This monumental release documents the Emerson String Quartet’s exceptional longevity and dynamism. 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) and much more.

Boxset Dimensions: 5.1” x 5.1” x 5.1”

Tracklist: 

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 (David Shifrin)
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 (Renée Fleming)
WELLESZ Sonnets from the Portuguese (Renée Fleming)
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