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TracksBeethoven:, String Quartets Nos. 1-16 (Complete Inc. Grosse Fuge), Recorded 1959-1963, Piano Sonata Arrangement Op. 14 No. 1 Hess 34, String Quintet in C Major Op. 29, Piano Quartets (3) Woo 36, Christoph Eschenbach (Piano), String Quartet No. 9 in C Major Op. 59 No. 3 'Rasumovsky No. 3', Live Recording from the Wigmore Hall 1983, String Quartet No. 9 in C Major Op. 59 No. 3 'Rasumovsky No. 3', Recorded 1987, String Quartet No. 10 in E Flat Major Op. 74 'Harp', Recorded 1987, String Quartet No. 12 in E Flat Major Op. 127, Recorded 1978, String Quartet No. 14 in C Sharp minor Op. 131, Recorded 1981, String Quartet No. 15 in a Minor Op. 132, Recorded 1980, String Quartet No. 16 in F Major Op. 135, Recorded 1977, String Quartet No. 13 in B Flat Major Op. 130, Recorded 1980, Grosse Fuge in B Flat Major Op. 133, Recorded 1977, String Quartet No. 5 in a Major Op. 18 No. 5, Brahms:, String Quartet No. 1 in C minor Op. 51 No. 1, Recorded 1951, String Quartet No. 2 in a Minor Op. 51 No. 2, Recorded 1955, String Quartet No. 3 in B Flat Major Op. 67, Recorded 1957, String Quartet No. 1 in C minor Op. 51 No. 1, Recorded 1959, String Quartet No. 2 in a Minor Op. 51 No. 2, Recorded 1959, String Quartet No. 3 in B Flat Major Op. 67, Recorded 1960, Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34, Recorded 1968, Christoph Eschenbach (Piano), String Quintet No. 1 in F Major Op. 88, Cecil Aronowitz (Viola), String Quintet No. 2 in G Major Op. 111, Cecil Aronowitz (Viola), Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor Op. 25, Emil Gilels (Piano), Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op. 115, Karl Leister (Clarinet), String Sextet No. 1 in B Flat Major Op. 18, Cecil Aronowitz (Viola) William Pleeth (Cello), String Sextet No. 2 in G Major Op. 36, Cecil Aronowitz (Viola) William Pleeth (Cello), Bridge:, Phantasy in F Sharp minor for Piano Quartet, Benjamin Britten (Piano), Britten:, String Quartet No. 2 in C Major Op. 36, String Quartet No. 3 Op. 94, String Quartet No. 3 Op. 94, Live from the Wigmore Hall -35th Anniversary Recital, Bruckner:, String Quintet in F Major, Cecil Aronowitz (Viola), Dvorak:, String Quartet No. 12 in F Major Op. 96 'American', Recorded 1959, String Quartet No. 12 in F Major Op. 96 'American', Recorded 1977, Fricker:, String Quartet No. 2 Op. 20, Haydn:, String Quartet Op. 51 'Seven Last Words', Recorded 1951, String Quartet Op. 54 No. 1 in G Major, Recorded 1957, String Quartet Op. 54 No. 2 in C Major, Recorded 1954, String Quartet Op. 64 No. 3 in B Flat Major, Recorded 1957, String Quartet Op. 74 No. 1 in C Major, Recorded 1957, String Quartet Op. 77 No. 1 in G Major, Recorded 1956, String Quartet Op. 103 in D minor, Recorded 1951, String Quartet Op. 76 No. 2 in D minor 'Fifths', Live Recording from the Wigmore Hall 1983, String Quartet Op. 51 'Seven Last Words', Recorded 1971, String Quartet Op. 54 No. 1 in G Major, String Quartet Op. 54 No. 2 in C Major, String Quartet Op. 54 No. 3 in E Major, String Quartet Op. 55 No. 1 in a Major, String Quartet Op. 55 No. 2 in F minor 'The Razor', String Quartet Op. 55 No. 3 in B Major, String Quartets Op. 64 Nos. 1-6 (Complete), String Quartet Op. 71 No. 1 in B Flat Major, String Quartet Op. 71 No. 2 in D Major, String Quartet Op. 71 No. 3 in E Flat Major, String Quartet Op. 74 No. 1 in C Major, String Quartet Op. 74 No. 2 in F Major, String Quartet Op. 74 No. 3 in G minor 'The Rider', String Quartets Op. 76 Nos. 1-6 (Complete), String Quartet Op. 77 No. 1 in G Major, String Quartet Op. 77 No. 2 in F Major, String Quartet Op. 103 in D minor, String Quartet Op. 76 No. 3 in C Major 'Emperor', MacMillan E:, String Quartet in C minor, First Release on CD, Two Sketches Based on French Canadian Airs, First Release on CD, Mendelssohn:, Four Pieces for String Quartet Op. 81, Recorded 1955, Mozart:, String Quartet No. 17 in B Flat Major K458 'The Hunt', Recorded 1951, String Quartet No. 16 in E Flat K428, Recorded 1951, String Quartet No. 23 in F Major K590 'Prussian No. 3', Recorded 1951, String Quartet No. 18 in a Majo
NotesThis renowned quartet dominated chamber music for nearly four decades, keeping all four members in the group from 1951-87 and earning admiration all around the globe. This 70-CD box presents almost their entire discography and includes many CD debuts and several recordings that were never released. A 180-page book with new notes and replicas of the original jackets join a wealth of Beethoven ("String Quartets Nos. 1-16"), Schubert ("String Quartets Nos. 8, 9, 10, 12-15, " "String Quintet in C Major, " "Piano Quintet in A Major 'The Trout'"), Mozart ("String Quintets Nos. 1-6, " "Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2, " "Oboe Quartet in F Major, " "Divertimento in E Flat Major, " "String Quartets Nos. 15-23"), Haydn ("String Quartets, Op. 54, Nos. 1-3, " "String Quartets, Op. 77, Nos. 1 & 2, " "String Quartets, Op. 55, Nos. 1-3"), Brahms ("String Quartets Nos. 1-3, " "Piano Quintet in F Minor, " "String Quintets Nos. 1 & 2, " "String Sextet Nos. 1 & 2") and Britten ("String Quartets Nos. 2 & 3") plus "String Quintet in F Major" Bruckner, "String Quartet No. 12 in F Major "American" Dvorak, "Four Pieces for String Quartet" Mendelssohn, "String Quartet No. 1 in D Major" Tchaikovsky, "String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor 'From My Life'" Smetana, "String Quartet in E Minor" Verdi and more! A particularly lovely touch: previously unpublished photos from the archives of the Quartet's families. Deutsche Grammophon.