Description

During its illustrious and highlight-strewn history, the string quartet has brought forth an almost unbelievable variety of forms and tonal colors. Works by Bialas, Iranyi, Katzer and Tal have been recorded on this CD. A co-production with DeutschlandRadio.

Tracklisting:

Bialas (1907-1995):
1.-7. Streichquartett Nr. 4 “Assonanzen” (1986)

Tal (*1910): Streichquartett Nr. 1 (1959)
8. Largo
9. Allegro

Iranyi (*1946): Tempora (1992)
10. Garden
11. Rock of Ages
12. Haikai

Katzer (*1935):
13.-15. Streichquartett Nr. 1 (1998)