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Another starting point option .... :

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Hard to tell .... they were superb with Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Bartok and Janacek but also with 20th century composers like Rihm, Einem, Lutoslawski and Berio .... unfortunately their spiritual leader Thomas Kakuska died in 2005 - the three remaining members tried to go on with a pupil of Kakuska, but the magic was gone and they finally disbanded in 2008 ..... unfortunately the Alban Berg Quartett never was recorded adequately .... I can asssure you that on stage they were in another league - attending these concerts was similar attending a high mass .... those were the days ....

Gensu Dean & Denmark Vessey "Whole Food" (Mello Music Group) 2016

Very good ....

Robert Pollard "Standard Gargoyle Decisions" (Merge Records) 2007

I`ve been (lucky enough) subscriber of the Alban Berg Quartett seasonal concerts for more than a decade .... and Schubert was never in better hands than with these guys ....

Yesterday evening .... still sounds as good as the new release I`ve bought 15+ years ago ....

Very, very good performance by Peter Rösel ....

A favourite John Hiatt album of mine ....

Was (btw am) a big fan of his recordings with Air and the Sextet Recording for About Time / Novus - thereafter I somehow "lost" him .... or he lost me ....

If being in the mood for another worth hearing Bruckner 4 performance you should try this one : nowadays also available as budget release :