lento assai cantante tranquillo (Live at Konzerthaus Wien 1989), String Quartet No. 16 in F Major Op. 135: IV. Grave ma non troppo tratto - Allegro (Live at Konzerthaus Wien 1989), Grosse Fuge in B-Flat Major Op. 133 (Live at Konzerthaus Wien 1989), Speech by Günter Pichler (Live at Konzerthaus Wien VI.1989), String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major Op. 130: V. Cavatina. Adagio molto espressivo (Live at Konzerthaus Wien VI.1989)