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This is a rather unusual pairing, as Tchaikovsky and Schoenberg seem about as far apart as any two composers could be. (Although one could argue
Since Benjamin Britten paid tribute to his great predecessor Henry Purcell many times over as performer, arranger, and composer, it comes as no surprise that
The Emerson Quartet renders Dvorák’s late string quartets, works the ensemble records for the first time in its 30-year career, with a richness of tone
The Emerson Quartet always can be counted on to give performances of superb technical polish, and I don’t say that to damn these performances with
Samuel Barber’s songs formed a central part of his output from an early age. They are characterized by natural, unselfconscious lyricism and a highly developed
Those who are familiar with Pierre Boulez’s earlier “Complete Webern” on Sony will notice that his new Deutsche Grammophon edition contains six discs to Sony’s
Certainly America’s greatest string quartet and inarguably one of the finest in the world, the Emerson String Quartet is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2002.
Here we go again! Right after Calliope completes its 10/10-rated cycle of Mendelssohn String Quartets with the Talich Quartet, now comes this new set that
I’m not a big fan of the quartet version of the original orchestral work, and the Emerson Quartet really throws down the gauntlet in this
This is an easy call. No less a figure than Donald Francis Tovey declared that from the performer’s standpoint The Art of Fugue is undeniably
