Emerson String Quartet

Emerson String Quartet - The New Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon (55CD)

This monumental release documents the Emerson String Quartet’s exceptional longevity and dynamism – founded in 1976, they are still as youthfully active and inquisitive as ever more than 40 years later. Moreover it charts the New York-based ensemble’s musical breadth, encompassing virtually all of the important repertoire for their formation.

This 55 CD collection includes their complete output on DG and features complete cycles by Shostakovich, Beethoven and Bartók; plus String Quartets by Haydn, Tchaikovsky, Schubert; The DECCA Gold Album Chaconnes and Fantasias: Music of Britten and Purcell and The New York Concert with Evgeny Kissin (2CDs). Also included is a Bonus CD with Encores and Audio Guides.

TRACK LIST

CD 1 SCHUBERT String Quartet D810„Death and The Maiden” BEETHOVEN Quartet in F minor op. 95 CD 2–3 BARTÓK The 6 String Quartets CD 4 DEBUSSY String Quartet in G minor op. 10 RAVEL String Quartet in F major CD 5 TCHAIKOVSKY String Quartet no. 1 in D major BORODIN String Quartet no. 2 CD 6 HAYDN String Quartet in …op. 74 no. 2 “Emperor” ~ SCHUBERT String Quartet D 804 SCHUBERT String Quartet D 703 CD 7 BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F major, op. 135 SCHUBERT String Quartet in G major, D887 CD 8 DVOŘÁK String Quartet no. 12 “American” SMETANA String Quartet no. 1 in E minor “From my life” CD 9 BRAHMS String Quartet no 1 SCHUMANN String Quartet no. 2 CD 10 MOZART Flute Quartets nos. 1–4 Carol Wincenc, flute CD 11 PROKOFIEV String Quartets nos. 1 & 2, Sonata for 2 Violins CD 12 SCHUBERT String Quintet in C major D956 Mstislav Rostorpovich, cello CD 13–15 MOZART The 6 “Haydn” Quartets CD 16 IVES String Quartets nos. 1 & 2 BARBER String Quartet BARBER Dover Beach Thomas Hampson CD 17 HARBISON / WERNICK / SCHULLER String Quartets CD 18 DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet op. 81, Piano Quartet op. 87 Menahem Pressler, piano CD 19 WEBERN - Works for String Quartet Mary Ann McCormick CD 20 SCHUMANN - Piano Quintet in E flat major op. 44, Piano Quartet op. 47 Menahem Pressler, piano CD 21–27 BEETHOVEN The String Quartets CD 28 MEYER Quintet Edgar Meyer, double bass ROREM - String Quartet no. 4 CD 29 MOZART Clarinet Quintet BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet David Shifrin CD 30–34 SHOSTAKOVICH The String Quartets CD 35–36 THE HAYDN PROJECT String Quartets Op. 20 No. 5, Op. 33 No. 2, Op. 54 No. 1, Op. 64 No. 5, Op. 74 No. 3, Op. 76 No. 2 and Op. 77 No. 1 CD 37 J.S. BACH The Art of Fugue CD 38 HAYDN Seven Last Words op. 51 CD 39–42 MENDELSSOHN The String Quartets CD 43 GRIEG / NIELSEN / SIBELIUS “Intimate Voices” CD 44–45 BRAHMS String Quartets & Piano Quintet Leon Fischer, piano CD 46 J.S. BACH Fugues from “The Well-tempered Clavier” CD 47 JANÁČEK “Intimate Letters”, String Quartets MARTINŮ Madrigals for Violin and Viola CD 48–50 DVOŘÁK The String Quartets String Quintet Op. 97 Paul Neubauer Cypresses B. 152 CD 51 BERG Lyric Suite WELLESZ Sonnets from the Portuguese ZEISL Komm, süsser Tod Renée Fleming CD 52 (Bonus): Encores & Audio Guides BRAHMS O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf op. 74/2 SIBELIUS Andante Festivo JANÁČEK On an Overgrown Path I WOLF Italian Serenade PUCCINI Crisantemi HAYDN Seven Last Words – Listening Guide A Journey Through MENDELSSOHN’s Quartets – Listening Guide CD 53 Chaconnes and Fantasias: Music of BRITTEN and PURCELL CD 54–55 The New York Concert with Evgeny Kissin MOZART Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, K. 478 FAURÉ Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 15 DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81, B. 155 SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57