Amadeus Quartet: The Complete DG, Decca & Westminster Recordings
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Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat No: 4797589
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 70
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 22nd September 2017
Contents
Works
Piano Quartets (3), WoO36Piano Sonata no.9 in E major, op.14 no.1 (arr. for string quartet in F major)
String Quartets (complete) (16)
String Quintet in C major, op.29
Clarinet Quintet in B minor, op.115
Piano Quartet no.1 in G minor, op.25
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
String Quintet no.1 in F major, op.88
String Quintet no.2 in G major, op.111
String Sextet no.1 in B flat major, op.18
String Sextet no.2 in G major, op.36
Phantasy in F sharp minor for piano quartet, H94
String Quartet no.2 in C major, op.36
String Quartet no.3, op.94
String Quintet in F major, WAB112
String Quartet no.12 in F major, op.96 B179 'American'
String Quartet no.2, op.20
String Quartet in D minor, op.103
String Quartets (2), op.77
String Quartets (3), op.54
String Quartets (3), op.55
String Quartets (3), op.71
String Quartets (3), op.74
String Quartets (6), op.64
String Quartets (6), op.76
The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross, op.51 (string quartet)
String Quartet in F major, op.3 no.5 (attrib. Haydn)
Sketches (2) based on French Canadian Airs
String Quartet in C minor
Pieces (4) for String Quartet, op.81
Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K546
Clarinet Quintet in A major, K581
Divertimento for string trio in E flat major, K563
Divertimento in F major, K138 'Salzburg Symphony no.3'
Ein musikalischer Spass (A Musical Joke), K522
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
Horn Quintet in E flat major, K407
Oboe Quartet in F major, K370
Piano Quartet no.1 in G minor, K478
Piano Quartet no.2 in E flat major, K493
Serenade no.13 in G major, K525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik'
String Quartets nos 1-23 (complete)
String Quintet no.1 in B flat major, K174
String Quintet no.2 in C minor, K406
String Quintet no.3 in C major, K515
String Quintet no.4 in G minor, K516
String Quintet no.5 in D major, K593
String Quintet no.6 in E flat major, K614
String Quartet
Wini-Wini
Piano Quintet in A major, D667 'The Trout' (Die Forelle)
String Quartet no.8 in B flat major, D112
String Quartet no.9 in G minor, D173
String Quartet no.10 in E flat major, D87
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
String Quartet no.1 in E minor 'From My Life'
String Quartet in E minor
Holdrioh, liebes Echo
Artists
Amadeus QuartetCecil Aronowitz (viola)
Andreas Blau (flute)
Benjamin Britten (piano)
Robert Cohen (cello)
Clifford Curzon (piano)
Christoph Eschenbach (piano)
Emil Gilels (piano)
Walter Klien (piano)
Manfred Klier (horn)
Lothar Koch (oboe)
Karl Leister (clarinet)
Gervase de Peyer (clarinet)
William Pleeth (cello)
Gerd Seifert (horn)
Rainer Zepperitz (double bass)
Works
Piano Quartets (3), WoO36Piano Sonata no.9 in E major, op.14 no.1 (arr. for string quartet in F major)
String Quartets (complete) (16)
String Quintet in C major, op.29
Clarinet Quintet in B minor, op.115
Piano Quartet no.1 in G minor, op.25
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
String Quintet no.1 in F major, op.88
String Quintet no.2 in G major, op.111
String Sextet no.1 in B flat major, op.18
String Sextet no.2 in G major, op.36
Phantasy in F sharp minor for piano quartet, H94
String Quartet no.2 in C major, op.36
String Quartet no.3, op.94
String Quintet in F major, WAB112
String Quartet no.12 in F major, op.96 B179 'American'
String Quartet no.2, op.20
String Quartet in D minor, op.103
String Quartets (2), op.77
String Quartets (3), op.54
String Quartets (3), op.55
String Quartets (3), op.71
String Quartets (3), op.74
String Quartets (6), op.64
String Quartets (6), op.76
The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross, op.51 (string quartet)
String Quartet in F major, op.3 no.5 (attrib. Haydn)
Sketches (2) based on French Canadian Airs
String Quartet in C minor
Pieces (4) for String Quartet, op.81
Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K546
Clarinet Quintet in A major, K581
Divertimento for string trio in E flat major, K563
Divertimento in F major, K138 'Salzburg Symphony no.3'
Ein musikalischer Spass (A Musical Joke), K522
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
