Brittney or the instrumental (string) quartet? What's the supreme achievement of Western-European music?

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:00am

1. Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in G major op.77 no.1 (1799)
Amadeus Quartet: Norbert Brainin - violin, Siegmund Nissel - violin, Peter Schidlof - viola, Martin Lovett - cello
Deutsche Grammophon, 429 189-2
20'

2. Fanny Hensel Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E-flat major (1834)
Lafayette Quartet: Ann Elliot-Goldschmid - violin, Sharon Stanis - violin, Joanna Hood - viola, Pamela Highbaugh Aloni - cello
Death & the Maiden
CBC Records, MVCD 1149
21:09

Set #2 - 9:00am - 10:00am

3. Fritz Kreisler: String Quartet in A minor (1919?)
Brodsky Quartet: Andrew Haveron - violin, Ian Belton - violin, Paul Cassidy - viola, Jacqueline Thomas - cello
Music from Vienna 2
Challenge Classics, 72052
28'

4. Arnold Schönberg: String Quartet No.2 in F# minor op.10 (1908, rec. Los Angeles 31 Dec. 1936)
Text by Stefan George (1907)
Clemence Gifford - soprano, Kolisch Quartet: Rudolf Kolisch - violin, Felix Khuner - violin, Eugene Lehner - viola, Benar Heifetz - cello
In Honor of Rudolf Kolisch
Music & Arts, CD-1056
28:34
(I listen to this recording every New Year's Eve around 11:30pm. "I feel the air of another planet...")

Set #3 - 10:00am - 11:00am

5. Norma Beecroft: Amplified String Quartet with Tape (1991-92)
Accordes String Quartet: Fujiko Imajishi - violin, Marie Berard - violin, Douglas Perry - viola, David Hetherington - cello
Canadian Composers Portraits: Norma Beecroft
Centrediscs, CMCCD 9303
12:44

6. Kathryn Mishell: String Quartet No.2 (1999-2000)
Miwako Watanabe - violin, Connie Kupka - violin, Roland Kato - viola, David Speltz - cello
Kathryn Mishell: Musical Voyages
Pierian Recording Society, 0014
23:10

7. Ignazio Spergher: Sinfonia in Do Magg. (18th century)
Amedeo Aroma - organ
Sinfonie e Sonate per organo
Rivoalto, CRR 9811
10:45