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Alban Berg. Lyrische Suite
Galimir Quartet
Recorded in 1935

Siblings Felix, Marguerite, Renée, and Adrienne Galimir formed their quartet as students in Vienna in 1927 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Beethoven’s death. Alban Berg coached them in his Lyric Suite in 1931, and they recorded it in 1935 — the first-ever recording of a work by Alban Berg, and one of just three performances committed to disk by this quartet before they disbanded and dispersed the following year to escape the Nazis, never to perform together again.

In 1935, while still in Vienna, Adrienne Galimir married the American violinist Louis Krasner. After hearing the Galimir Quartet perform the Lyric Suite, Krasner commissioned Alban Berg to write his Violin Concerto.

I. Allegretto giovale (0:00)
II. Andante amoroso (2:58)
III. Allegro misterioso - Trio estatico (8:00)
IV. Adagio appassionato (11:39)
V. Presto delirando - Tenebroso (17:48)
VI. Largo desolato (21:40)