The Alban Berg Quartett plays Boulez' Livre pour Quatuor (Live)
3/26/2025, 2 Tracks, 05:39
Featuring
Günter Pichler
Gerhard Schulz
Thomas Kakuska
Valentin Erben
Alban Berg Quartett
Pierre Boulez
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Performer Biography
Pierre Boulez once remarked that the Alban Berg Quartet's 'sonority does not exist in France' after hearing them perform Alban Berg's String Quartet, Op. 3.
Compositional Technique
Livre pour quatuor is a highly complex serial score that Pierre Boulez refined throughout his life.
Recording & Production
This album features a live recording from the Lucerne Festival on September 5, 1983, captured by Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF).
Notable Performances
The Alban Berg Quartet, a legendary string quartet, made its Lucerne Festival debut performing Pierre Boulez's Livre pour quatuor, a highly complex serial score.
Composer Biography
Pierre Boulez, the composer of Livre pour quatuor, first appeared at Lucerne Festival as a conductor in 1975, leading the New York Philharmonic.
Interpretation
The Alban Berg Quartet used colour-coded markings to achieve the highest possible precision when preparing Boulez's Livre pour quatuor, due to its extreme difficulty.
