20th Century Masterpieces

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Album Summary

Performers

• Ernst Ottensamer (Clarinet)
• Wolfgang Schulz (Flute)
• Heinz Medjimorec (Piano)
• Per Glorvigen (Bandoneon)

Composers

• Leos Janácek (1854 - 1928)
• Astor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992)
• Gottfried von Einem (1918 - 1996)
• Arnold Schoenberg (1874 - 1951)
• Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)
• Witold Lutoslawski (1913 - 1994)
• Alfred Schnittke (1934 - 1998)
• Alban Berg (1885 - 1935)
• Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
• Roman Haubenstock-Ramati (1919 - 1994)
• Luciano Berio (1925 - 2003)

Notes & Reviews:

BBC Music Magazine
This generously filled three-disc set celebrates this the Alban Berg Quartet's implacable commitment towards promoting 20th-century repertory, plus works by Berio and Schnittke.

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Works Details

Schoenberg, Arnold : Transcription for string quartet, flute, clarinet & piano, of Johann Strauss' "Emperor Waltz"

• Performers: Ernst Ottensamer (Clarinet); Wolfgang Schulz (Flute); Heinz Medjimorec (Piano)
• Running Time: 10 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1925

Berg, Alban : Quartet for Strings Op. 3

• Running Time: 20 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1910

Leos Janácek (1854 - 1928) : Quartet for Strings no 1 "Kreutzer Sonata"

• Running Time: 17 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1923

Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945) : Quartet for Strings no 6, Sz 114

• Running Time: 28 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1939

Stravinsky, Igor : Pieces (3) for string quartet

• Running Time: 5 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1914

Stravinsky, Igor : Concertino, for string quartet

• Running Time: 6 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Chamber Music
• Written: 1920

Piazzolla, Astor : Five Tango Sensations, for bandoneón & string quartet (abridgement and arrangement of Sette sequenze

• Performer: Per Glorvigen (Bandoneon)
• Running Time: 15 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Chamber Music
• Written: 1990

Lutoslawski, Witold : String Quartet

• Running Time: 23 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1964

Haubenstock-Ramati, Roman : Quartet for Strings No 2 "In Memoriam Christl Zimmel"

• Running Time: 17 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Chamber Music

Einem, Gottfried von : Quartet for Strings no 1, Op. 45

• Running Time: 18 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Chamber Music
• Written: 1976

Schnittke, Alfred : Quartet for Strings no 4

• Running Time: 35 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Chamber Music
• Written: 1989

Berio, Luciano : Notturno, for strings (or string quartet)

• Running Time: 22 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1995