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CD1
Johann STRAUSS II (1825-1899)
arr. Arnold SCHOENBERG (1874-1951)
Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437 [10:41]
rec. 11-20 June 1992, Mozartsaal, Konzerthaus, Vienna
Alban BERG (1885-1935)
String Quartet, Op. 3 (1910) [19:56]
rec. December 1991, Evangelische Kirche, Seon, Switzerland
Leoš JANÁČEK (1854-1928)
String Quartet No. 1 after Tolstoy’s ‘The Kreutzer Sonata” (1923) [17:23]
rec. 31 October –1 November 1993, Mozartsaal, Konzerthaus, Vienna
Béla BARTÓK (1881-1945)
String Quartet No. 6 (1939) [28:54]
rec. 17-21 December 1985, Evangelische Kirche, Seon, Switzerland


CD 2
Igor STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)
Three Pieces for String Quartet (1914) [6:24]
Concertino (1920) [6:05]
rec. 21-22 June 1983, Evangelische Kirche, Seon, Switzerland
Astor PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992)
Tango Sensations for string quartet and bandoneon [20:55]
rec. live May 2003, Mozartsaal, Konzerthaus, Vienna
Witold LUTOSŁAWSKI (1913-1994)
String Quartet (1964) [23:17]
rec. 21-23 June 1995, Evangelische Kirche, Honrath, Germany
Roman HAUBENSTOCK-RAMATI (1919-1994)
String Quartet No.2 (1977) [18:49]
rec. live 30 January 1990, Konzerthaus, Vienna


CD 3
Gottfried von EINEM (1918-1996)
String Quartet No. 1, Op. 45 (1976) [18:14]
rec. 21-22 June 1983, Evangelische Kirche, Seon, Switzerland
Alfred SCHNITTKE (1934-1998)
String Quartet No. 4 (1989) [36:38]
rec. live 11 December 1990, Mozartsaal, Konzerthaus, Vienna
Luciano BERIO (1925-2003)
Notturno (Quartetto III) (1986-93) [22:50]
rec. live 12 May 1994, Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre, London