The Emerson String Quartet, undoubtedly one of the most famous string quartets in the world, will give its last concert in 2023. In order to honour the quartet's recording career of over 35 years, two recordings from recent years have been added to their highly successful Complete Edition (2016), which is now only available in rare quantities. The "The New Complete Recordings" box set thus also includes the double album "The New York Concert" with Evgeny Kissin and the 2017 recording "Chaconnes and Fantasias - The Music of Britten and Purcell".

Among the highlights of the quartet's numerous international awards, including 9 Grammy Awards, are the complete Beethoven, Shostakovich and Bartok string quartets as well as the successful Bach album “Bach: The Art of Fugue”.

The liner notes have been revised by Eugene Drucker and feature an excellent retrospective of Emerson String Quartet’s achievement. Numerous photos of the musicians and the original covers of the albums are also included in this limited edition.

Tracklist:

CD1 SCHUBERT String Quartet D810„Death and The Maiden”

BEETHOVEN Quartet in F minor op. 95

CD2–3 BARTÓK The 6 String Quartets

CD4 DEBUSSY String Quartet in G minor op. 10

RAVEL String Quartet in F major

CD5 TCHAIKOVSKY String Quartet no. 1 in D major

BORODIN String Quartet no. 2

CD6 HAYDN String Quartet in …op. 74 no. 2 “Emperor” ~

SCHUBERT String Quartet D 804

SCHUBERT String Quartet D 703

CD7 BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F major, op. 135

SCHUBERT String Quartet in G major, D887

CD8 DVOŘÁK String Quartet no. 12 “American”

SMETANA String Quartet no. 1 in E minor “From my life”

CD9 BRAHMS String Quartet no 1

SCHUMANN String Quartet no. 2

CD10 MOZART Flute Quartets nos. 1–4

Carol Wincenc, flute

CD11 PROKOFIEV String Quartets nos. 1 & 2, Sonata for 2 Violins

CD12 SCHUBERT String Quintet in C major D956

Mstislav Rostorpovich, cello

CD13–15 MOZART The 6 “Haydn” Quartets

CD16 IVES String Quartets nos. 1 & 2

BARBER String Quartet

BARBER Dover Beach Thomas Hampson

CD17 HARBISON / WERNICK / SCHULLER String Quartets

CD18 DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet op. 81, Piano Quartet op. 87

Menahem Pressler, piano

CD19 WEBERN - Works for String Quartet

Mary Ann McCormick

CD20 SCHUMANN - Piano Quintet in E flat major op. 44, Piano Quartet op. 47

Menahem Pressler, piano

CD21–27 BEETHOVEN The String Quartets

CD28 MEYER Quintet Edgar Meyer, double bass

ROREM - String Quartet no. 4

CD29 MOZART Clarinet Quintet

BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet

David Shifrin

CD30–34 SHOSTAKOVICH The String Quartets

CD35–36 THE HAYDN PROJECT

String Quartets Op. 20 No. 5, Op. 33 No. 2, Op. 54 No. 1, Op. 64 No. 5,

Op. 74 No. 3, Op. 76 No. 2 and Op. 77 No. 1

CD37 J.S. BACH The Art of Fugue

CD38 HAYDN Seven Last Words op. 51

CD39–42 MENDELSSOHN The String Quartets

CD43 GRIEG / NIELSEN / SIBELIUS “Intimate Voices”

CD44–45 BRAHMS String Quartets & Piano Quintet

Leon Fischer, piano

CD46 J.S. BACH Fugues from “The Well-tempered Clavier”

CD47 JANÁČEK “Intimate Letters”, String Quartets

MARTINŮ Madrigals for Violin and Viola

CD48–50 DVOŘÁK The String Quartets

String Quintet Op. 97 Paul Neubauer

Cypresses B. 152

CD51 BERG Lyric Suite

WELLESZ Sonnets from the Portuguese

ZEISL Komm, süsser Tod

Renée Fleming

CD52 (Bonus): Encores & Audio Guides

BRAHMS O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf op. 74/2

SIBELIUS Andante Festivo

JANÁČEK On an Overgrown Path I

WOLF Italian Serenade

PUCCINI Crisantemi

HAYDN Seven Last Words – Listening Guide

A Journey Through MENDELSSOHN’s Quartets – Listening Guide

CD53 Chaconnes and Fantasias: Music of BRITTEN and PURCELL

CD54–55 The New York Concert with Evgeny Kissin

MOZART Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, K. 478

FAURÉ Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 15

DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81, B. 155

SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57