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J.S. BACH
The Art of Fugue Emerson String Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 21/Sep/2003 ] The Art of Fugue is a multi-purpose thing: a work of instruction and enlightenment, a kit to be assembled by performer or listener (for which the programmable nature of the CD makes an ideal medium), composed (in the words of Bach's dedication in his... |
MENDELSSOHN
The Complete String Quartets / Octet op. 20 Emerson String Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / 4 CD Box Set - released 12/Mar/2005 ] Grammy Award Finalist - Best Classical Recording 2006 |
DVORAK
Emerson String Quartet: Old World – New World Emerson String Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2010 ] "...big-boned, high-gloss sound...Cypresses (B.152) has some stunning moments, though the finest readings are of the valedictory Thirteenth and Fourteenth Quartets, the last strongly Brahmsian." The Independent, 2nd May 2010 |
GRIEG / NIELSEN / SIBELIUS
Intimate Voices Emerson String Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 12/Apr/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "A welcome diversion for the Emerson Quartet into Scandinavian works, which sit just off-centre in the string quartet repertoire. All three receive strong advocacy, even if the... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The String Quartets (complete) Emerson String Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon Collector's Edition / 7 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2012 ] "Fresh and resplendent . . . expectedly vital and virtuosic" -The New York Times |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: The String Quartets (Complete) Emerson String Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / 5 CD - released 20/May/2006 ] Winner Gramophone Awards 2000 - Chamber! |