Alban Berg Quartett a fost unul dintre cele mai importante cvartete de coarde vieneze, activ din 1970 până în 2008. Din 1981, timp de 25 de ani, cvartetul a avut o componență stabilă și a concertat în mod regulat în cele mai importante săli de concerte din lume și la festivaluri. Pe parcursul carierei a primit peste treizeci de premii internaționale semnificative.
Colecția Complete Recordings aduce pe 8 CD-uri peste 100 de lucrări de la 28 de compozitori, acoperind o perioadă largă de la clasicism până la sfârșitul secolului XX. Sunt incluse ediții complete ale cvartetelor de coarde ale lui Mozart (inclusiv ciclul dedicat lui Haydn și cvartetele prusace), Beethoven (seria completă nr. 1–16, inclusiv Grosse Fuge), Schubert, Brahms și Bartók. Pe lângă școala austro-germană (Haydn, Mendelssohn), sunt reprezentați și compozitori francezi (Debussy, Ravel), maghiari, ruși (Stravinsky) și cehi, inclusiv cvartetul op. 106 al lui Dvořák și lucrări de Smetana. În calitate de invitați participă o serie de instrumentiști de prim rang, precum pianiștii Alfred Brendel, Elisabeth Leonskaja și Rudolf Buchbinder, clarinetista Sabine Meyer sau violoncelistul Heinrich Schiff.
În perioada componenței stabile, cvartetul era alcătuit din Günter Pichler și Gerhard Schulz (vioară), Thomas Kakuska (violă) și Valentin Erben (violoncel).
Melodii
CD 1-70:
1. Berg: String Quartet, Op. 3
2. Berg: Lyric Suite – for string quartet (1926)
3. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 74 No. 3 in G minor ‘The Rider’
4. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 3 in C major ‘Emperor’
5. Schubert: String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D804 ‘Rosamunde’
6. Schubert: String Quartet No. 9 in G minor, D173
7. Webern: Five movements for String Quartet, Op. 5 (1909)
8. Webern: Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9 (1911-1913)
9. Webern: String Quartet, Op. 28 (1937-38)
10. Haubenstock-Ramati: String Quartet No. 1 ‘Mobile’
11. Urbanner: String Quartet No. 3
12. Dvorák: String Quartet No. 13 in G major, Op. 106 (B192)
13. Brahms: String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51 No. 1
14. Brahms: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2
15. Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 in B flat major, Op. 67
16. Mozart: Six Quartets dedicated to Haydn (Quartets 14-19)
17. Mozart: String Quartet No. 20 in D major, K499 ‘Hoffmeister’
18. Mozart: String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K575 ‘Prussian No. 1’
19. Mozart: String Quartet No. 22 in B flat major, K589 ‘Prussian No. 2’
20. Mozart: String Quartet No. 23 in F Major, K590 ‘Prussian No. 3’
21. Beethoven: String Quartets Nos. 1-16 (complete, inc. Grosse Fuge)
22. Schubert: String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D887
23. Schubert: String Quintet in C major, D956
24. Bartók: String Quartets Nos. 1-6
25. Stravinsky: Three Pieces for String Quartet
26. Stravinsky: Concertino for String Quartet
27. Stravinsky: Double Canon (Raoul Dufy in memoriam)
28. Haubenstock-Ramati: String Quartet No. 2
29. Einem: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 45
30. Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
31. Alban Berg Quartett (string quartet)
32. Ravel: String Quartet in F major
33. Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D810 ‘Death and the Maiden’
34. Schubert: String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D804 ‘Rosamunde’
35. Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44
36. Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K465 ‘Dissonance’
37. Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D667 ‘The Trout’
38. Mozart: String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K515
39. Mozart: String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K516
40. Mozart: String Quartet No. 14 in G major, K387 ‘Spring’
41. Mozart: String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K421
42. Mozart: String Quartet No. 17 in B flat major, K458 ‘The Hunt’
43. Mozart: String Quartet No. 16 in E flat, K428
44. Mozart: String Quartet No. 18 in A Major, K464 ‘Drum’
45. Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K465 ‘Dissonance’
46. Mozart: String Quartet No. 20 in D major, K499 ‘Hoffmeister’
47. Mozart: String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K575 ‘Prussian No. 1’
48. Mozart: String Quartet No. 22 in B flat major, K589 ‘Prussian No. 2’
49. Mozart: String Quartet No. 23 in F Major, K590 ‘Prussian No. 3’
50. Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
51. Dvorák: Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81: Dumka
52. Brahms: String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36
53. Brahms: String Sextet No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 18 – Andante ma moderato
54. Beethoven: String Quartets Nos. 1-16 (complete, inc. Grosse Fuge)
55. Dvorák: String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 ‘American’
56. Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor ‘From My Life’
57. Brahms: String Sextet No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 18
58. Brahms: String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36: Scherzo
59. Rihm: String Quartet No. 4 (1980 / 81)
60. Schnittke: String Quartet No. 4 (1989)
61. Berg: String Quartet, Op. 3
62. Berg: Lyric Suite – for string quartet (1926)
63. Brahms: String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51 No. 1
64. Brahms: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2
65. Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 in B flat major, Op. 67
66. Lanner: Marien, Op. 143
67. Lanner: Steyrische Tänze, Op. 165
68. Strauss, J, I: Wiener Gemüths-Walzer, Op. 116
69. Strauss, J, I: Beliebte Annen – Polka Op. 137
70. Lanner: Die Werber Op. 103
71. Strauss, J, I: Eisele und Beisele Sprünge-Polka, Op. 202
72. Strauss, J, II: Schatz-Walzer, Op. 418
73. Strauss, J, II: Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333
74. Strauss, J, II: Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437
75. Janácek: String Quartet No. 1 ‘The Kreutzer Sonata’
76. Janácek: String Quartet No. 2 ‘Intimate Letters’
77. Dvorák: Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81
78. Lutoslawski: String Quartet
79. Urbanner: String Quartet No. 4 (1991-92)
80. Berio: Notturno (1993)
81. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 2 in D minor ‘Fifths’
82. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 3 in C major ‘Emperor’
83. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 4 in B flat major ‘Sunrise’
84. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 1 in G major
85. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 5 in D major
86. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 6 in E flat major
87. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 33 No. 3 in C major ‘The Bird’
88. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 77 No. 1 in G major
89. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 77 No. 2 in F major
90. Haydn: Andante cantabile from the Serenade Quartet in F
91. Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D810 ‘Death and the Maiden’
92. Schubert: String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, D87
93. Schubert: String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D887
94. Schubert: String Quartet No. 12 in C minor (fragment), D703 ‘Quartettsatz’
95. Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
96. Brahms: String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111
97. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K414
98. Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat major, K493
99. Dvorák: String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, Op. 51 (B92)
100. Dvorák: String Quartet No. 14 in A flat major, Op. 105 (B193)
101. Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 12
102. Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13
103. Piazzólla: Tango Sensations (5) for bandoneón ; string quartet
104. Arolas: El Marne
105. Cobián: Mi Refúgio
106. Caro: La Rayuela – Gran Tango Milonga – solo bandoneon
107. Schwertsik: Adieu Satie Op. 86
108. Piazzólla: Tristeza de un doble A
