Emerson String Quartet: The New Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon | Deutsche Grammophon 4863260

Emerson String Quartet: The New Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon

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Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Cat No: 4863260

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 55

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 13th January 2023

Contents

Works

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Chorale Prelude BWV668a 'Wenn wir in hochsten Noten sein'
The Art of Fugue (Die Kunst der Fuge), BWV1080 (string quartet)
The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1, BWV846-869
» no.1 in C major, BWV846: Fugue (arr. EA Forster)
» no.4 in C sharp minor, BWV849: Fugue (arr. EA Forster)
» no.5 in D major, BWV850: Fugue (arr. EA Forster)
» no.12 in F minor, BWV857: Fugue (arr. EA Forster)
» no.14 in F sharp minor, BWV859: Fugue (arr. EA Forster)
» no.16 in G minor, BWV861: Fugue (arr. EA Forster)
» no.17 in A flat major, BWV862: Fugue (arr. EA Forster)
» no.18 in G sharp minor, BWV863: Fugue (arr. EA Forster)
» no.20 in A minor, BWV865: Fugue (arr. EA Forster)
» no.22 in B flat minor, BWV867: Fugue (arr. EA Forster)
» no.23 in B major, BWV868: Fugue (arr. EA Forster)
» no.24 in B minor, BWV869: Fugue (arr. EA Forster)
The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2, BWV870-893
» no.2 in C minor, BWV871: Fugue (arr. WA Mozart)
» no.5 in D major, BWV874: Fugue (arr. WA Mozart)
» no.7 in E flat major, BWV876: Fugue (arr. WA Mozart)
» no.8 in D-sharp minor, BWV877: Fugue (arr. WA Mozart)
» no.9 in E major, BWV878: Fugue (arr. WA Mozart)
» no.16 in G minor, BWV885: Fugue (arr. EA Forster)
» no.17 in A flat major, BWV886: Fugue (arr. EA Forster)
» no.22 in B flat minor, BWV891: Fugue (arr. EA Forster)
» no.23 in B major, BWV892: Fugue (arr. EA Forster)

Barber, Samuel

Dover Beach, op.3
String Quartet in B minor, op.11

Bartok, Bela

String Quartets nos.1-6 (complete)

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Grosse Fuge in B flat major, op.133
String Quartets (complete) (16)

Berg, Alban

Lyric Suite (for string quartet)

Borodin, Alexander

String Quartet no.2 in D major

Brahms, Johannes

Clarinet Quintet in B minor, op.115
Motets (2), op.74
» no.2 O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf
Piano Quintet in F minor, op.34
String Quartet no.1 in C minor, op.51 no.1
String Quartet no.2 in A minor, op.51 no.2
String Quartet no.3 in B flat major, op.67

Britten, Benjamin

String Quartet no.2 in C major, op.36
String Quartet no.3, op.94

Debussy, Claude

String Quartet in G minor, op.10

Dvorak, Antonin

Cypresses for String Quartet, B152 'Echo of Songs'
Piano Quartet no.2 in E flat major, op.87
Piano Quintet in A major, op.81
String Quartet no.10 in E flat major, op.51 B92
String Quartet no.11 in C major, op.61 B121
String Quartet no.12 in F major, op.96 B179 'American'
String Quartet no.13 in G major, op.106 B192
String Quartet no.14 in A flat major, op.105 B193
String Quintet in E flat major, op.97 B180 'American'

Faure, Gabriel

Piano Quartet no.1 in C minor, op.15

Grieg, Edvard

String Quartet in G minor, op.27

Harbison, John

String Quartet no.2

Haydn, Franz Joseph

String Quartets (2), op.77
» no.1 in G major
String Quartets (3), op.54
» no.1 in G major
String Quartets (3), op.74
» no.3 in G minor 'The Rider'
String Quartets (6), op.20
» no.5 in F minor
String Quartets (6), op.33
» no.2 in E flat major 'The Joke'
String Quartets (6), op.64
» no.5 in D major 'The Lark'
String Quartets (6), op.76
» no.2 in D minor 'Fifths'
» no.3 in C major 'Emperor'
The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross, op.51 (string quartet)

