Berg: Lyric Suite
Reviewer – Martin Cotton
First Choice Recommendation:
(c/w HAYDN: String Quartets Op. 74 No. 3 and Op. 76 No. 3; MOZART: ‘Haydn’ Quartets’; ‘Hoffmeister’ Quartets; ‘Prussian’ Quartets; SCHUBERT: String Quartets D804 and D173; BRAHMS: String Quartets Nos. 1-3; DVORAK: String Quartet in G major Op. 106; BERG: String Quartet Op. 3; WEBERN: Five Movements Op. 5; Six Bagatelles Op. 9; String Quartet Op. 28; URBANNER: String Quartet No. 3)
Alban Berg Quartet
Teldec 2564 696067 (8 CDs, Budget)
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