Emerson String Quartet
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The Emerson String Quartet is a New York–based string quartet in residence at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Previously the Quartet was in residence at The Hartt School. Formed in 1976, they have released more than thirty albums and won nine Grammy Awards. Both violinists in the quartet were students of the noted violinist Oscar Shumsky. Formed in the bicentennial year of the United States, the Emerson String Quartet took its name from the great American poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. Violinists Drucker and Setzer alternate as first and second violinists.
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Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81, B. 155 : Dvořák: Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81, B. 155: III. Scherzo (Furiant). Molto vivace (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, 2018)
The New York Concert (Live at Carnegie Hall, 2018)Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81, B. 155 : Dvořák: Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81, B. 155: III. Scherzo (Furiant). Molto vivace
Dvorák: Piano Quintet, Op. 81 / Piano Quartet, Op. 87String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465 "Dissonance" : Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465 "Dissonance": III. Menuetto. Allegretto – Trio
Mozart CollectionString Quintet in C Major, D. 956 : Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, D. 956: IV. Finale. Allegretto
Schubert: The Late String Quartets; String QuintetString Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465 "Dissonance" : Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465 "Dissonance": I. Adagio – Allegro
Mozart CollectionString Quintet in C Major, D. 956 : Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, D. 956: I. Allegro ma non troppo
Schubert: The Late String Quartets; String QuintetDie Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080 : J.S. Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus I (Performed by String Quartet)
Bach, J.S.: The Art of Fugue - Emerson String QuartetPiano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, K. 478 : Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, K. 478: I. Allegro (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, 2018)
The New York Concert (Live at Carnegie Hall, 2018)String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18 No. 3 : Beethoven: String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18 No. 3: I. Allegro
Beethoven: The String QuartetsThe Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 : J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 862/2
Bach, J.S.: Fugues
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Discography
Infinite Voyage
Album2023Dvořák
Album2022String Quartets nos. 1-3, op. 41
Album2020Chaconnes and Fantasias
Album2017Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon
Album2016
Berg: Lyric Suite / Wellesz: Sonnets by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, op. 52
Album2015Journeys
Album2013Octet, op. 20 / String Quartet, op. 80
Album2012
The Prussian Quartets
Album2011
Old World - New World
Album2010
