The New Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon (Boxset)
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 highlights such as the Nine Grammy Awards, 2 Gramophone Magazine Awards; 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 The New York Concert with Evgeny Kissin (2CDs). Also included is a Bonus CD with Encores and Audio Guides.
TRACKLISTING:
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:
DVORÁK – 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:
DVORÁK – 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, 33 No.2, 54 No.1, 64 No.5, 74 No.3, 76 No.2 and 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:
JANÁREK – “Intimate Letters”, String Quartets
MARTINR: Madrigals for Violin and Viola
CD 48 – 50:
DVORÁK – 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 82:51
1. Brahms: O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf op. 74/2
2. Sibelius: Andante Festivo
3. JanáRek: On an Overgrown Path I
4. Wolf: Italian Serenade
5. Puccini: Crisantemi
6. – 10. Haydn, Seven Last Words – Listening Guide
11. – 20. 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
DVORÁK: Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81, B. 155
SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57
