Lyric Suite for String Quartet

by Alban Berg / Juilliard String Quartet

Lyric Suite for String Quartet cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1950
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: Austria
  • Community rating: 3.84/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A landmark recording of the intense, emotionally charged chamber work that infuses rigorous twelve-tone structural techniques with profound Romantic lyricism. The American ensemble navigates the complex, autobiographical score with immense technical precision and dramatic tension.

Genres

Descriptors: Modern, acoustic, dissonant, instrumental, chamber, strings, intricate, complex, melodic

Tracklist

  1. First Movement: Allegretto Giovale
  2. Second Movement: Andante Amoroso
  3. Third Movement: Allegro Misterioso
  4. Fourth Movement: Adagio Appassionata
  5. Fifth Movement: Presto Delirando
  6. Sixth Movement: Largo Desolato

Credits

  • Alban Berg - primary artist, composed by
  • Juilliard String Quartet - primary artist, ensemble
  • Arthur Winograd - cello [juilliard-quartet 1950]
  • Raphael Hillyer - viola [juilliard-quartet 1950]
  • Robert Koff - violin [juilliard-quartet 1950]
  • Robert Mann - violin [juilliard-quartet 1950]
  • Morris Hastings - Liner Notes

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