Alban Berg Quartett е сред водещите струнни квартети, активен от 1970 до 2008 година. От 1981 г. в продължение на 25 години квартетът е имал стабилен състав и редовно е концертирал във водещите концертни зали по света и на фестивали. През кариерата си е получил над тридесет значими международни награди.
Колекцията Complete Recordings предлага на 8 CD над 100 произведения на 28 композитори в широк времеви обхват от класицизма до края на XX век. Включени са пълни издания на струнните квартети на Моцарт (включително цикъла, посветен на Хайдн, и пруските квартети), Бетовен (пълна серия № 1–16, включително Grosse Fuge), Шуберт, Брамс и Барток. Наред с австро-германската школа (Хайдн, Менделсон) са представени и френски (Дебюси, Равел), унгарски, руски (Стравински) и чешки композитори, включително квартет оп. 106 на Дворжак и произведения на Сметана. Като гости участват редица изтъкнати инструменталисти, като пианистите Алфред Брендел, Елизабет Леонская и Рудолф Букбиндер, кларинетистката Сабине Майер и виолончелистът Хайнрих Шиф.
През периода на стабилния състав квартетът е бил в състав: Гюнтер Пихлер и Герхард Шулц (цигулка), Томас Какуска (виола) и Валентин Ербен (виолончело).
Композиции
CD 1-70:
1. Berg: String Quartet, Op. 3
2. Berg: Lyric Suite – for string quartet (1926)
3. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 74 No. 3 in G minor ‘The Rider’
4. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 3 in C major ‘Emperor’
5. Schubert: String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D804 ‘Rosamunde’
6. Schubert: String Quartet No. 9 in G minor, D173
7. Webern: Five movements for String Quartet, Op. 5 (1909)
8. Webern: Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9 (1911-1913)
9. Webern: String Quartet, Op. 28 (1937-38)
10. Haubenstock-Ramati: String Quartet No. 1 ‘Mobile’
11. Urbanner: String Quartet No. 3
12. Dvorák: String Quartet No. 13 in G major, Op. 106 (B192)
13. Brahms: String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51 No. 1
14. Brahms: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2
15. Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 in B flat major, Op. 67
16. Mozart: Six Quartets dedicated to Haydn (Quartets 14-19)
17. Mozart: String Quartet No. 20 in D major, K499 ‘Hoffmeister’
18. Mozart: String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K575 ‘Prussian No. 1’
19. Mozart: String Quartet No. 22 in B flat major, K589 ‘Prussian No. 2’
20. Mozart: String Quartet No. 23 in F Major, K590 ‘Prussian No. 3’
21. Beethoven: String Quartets Nos. 1-16 (complete, inc. Grosse Fuge)
22. Schubert: String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D887
23. Schubert: String Quintet in C major, D956
24. Bartók: String Quartets Nos. 1-6
25. Stravinsky: Three Pieces for String Quartet
26. Stravinsky: Concertino for String Quartet
27. Stravinsky: Double Canon (Raoul Dufy in memoriam)
28. Haubenstock-Ramati: String Quartet No. 2
29. Einem: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 45
30. Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
31. Alban Berg Quartett (string quartet)
32. Ravel: String Quartet in F major
33. Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D810 ‘Death and the Maiden’
34. Schubert: String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D804 ‘Rosamunde’
35. Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44
36. Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K465 ‘Dissonance’
37. Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D667 ‘The Trout’
38. Mozart: String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K515
39. Mozart: String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K516
40. Mozart: String Quartet No. 14 in G major, K387 ‘Spring’
41. Mozart: String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K421
42. Mozart: String Quartet No. 17 in B flat major, K458 ‘The Hunt’
43. Mozart: String Quartet No. 16 in E flat, K428
44. Mozart: String Quartet No. 18 in A Major, K464 ‘Drum’
45. Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K465 ‘Dissonance’
46. Mozart: String Quartet No. 20 in D major, K499 ‘Hoffmeister’
47. Mozart: String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K575 ‘Prussian No. 1’
48. Mozart: String Quartet No. 22 in B flat major, K589 ‘Prussian No. 2’
49. Mozart: String Quartet No. 23 in F Major, K590 ‘Prussian No. 3’
50. Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
51. Dvorák: Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81: Dumka
52. Brahms: String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36
53. Brahms: String Sextet No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 18 – Andante ma moderato
54. Beethoven: String Quartets Nos. 1-16 (complete, inc. Grosse Fuge)
55. Dvorák: String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 ‘American’
56. Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor ‘From My Life’
57. Brahms: String Sextet No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 18
58. Brahms: String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36: Scherzo
59. Rihm: String Quartet No. 4 (1980 / 81)
60. Schnittke: String Quartet No. 4 (1989)
61. Berg: String Quartet, Op. 3
62. Berg: Lyric Suite – for string quartet (1926)
63. Brahms: String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51 No. 1
64. Brahms: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2
65. Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 in B flat major, Op. 67
66. Lanner: Marien, Op. 143
67. Lanner: Steyrische Tänze, Op. 165
68. Strauss, J, I: Wiener Gemüths-Walzer, Op. 116
69. Strauss, J, I: Beliebte Annen – Polka Op. 137
70. Lanner: Die Werber Op. 103
71. Strauss, J, I: Eisele und Beisele Sprünge-Polka, Op. 202
72. Strauss, J, II: Schatz-Walzer, Op. 418
73. Strauss, J, II: Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333
74. Strauss, J, II: Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437
75. Janácek: String Quartet No. 1 ‘The Kreutzer Sonata’
76. Janácek: String Quartet No. 2 ‘Intimate Letters’
77. Dvorák: Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81
78. Lutoslawski: String Quartet
79. Urbanner: String Quartet No. 4 (1991-92)
80. Berio: Notturno (1993)
81. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 2 in D minor ‘Fifths’
82. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 3 in C major ‘Emperor’
83. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 4 in B flat major ‘Sunrise’
84. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 1 in G major
85. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 5 in D major
86. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 6 in E flat major
87. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 33 No. 3 in C major ‘The Bird’
88. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 77 No. 1 in G major
89. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 77 No. 2 in F major
90. Haydn: Andante cantabile from the Serenade Quartet in F
91. Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D810 ‘Death and the Maiden’
92. Schubert: String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, D87
93. Schubert: String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D887
94. Schubert: String Quartet No. 12 in C minor (fragment), D703 ‘Quartettsatz’
95. Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
96. Brahms: String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111
97. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K414
98. Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat major, K493
99. Dvorák: String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, Op. 51 (B92)
100. Dvorák: String Quartet No. 14 in A flat major, Op. 105 (B193)
101. Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 12
102. Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13
103. Piazzólla: Tango Sensations (5) for bandoneón ; string quartet
104. Arolas: El Marne
105. Cobián: Mi Refúgio
106. Caro: La Rayuela – Gran Tango Milonga – solo bandoneon
107. Schwertsik: Adieu Satie Op. 86
108. Piazzólla: Tristeza de un doble A
