popular music: Emerson String Quartet     popular music:     Worlds of History,...   Hogan's Heroes - T...   Great books by wor...   Gus   Emerson String Qua...      Dvorák, Tchaikovsky, Borodin: Quartets Emerson String Quartet Deutsche Grammophon, 1995 Never get tired of this... I've been listening to this CD for about two years, mostly when I'm cooking, or driving, and lately on my ipod when I run. It's very uplifting music. These quartets are so well known that everyone probably has heard them all before, but they are so good together on one ...             Shostakovich: The String Quartets [Box Set] Dmitry Shostakovich, Emerson String Quartet DG, 2006 American-Style Borscht...with a Dash of Hot Sauce Dmitri Shostakovich, my favorite 20th century composer, wrote a series of fifteen string quartets that span his entire career. These are alternately searing, violent, brooding, fiery, introspective works that run the gamut of human emotion and experience -- hardly ...             Schumann: Op. Nos. 44 & 47 David Finckel, Robert Schumann, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 1996 Not just a great string quartet... The Emerson Quartet have shown that they are not only a great string quartet but can combine with an equally fine musician to produce an excellent recording of the Schumann Quintet and Piano Quartet. Their tempi are brisk but well thought out and their playing ...             Schubert: String Quintet in C, D. 956 Franz Schubert, Mstislav Rostropovich, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 1992 Something to consider I won't disagree with the chorus of praise here, but I will point out that this recording of Schubert's quintet, which the Emerson Quartet recorded with Rostropovich on the 125th annivesary of BASF AG, is available with 4 of Schubert's string quartets: Schubert: The ...             Schubert: The Late String Quartets; String Quintet Franz Schubert, Emerson String Quartet, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 2004 FULL APPRECIATION Until this bargain priced recording on three discs of the Emerson Quartet playing Schubert`s last four string quartets (included also is the String Quintet in C major, D956 featuring Rostropovich on cello), down through the years, I really did not have too much of an ...             Intimate Letters (Janacek & Martinu) Emerson String Quartet, Leos Janacek, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 2009 Fierce Passion Needs Ferocious Playing Leos Janacek (1854-1928) wrote two string quartets, both in the last decade of his life, both reportedly energized by his unreciprocated passion for a much younger woman. Oddly I'm reminded of the great 14th C composer Guillaume Machaut, whose final masterpieces of ...             Debussy, Ravel: Streichquartette David Finckel, Claude Debussy, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 1995 The Cream of a Very Good Crop ! For me, these readings by the Emerson Quartet constitute one of the finest available couplings of these two staples of the string quartet repertoire. Listening to other highly touted versions by the Julliard, Guarneri, Tokyo, Cleveland and Kodaly Quartets, I feel the ...             Beethoven: The Late String Quartets Ludwig van Beethoven, Emerson String Quartet Deutsche Grammophon, 2003 Supreme recordings of Beethovens late string quartets The Emerson String Quartet combine a strength of performance at the same time giving the listener subtle shades of color producing one of the supreme recordings of Beethovens late string quartets ever. They've almost done the unattainable, by producing a new approach ...             Bach: The Art of Fugue Johann Sebastian Bach, Emerson String Quartet UMVD Labels, 2003 My favourite piece of classical music (so far) Bach: The Art of Fugue I know very little about classical music (unlike other reviewers who have posted about this recording). I cannot compare skill of conductors, or the various pros and cons of the different renditions of one piece of music. I can, however, tell ...             Mozart: String quartets K. 465 "Dissonance", K. 458 "The Hunt" & K. 421 Emerson String Quartet Deutsche Grammophon, 2005 A classic of the CD era This disc was one of the first classical discs I ever bought. Loved it then and I love it now. This version includes a extra work which is also rewarding. The Emerson String Quartet combine a strength of performance at the same time giving us subtle shades of color ...             American Originals - Ives & Barber: String Quartets Emerson String Quartet, Samuel Barber, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 1993 Fine American Music This is one of my favorite discs. The Ives Scherzo is played with precision and drive. The Ives 2d quartet is beautiful throughout. The first movement of the Barber is just flawless, so wonderfully played it's simply inspiring. The Adagio has been nicely ...             Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets / Emerson String Quartet Felix Mendelssohn, Emerson String Quartet Deutsche Grammophon, 2005 Beautifully recorded, well-played, but... I expected more. These performances fall far short of those by the Aurora Quartet and the very different but equally attractive ones by the Henschel Quartet. Before you dismiss the Mendelssohn quartets--especially those numbered 1 through 5--as pleasant but mediocre ...             Bach Fugues Eugene Drucker, Philip Setzer, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 2008 A Very "Classical" Reading... . The Emerson here has purposefully chosen a very Haydnesque Classical mode of expression instead of attempting a more Beethovenian Romantic approach--(Haydn: very thin and airy; Beethoven: much bark and bite). For example, the great b-minor Fugue (S.869) here ...             Antonin Dvorak: Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81; Piano Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 87 Antonin Dvorak, Menahem Pressler, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 1994 A beautifully played Dvorak program with charm and warmth I think the Amazon reviewer is right to point out that Menahem Pressler, who comes into this recording as an elder statesman (much as Leon Fleisher does for the Brahms Piano Quintet with the Emersons), bringing a broader, more relaxed way of phrasing. The Emersons ...             Mozart / Brahms: Clarinet Quintets Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, David Shifrin, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 1999 Outstanding ensemble performance. Shifrin and the Emerson Quartet demonstrated an outstanding artistic interpretation of both the Mozart and Brahms quintets. The ensemble performance is unified and expressive. The technical quality of the recording also is excellent. After hearing the CD, I purchased ...          products you might be interested in   search for popular music dissonance, mendelssohn, originals, shostakovich, streichquartette, tchaikovsky      toavi.com    web we recommend Cinderella DVD randomly chosen book: Mixed Vegetables, Vol. 1