Ives, Charles

String Quartet no.1 'From the Salvation Army'
String Quartet no.2

Janacek, Leos

On an Overgrown Path, JWVIII/17
» Book 1: no.9 In tears (arr. for string quartet by J Burghauser)
String Quartet no.1 'The Kreutzer Sonata'
String Quartet no.2 'Intimate Letters'

Martinu, Bohuslav

Madrigals (3) for violin and viola, H313

Mendelssohn, Felix

Octet in E flat major, op.20
Pieces (4) for String Quartet, op.81
String Quartet no.1 in E flat major, op.12
String Quartet no.2 in A minor, op.13
String Quartet no.3 in D major, op.44 no.1
String Quartet no.4 in E minor, op.44 no.2
String Quartet no.5 in E flat major, op.44 no.3
String Quartet no.6 in F minor, op.80

Meyer, Edgar

String Quintet

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Clarinet Quintet in A major, K581
Flute Quartet no.1 in D major, K285
Flute Quartet no.2 in G major, K285a
Flute Quartet no.3 in C major, K285b
Flute Quartet no.4 in A major, K298
Piano Quartet no.1 in G minor, K478
Rondo in G major for flute and string quartet (arr. of K494)
String Quartet no.14 in G major, K387
String Quartet no.15 in D minor, K421 ('Haydn Quartet' no.2)
String Quartet no.16 in E flat major, K428
String Quartet no.17 in B flat major, K458 'The Hunt'
String Quartet no.18 in A major, K464 'Drum'
String Quartet no.19 in C major, K465 'Dissonance'

Nielsen, Carl

At the Bier of a Young Artist (string quartet)

Prokofiev, Sergei

Sonata for 2 violins in C major, op.56
String Quartet no.1, op.50
String Quartet no.2 in F major, op.92

Puccini, Giacomo

Crisantemi

Purcell, Henry

Chacony in G minor, Z730
Fantasia no.6 in F major, Z737
Fantasia no.8 in D minor, Z739
Fantasia no.10 in E minor, Z741
Fantasia no.11 in G major, Z742

Ravel, Maurice

String Quartet in F major

Rorem, Ned

String Quartet no.4

Schubert, Franz

String Quartet no.12 in C minor, D703 'Quartettsatz'
String Quartet no.13 in A minor, D804 'Rosamunde'
String Quartet no.14 in D minor, D810 'Death and the Maiden'
String Quartet no.15 in G major, D887
String Quintet in C major, op.163 D956

Schuller, Gunther

String Quartet no.3

Schumann, Robert

Piano Quartet in E flat major, op.47
Piano Quintet in E flat major, op.44
String Quartet in A major, op.41 no.3

Shostakovich, Dmitri

Adagio (Elegy) for String Quartet
Allegretto (Polka) for String Quartet
Piano Quintet in G minor, op.57
» III Scherzo: Allegretto
String Quartets nos.1-15 (complete)

Sibelius, Jean

Andante festivo
String Quartet in D minor, op.56 'Voces Intimae'

Smetana, Bedrich

String Quartet no.1 in E minor 'From My Life'

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

String Quartet no.1 in D major, op.11

Webern, Anton

Bagatelles (6) for string quartet, op.9
Langsamer Satz (Slow Movement)
Movement for string trio, op.post
Movements (5) for string quartet, op.5
Pieces (3), op.posth
Rondo for string quartet
String Quartet, op.28
String Quartet, op.posth
String Trio, op.20

Wellesz, Egon

Sonnets by Elizabeth Barrett-Browning, op.52

Wernick, Richard

String Quartet no.4

Wolf, Hugo

Italienische Serenade (Italian Serenade) in G major

Zeisl, Erich

Komm, susser Tod

Artists

Emerson String Quartet
Renee Fleming (soprano)
Mary-Ann McCormick (mezzo-soprano)
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
Leon Fleisher (piano)
Evgeny Kissin (piano)
Menahem Pressler (piano)
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Carol Wincenc (flute)
David Shifrin (clarinet)
Paul Neubauer (viola)
Edgar Meyer (double bass)

