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The Amadeus were the most successful and highly-regarded Quartet of the 20th century. Benefitting from the jet aeroplane and from the record industry s ability to reach out to world, they dominated chamber music making for nearly 40 years.
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 stands as eloquent testimony to their thoughtful musicianship, technical calibre and to the immense esteem in which the world held them.
Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Christoph Eschenbach (piano), Emil Gilels (piano), Karl Leister (clarinet), William Pleeth (cello), Andreas Brau (flute), Lothar Koch (oboe), Gerd Seiffert (horn), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Walter Klein (piano), Clifford Curzon (piano), Robert Cohen (cello), Benjamin Britten (piano).
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- 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the Music), plus an introductory note by Martin Lovett, sole surviving member of the Amadeus Quartet; and previously unpublished photographs from the archives of the Quartet’s families.
Список музыкальных треков:
1. Mozart: String Quartet No. 17 in B flat major, K458 'The Hunt' 2. Mozart: String Quartet No. 16 in E flat, K428 3. Mozart: String Quartet No. 23 in F Major, K590 'Prussian No. 3' 4. Mozart: String Quartet No. 18 in A Major, K464 'Drum' 5. Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K465 'Dissonance' 6. Mozart: String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K575 'Prussian No. 1' 7. Mozart: String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K421 8. Mozart: String Quartet No. 20 in D major, K499 'Hoffmeister' 9. Mozart: String Quartet No. 22 in B flat major, K589 'Prussian No. 2' 10. Mozart: String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K515 11. Mozart: String Quintet No. 6 in E flat major, K614 12. Mozart: String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K516 13. Mozart: String Quintet No. 5 in D major, K593 14. Mozart: String Quartet No. 16 in E flat, K428 15. Mozart: String Quartet No. 23 in F Major, K590 'Prussian No. 3' 16. Mozart: String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K516 17. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 51 'Seven Last Words' 18. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 54 No. 1 in G major 19. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 54 No. 2 in C major 20. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 64 No. 3 in B flat major 21. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 74 No. 1 in C major 22. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 77 No. 1 in G major 23. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 103 in D minor 24. Mozart: String Quartet No. 17 in B flat major, K458 'The Hunt' 25. Schubert: String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, D87 26. Schubert: String Quartet No. 8 in B flat major, D112 27. Mendelssohn: Four pieces for String Quartet, Op. 81 28. Schubert: String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D804 'Rosamunde' 29. Schubert: String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D887 30. Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D810 'Death and the Maiden' 31. Schubert: String Quartet No. 12 in C minor (fragment), D703 ‘Quartettsatz' 32. Brahms: String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51 No. 1 33. Brahms: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2 34. Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 in B flat major, Op. 67 35. Beethoven: String Quartets Nos. 1-16 (complete, inc. Grosse Fuge) 36. Beethoven: Piano Sonata arrangement Op. 14 No. 1 Hess 34 37. Beethoven: String Quintet in C major, Op. 29 38. Beethoven: Piano Quartets (3), WoO 36 39. Beethoven: String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59 No. 3 'Rasumovsky No. 3' 40. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 2 in D minor 'Fifths' 41. Beethoven: String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59 No. 3 'Rasumovsky No. 3' 42. Beethoven: String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, Op. 74 'Harp' 43. Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major, Op. 127 44. Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131 45. Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 46. Beethoven: String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135 47. Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130 48. Beethoven: Grosse Fuge in B flat major, Op. 133 49. Brahms: String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51 No. 1 50. Brahms: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2 51. Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 in B flat major, Op. 67 52. Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 53. Brahms: String Quintet No. 1 in F major, Op. 88 54. Brahms: String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111 55. Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 56. Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 57. Brahms: String Sextet No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 18 58. Brahms: String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36 59. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 51 'Seven Last Words' 60. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 54 No. 1 in G majo 61. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 54 No. 2 in C major 62. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 54 No. 3 in E major 63. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 55 No. 1 in A major 64. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 55 No. 2 in F minor 'The Razor' 65. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 55 No. 3 in B majo 66. Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 64 Nos. 1-6 (complete) 67. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 71 No. 1 in B flat major 68. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 71 No. 2 in D major 69. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 71 No. 3 in E flat major 70. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 74 No. 1 in C major 71. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 74 No. 2 in F major 72. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 74 No. 3 in G minor 'The Rider' 73. Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 76 Nos. 1-6 (complete) 74. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 77 No. 1 in G major 75. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 77 No. 2 in F major 76. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 103 in D minor 77. Mozart: String Quartet No. 17 in B flat major, K458 'The Hunt' 78. Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 3 in C major 'Emperor 79. Mozart: String Quartets (Complete) 80. Mozart: String Quintet No. 2 in C minor, K406 81. Mozart: String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K515 82. Mozart: String Quintet No. 5 in D major, K593 83. Mozart: String Quintet No. 1 in B flat major, K174 84. Mozart: String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K516 85. Mozart: String Quintet No. 6 in E flat major, K614 86. Mozart: Flute Quartets Nos. 1-4 (complete) 87. Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F major, K370 88. Mozart: Horn Quintet in E flat, K407 89. Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A major, K581 90. Mozart: Divertimento in E flat major, K563 91. Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K478 92. Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat major, K493 93. Mozart: Serenade No. 13 in G major, K525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' 94. Mozart: Ein musikalischer Spass K522 95. Mozart: Adagio & Fugue in C minor for Strings, K546 96. Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K478 97. Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat major, K493 98. Schubert: String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, D87 99. Schubert: String Quartet No. 8 in B flat major, D112 100. Schubert: String Quartet No. 9 in G minor, D173 101. Schubert: String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D804 'Rosamunde' 102. Schubert: String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D887 103. Schubert: String Quartet No. 12 in C minor (fragment), D703 ‘Quartettsatz' 104. Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D667 'The Trout' 105. Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D810 'Death and the Maiden' 106. Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D810 'Death and the Maiden' 107. Schubert: String Quintet in C major, D956 108. Schubert: String Quintet in C major, D956 109. Dvorak: String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 'American' 110. Dvorak: String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 'American' 111. Bruckner: String Quintet in F major 112. Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor 'From My Life' 113. Verdi: String Quartet in E minor 114. Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11 115. Britten: String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36 116. Britten: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 94 117. MacMillan, E: String Quartet in C minor 118. Bridge: Phantasy in F sharp minor for piano quartet 119. Britten: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 94 120. Beethoven: String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18 No. 5 121. Fricker: String Quartet No. 2 Op. 20 122. MacMillan, E: Two Sketches based on French Canadian Airs
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