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Janácek - String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2

Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano)

Alban Berg Quartett

Live performances of the Janácek quartets, with a vehemence and rawness which seem try to the extreme emotions of the elderly composer. The Dvorák fill-up is lovely but irrelevant.

No digital booklet included

Contents

Janáček: String Quartet No. 1 'The Kreutzer Sonata'

Work length17:27
$5.20
$6.80
  • Alban Berg Quartett
  • Recorded: 1993-11-01
  • Recording Venue: 31 October & 1 November 1993: recorded live at the Mozartsaal, Konzerthaus, Vienna

I. Adagio - Con moto

Track length4:00
$1.30
$1.70

II. Con moto

Track length4:26
$1.30
$1.70

III. Con moto - Vivo - Andante

Track length3:46
$1.30
$1.70

IV. Con moto

Track length5:15
$1.30
$1.70

Janáček: String Quartet No. 2 'Intimate Letters'

Work length25:17
$5.20
$6.80
  • Alban Berg Quartett
  • Recorded: 1994-04-30
  • Recording Venue: 29/30 April 1994: recorded live at the Mozartsaal, Konzerthaus, Vienna

I. Andante

Track length6:01
$1.30
$1.70

II. Adagio

Track length5:39
$1.30
$1.70

III. Moderato

Track length5:29
$1.30
$1.70

IV. Allegro

Track length8:08
$1.30
$1.70

Dvořák: II. Dumka (Andante con moto)

Work length13:25
Album only
Album only
  • Alban Berg Quartett (string quartet), Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano)
  • Recorded: 1987-06-21
  • Recording Venue: 21 June 1987, live at Mozartsaal, Vienna