Works

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Chorale Prelude BWV668a 'Wenn wir in hochsten Noten sein'
The Art of Fugue (Die Kunst der Fuge), BWV1080 (string quartet)
The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1, BWV846-869
» no.1 in C major, BWV846: Fugue (arr. EA Forster)
» no.4 in C sharp minor, BWV849: Fugue (arr. EA Forster)
» no.5 in D major, BWV850: Fugue (arr. EA Forster)
» no.12 in F minor, BWV857: Fugue (arr. EA Forster)
» no.14 in F sharp minor, BWV859: Fugue (arr. EA Forster)
» no.16 in G minor, BWV861: Fugue (arr. EA Forster)
» no.17 in A flat major, BWV862: Fugue (arr. EA Forster)
» no.18 in G sharp minor, BWV863: Fugue (arr. EA Forster)
» no.20 in A minor, BWV865: Fugue (arr. EA Forster)
» no.22 in B flat minor, BWV867: Fugue (arr. EA Forster)
» no.23 in B major, BWV868: Fugue (arr. EA Forster)
» no.24 in B minor, BWV869: Fugue (arr. EA Forster)
The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2, BWV870-893
» no.2 in C minor, BWV871: Fugue (arr. WA Mozart)
» no.5 in D major, BWV874: Fugue (arr. WA Mozart)
» no.7 in E flat major, BWV876: Fugue (arr. WA Mozart)
» no.8 in D-sharp minor, BWV877: Fugue (arr. WA Mozart)
» no.9 in E major, BWV878: Fugue (arr. WA Mozart)
» no.16 in G minor, BWV885: Fugue (arr. EA Forster)
» no.17 in A flat major, BWV886: Fugue (arr. EA Forster)
» no.22 in B flat minor, BWV891: Fugue (arr. EA Forster)
» no.23 in B major, BWV892: Fugue (arr. EA Forster)

Barber, Samuel

Dover Beach, op.3
String Quartet in B minor, op.11

Bartok, Bela

String Quartets nos.1-6 (complete)

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Grosse Fuge in B flat major, op.133
String Quartets (complete) (16)

Berg, Alban

Lyric Suite (for string quartet)

Borodin, Alexander

String Quartet no.2 in D major

Brahms, Johannes

Clarinet Quintet in B minor, op.115
Motets (2), op.74
» no.2 O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf
Piano Quintet in F minor, op.34
String Quartet no.1 in C minor, op.51 no.1
String Quartet no.2 in A minor, op.51 no.2
String Quartet no.3 in B flat major, op.67

Britten, Benjamin

String Quartet no.2 in C major, op.36
String Quartet no.3, op.94

Debussy, Claude

String Quartet in G minor, op.10

Dvorak, Antonin

Cypresses for String Quartet, B152 'Echo of Songs'
Piano Quartet no.2 in E flat major, op.87
Piano Quintet in A major, op.81
String Quartet no.10 in E flat major, op.51 B92
String Quartet no.11 in C major, op.61 B121
String Quartet no.12 in F major, op.96 B179 'American'
String Quartet no.13 in G major, op.106 B192
String Quartet no.14 in A flat major, op.105 B193
String Quintet in E flat major, op.97 B180 'American'

Faure, Gabriel

Piano Quartet no.1 in C minor, op.15

Grieg, Edvard

String Quartet in G minor, op.27

Harbison, John

String Quartet no.2

Haydn, Franz Joseph

String Quartets (2), op.77
» no.1 in G major
String Quartets (3), op.54
» no.1 in G major
String Quartets (3), op.74
» no.3 in G minor 'The Rider'
String Quartets (6), op.20
» no.5 in F minor
String Quartets (6), op.33
» no.2 in E flat major 'The Joke'
String Quartets (6), op.64
» no.5 in D major 'The Lark'
String Quartets (6), op.76
» no.2 in D minor 'Fifths'
» no.3 in C major 'Emperor'
The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross, op.51 (string quartet)

