Emerson String Quartet - Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon [52 CD][Box Set]

Emerson String Quartet - Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon [52 CD][Box Set]

This monumental release documents the Emerson String Quartets exceptional longevity and dynamism founded in 1976, they are still as youthfully active and inquisitive as ever 40 years later. Moreover it charts the New York-based ensembles musical breadth, encompassing virtually all of the important repertoire for their formation.<br><br>This 52 CD collection includes their complete output on DG and features highlights such as the Nine Grammy Awards, Three Gramophone Magazine Awards; complete cycles by Shostakovich, Beethoven and Bartok; plus String Quartets by Haydn, Tchaikovsky, Schubert and many more.<br><br>Also included is a Bonus CD with Encores and Audio Guides. New liner notes by the longtime ESQ collaborator Richard Evidon. New introduction by ESQ violinist Eugene Drucker. Numerous rare b/w and color photographs<br><br>PACKAGING: A handsomely designed box in the style of the DG Mono box<br>BONUS CD<br>Several bonus downloads Video: Mendelssohn - Making of the Octet Audio: Intimate Voices - Listening guide<br>Beethoven: The Key to the Quartets (engl.)<br>Beethoven: Michael Steinbergs original liner notes (engl.)<br>Shostakovich: Paul Epsteins original liner notes (engl.)<br>Bartok: Ludwig Finschers original liner notes (engl.)<br><br>CD 1: SCHUBERT - String Quartet D810 Death and The Maiden BEETHOVEN - Quartet in F minor op. 95 <br>CD 2 3: BARTÓK - The 6 String Quartets <br>CD 4: DEBUSSY - String Quartet in G minor op. 10 RAVEL - String Quartet in F major <br>CD 5: TCHAIKOVSKY - String Quartet no. 1 in D major BORODIN - String Quartet no. 2 <br>CD 6: HAYDN - String Quartet op. 74 no. 2 Emperor Schubert String Quartet D 804 Schubert String Quartet D 703 <br>CD 7: BEETHOVEN - String Quartet in F major, op. 135 SCHUBERT - String Quartet in G major, D887 <br>CD 8: DVORAK - String Quartet no. 12 American SMETANA - String Quartet no. 1 in E minor From my life <br>CD 9: BRAHMS - String Quartet no 1 SCHUMANN - String Quartet no. 2 <br>CD 10: MOZART - Flute Quartets nos. 1 4 Carol Wincenc, flute <br>CD 11: PROKOFIEV - String Quartets nos. 1 & 2 Sonata for 2 Violins <br>CD 12: SCHUBERT - String Quintet in C major D956 Mstislav Rostorpovich, cello <br>CD 13 15: MOZART - The 6 Haydn Quartets <br>CD 16: IVES - String Quartets nos. 1 & 2 BARBER - String Quartet BARBER: Dover Beach / Thomas Hampson <br>CD 17: HARBISON / WERNICK / SCHULLER - String Quartets <br>CD 18: DVORAK - Piano Quintet op. 81 Piano Quartet op. 87 Menahem Pressler, piano <br>CD 19: WEBERN - Works for String Quartet Mary Ann McCormick <br>CD 20: SCHUMANN - Piano Quintet in E flat major op. 44 Piano Quartet op. 47 Menahem Pressler, piano <br>CD 21-27: BEETHOVEN The String Quartets <br>CD 28: MEYER - Quintet Edgar Meyer, double bass ROREM - String Quartet no. 4 <br>CD 29: MOZART - Clarinet Quintet BRAHMS - Clarinet Quintet David Shifrin <br>CD 30-34: SHOSTAKOVICH - The String Quartets <br>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 <br>CD 37: J. S. BACH - The Art of Fugue <br>CD 38: HAYDN - Seven Last Words op. 51 <br>CD 39-42: MENDELSSOHN - The String Quartets <br>CD 43: GRIEG / NIELSEN / SIBELIUS - Intimate Voices <br>CD 44-45: BRAHMS - String Quartets & Piano Quintet Leon Fischer, piano <br>CD 46: J. S. BACH - Fugues from The Well-tempered Clavier <br>CD 47: JANACEK - Intimate Letters, String Quartets MARTIN : Madrigals for Violin and Viola <br>CD 48-50: DVORAK - The String Quartets String Quintet Op. 97 / Paul Neubauer Cypresses B. 152 <br>CD 51: BERG - Lyric Suite WELLESZ - Sonnets from the Portuguese ZEISL - Komm, süsser Tod Renée Fleming <br>CD 52 (Bonus): Encores & Audio Guides 82:51 Brahms: O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf op. 74/2 Sibelius: Andante Festivo Janá ek: On an Overgrown Path I Wolf: Italian Serenade Puccini: Crisantemi Haydn, Seven Last Words Listening Guide A Journey Through Mendelssohn s Quartets Listening Guide