Browse: Berg (composer), String Quartets
This page lists all recordings composed by Alban Berg (1885–1935).
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Infinite Voyage
RecommendedBarbara Hannigan (soprano), Bertrand Chamayou (piano)
Emerson String Quartet
Much the finest experience comes in Schoenberg’s quartet, where the Emerson Quartet ’s playing masterfully combines forensic technical precision and expressive warmth. And Hannigan’s identif... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th September 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2023, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Berg: Violin Concerto & Lyric Suite
RecommendedLouis Krasner, Galimir String Quartet
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Anton Webern
The strong emotions that soloist and conductor doubtless felt within six months of the composer's death ensure that there is more than enough raw and authentic feeling to counter any purely technical... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Collection
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Building a Library, October 2004, Historic Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1991, Winner - Historic non-vocal
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Berg: String Quartet – Webern: Langsamer Satz – Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 2
RecommendedHeath Quartet, Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
The Heath Quartet convey the [Schoenberg’s] often intimate intensity with great sensitivity, and Carolyn Sampson’s warm lyricism is ideal both in the forward-looking finale, and in the slow movement... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th July 2022
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assurance and engagement are fully evident here, and it's not just in the response to the variety of tone and timbre asked for, but in the care over intonation - always a potential problem in... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2015, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, November 2018, Also Recommended
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2015, Winner - Musique de Chambre
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This is an outstanding performance of Berg's Lyric Suite. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2015, Chamber Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Chamber
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The Minettis show a marked aff inity for the soundworld of 20th-century string quartet repertoire, rising to the Berg’s tortured passion and performing with characterful range and versatility... — More…
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The opening account of Schumann’s best known quartet, Op 41 No 3 in A minor, gives a good sense of the warmth and immediacy of Quartet Gerhard’s playing, but it’s Berg’s Lyric Suite that shows... — More…
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Building a Library, January 2019, Also Recommended
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Schoenberg, Berg & Webern: Complete Works for String Quartet
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto)
Quatuor Diotima
The extreme refinement and minutely focused intensity, in recordings to match, make the Webern a singularly beautiful, if somewhat unsettling experience. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2016, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Chamber
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