Luciano Berio
Sincronie
(1964)
for string quartet
Duration: 18'
Dedication: to Stefano Eco
Instrumentation details:
1st violin
2nd violin
viola
violoncello
Berio - Sincronie for string quartet
Licence request
Translation, reprints and more
Luciano Berio
Berio: Sincronie for string quartet
UE31490
Orchestration: for string quartet
Type: Studienpartitur
Audio preview
Work introduction
This piece, Berio’s second string quartet, is extremely challenging, both musically and technically. Only rarely does he use conventional string sounds; when they do occur, the effect is to spotlight them even more. Otherwise, pulverised sounds alternate with glissandi, development is scarcely perceptible; instead, the impression is of an extremely refined succession of alienated sounds, making the string quartet seem like a single instrument.