Art is communication. When I write music, I aim for it to be heard and understood'. In 1968, with these words, the Hungarian-born composer Iván Eröd renounced an umcompromising avant-garde and therefore a restriction to new compositional techniques such as serial music or dodecaphony. Eröd's works also clearly show a processing of these and more tonal trends, which are wonderfully combined with influences by Béla Bartok or Johannes Brahms. The Accord Quartet from Budapest breathes the spirit of this diversified music and presents three string quartets by Iván Eröd on their debut CD.