Ives, Charles

String Quartet no.1 'From the Salvation Army'
String Quartet no.2

Janacek, Leos

On an Overgrown Path, JWVIII/17
» Book 1: no.9 In tears (arr. for string quartet by J Burghauser)
String Quartet no.1 'The Kreutzer Sonata'
String Quartet no.2 'Intimate Letters'

Martinu, Bohuslav

Madrigals (3) for violin and viola, H313

Mendelssohn, Felix

Octet in E flat major, op.20
Pieces (4) for String Quartet, op.81
String Quartet no.1 in E flat major, op.12
String Quartet no.2 in A minor, op.13
String Quartet no.3 in D major, op.44 no.1
String Quartet no.4 in E minor, op.44 no.2
String Quartet no.5 in E flat major, op.44 no.3
String Quartet no.6 in F minor, op.80

Meyer, Edgar

String Quintet

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Clarinet Quintet in A major, K581
Flute Quartet no.1 in D major, K285
Flute Quartet no.2 in G major, K285a
Flute Quartet no.3 in C major, K285b
Flute Quartet no.4 in A major, K298
Piano Quartet no.1 in G minor, K478
Rondo in G major for flute and string quartet (arr. of K494)
String Quartet no.14 in G major, K387
String Quartet no.15 in D minor, K421 ('Haydn Quartet' no.2)
String Quartet no.16 in E flat major, K428
String Quartet no.17 in B flat major, K458 'The Hunt'
String Quartet no.18 in A major, K464 'Drum'
String Quartet no.19 in C major, K465 'Dissonance'

Nielsen, Carl

At the Bier of a Young Artist (string quartet)

Prokofiev, Sergei

Sonata for 2 violins in C major, op.56
String Quartet no.1, op.50
String Quartet no.2 in F major, op.92

Puccini, Giacomo

Crisantemi

Purcell, Henry

Chacony in G minor, Z730
Fantasia no.6 in F major, Z737
Fantasia no.8 in D minor, Z739
Fantasia no.10 in E minor, Z741
Fantasia no.11 in G major, Z742

Ravel, Maurice

String Quartet in F major

Rorem, Ned

String Quartet no.4

Schubert, Franz

String Quartet no.12 in C minor, D703 'Quartettsatz'
String Quartet no.13 in A minor, D804 'Rosamunde'
String Quartet no.14 in D minor, D810 'Death and the Maiden'
String Quartet no.15 in G major, D887
String Quintet in C major, op.163 D956

Schuller, Gunther

String Quartet no.3

Schumann, Robert

Piano Quartet in E flat major, op.47
Piano Quintet in E flat major, op.44
String Quartet in A major, op.41 no.3

Shostakovich, Dmitri

Adagio (Elegy) for String Quartet
Allegretto (Polka) for String Quartet
Piano Quintet in G minor, op.57
» III Scherzo: Allegretto
String Quartets nos.1-15 (complete)

Sibelius, Jean

Andante festivo
String Quartet in D minor, op.56 'Voces Intimae'

Smetana, Bedrich

String Quartet no.1 in E minor 'From My Life'

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

String Quartet no.1 in D major, op.11

Webern, Anton

Bagatelles (6) for string quartet, op.9
Langsamer Satz (Slow Movement)
Movement for string trio, op.post
Movements (5) for string quartet, op.5
Pieces (3), op.posth
Rondo for string quartet
String Quartet, op.28
String Quartet, op.posth
String Trio, op.20

Wellesz, Egon

Sonnets by Elizabeth Barrett-Browning, op.52

Wernick, Richard

String Quartet no.4

Wolf, Hugo

Italienische Serenade (Italian Serenade) in G major

Zeisl, Erich

Komm, susser Tod

Artists

Emerson String Quartet
Renee Fleming (soprano)
Mary-Ann McCormick (mezzo-soprano)
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
Leon Fleisher (piano)
Evgeny Kissin (piano)
Menahem Pressler (piano)
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Carol Wincenc (flute)
David Shifrin (clarinet)
Paul Neubauer (viola)
Edgar Meyer (double bass)

About

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 (2 CDs). Also included is a Bonus CD with Encores and Audio Guides.

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