Horn Quintet in E flat major, K407
Oboe Quartet in F major, K370
Piano Quartet no.1 in G minor, K478
Piano Quartet no.2 in E flat major, K493
Serenade no.13 in G major, K525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik'
String Quartets nos 1-23 (complete)
String Quintet no.1 in B flat major, K174
String Quintet no.2 in C minor, K406
String Quintet no.3 in C major, K515
String Quintet no.4 in G minor, K516
String Quintet no.5 in D major, K593
String Quintet no.6 in E flat major, K614
String Quartet
Wini-Wini
Piano Quintet in A major, D667 'The Trout' (Die Forelle)
String Quartet no.8 in B flat major, D112
String Quartet no.9 in G minor, D173
String Quartet no.10 in E flat major, D87
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
String Quartet no.1 in E minor 'From My Life'
String Quartet in E minor
Holdrioh, liebes Echo
Artists
Amadeus QuartetCecil Aronowitz (viola)
Andreas Blau (flute)
Benjamin Britten (piano)
Robert Cohen (cello)
Clifford Curzon (piano)
Christoph Eschenbach (piano)
Emil Gilels (piano)
Walter Klien (piano)
Manfred Klier (horn)
Lothar Koch (oboe)
Karl Leister (clarinet)
Gervase de Peyer (clarinet)
William Pleeth (cello)
Gerd Seifert (horn)
Rainer Zepperitz (double bass)
About
But concert tours are only successful if reviews are ecstatic and audiences delighted. They both were. For nearly 40 years, the Quartet (who styled themselves ‘The Wolf-Gang’) roved the world, argued, celebrated and worked like no other group, and changed not a single member: Norbert Brainin, Siegmund Nissel, Peter Schidlof and Martin Lovett had a recording career from 1951 to 1987, ending only with the death of Peter Schidlof in 1987.
These 70 CDs – presenting almost their entire discography, together with distinguished and extensive presentation – form one of the most extensive chamber music sets ever created, and stand as eloquent testimony to their thoughtful musicianship, technical calibre and to the immense esteem in which the world held them.
• This 70-CD set presents the Amadeus Quartet’s Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon on the occasion of the Quartet’s 70th Anniversary
• Several recordings released for the first time ever, others new to CD
• Each album presented in original jackets with facsimiles of original recording session reports
• 180-page book presents new notes by Daniel Snowman (author of The Amadeus Quartet: The Men and the Music), plus an introductory note by Martin Lovett, sole surviving member of the Amadeus Quartet; and previously unpublished photographs from the archives of the Quartet’s families
• The key Austro-German quartet repertoire – Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms – with several works recorded more than once of the course of the Amadeus’s career
• Key masterpieces by Bruckner, Dvořák, Smetana and Tchaikovsky
• The group’s rarer forays into contemporary repertoire: Bridge, Britten (whose final string quartet was written for the Amadeus), Fricker, Rainier, MacMillan
• Multiple recordings of certain repertoire make for fascinating comparisons over the course of a recording career which spanned 1951 to 1987
The Amadeus Quartet debuted at the Wigmore Hall on 10 January 1948 to an enthusiastic reception. Though their repertory was mainly the Austro-German greats, they were also in the vanguard of chamber music ensembles introducing audiences to composers as Bartók and Britten (who wrote his third quartet expressly for them).
Over their nearly forty years together, they made some 200 recordings – mostly for Deutsche Grammophon – and toured extensively throughout Europe, Canada, the United States, Japan, and South America; at their height they were on the road for eight months of the year.
Life in the quartet was not always calm. On occasions Brainin or Lovett would storm out of rehearsal threatening never to work with the other again; when travelling they always sat separately on planes; hotels were implored to find them non-adjoining rooms. But the four men shared a devotion to each other and stuck to their vow that they would play string quartets with no other musician, and when Schidlof died a replacement was never in discussion; this sad occasion marked the end of a quartet whose universal musicianship to this day transcends any changes in style that quartet playing might have undergone since.
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