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With the Emerson Quartet's performances of Beethoven's "middle" string quartets, it's almost always not quite. The ensemble is often not quite together. The intonation is often not quite cogent. The tone is often not quite cohesive. The tempos are often not quite strict. And the interpretations are almost always not quite compelling. There are moments, passages, and occasional movements that are brilliantly executed, but they are surrounded by moments, passages, and occasional movements that are scrappy and scruffy. The only exception to the rule of not quite is the Emerson's remarkable recording of the F minor quartet, Op. 95, which is tough, tight, taut, and furious from start to finish. But that is just one quartet in five and it cannot redeem an otherwise undistinguished set.
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String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1 "Rasumovsky" (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Max Wilcox, Producer, Editor, Balance Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Nelson Wong, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emerson String Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alison Ames, Producer
℗ 1997 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Max Wilcox, Producer, Editor, Balance Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Nelson Wong, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emerson String Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Finckel, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Setzer, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lawrence Dutton, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Eugene Drucker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Alison Ames, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1997 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Max Wilcox, Producer, Editor, Balance Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Nelson Wong, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emerson String Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alison Ames, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1997 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Max Wilcox, Producer, Editor, Balance Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Nelson Wong, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emerson String Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alison Ames, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1997 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2 "Rasumovsky" (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Max Wilcox, Producer, Editor, Balance Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Nelson Wong, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emerson String Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alison Ames, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1997 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Max Wilcox, Producer, Editor, Balance Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Nelson Wong, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emerson String Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alison Ames, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1997 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Max Wilcox, Producer, Editor, Balance Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Nelson Wong, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emerson String Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alison Ames, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1997 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Max Wilcox, Producer, Editor, Balance Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Nelson Wong, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emerson String Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alison Ames, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1997 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
DISC 2
String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3 "Rasumovsky" (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Max Wilcox, Producer, Editor, Balance Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Nelson Wong, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emerson String Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alison Ames, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1997 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Max Wilcox, Producer, Editor, Balance Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Nelson Wong, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emerson String Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alison Ames, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1997 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Max Wilcox, Producer, Editor, Balance Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Nelson Wong, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emerson String Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alison Ames, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1997 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Max Wilcox, Producer, Editor, Balance Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Nelson Wong, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emerson String Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Finckel, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Setzer, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lawrence Dutton, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Eugene Drucker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Alison Ames, Producer
℗ 1997 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
String Quartet No. 10 in E Flat Major, Op. 74 "Harp" (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Max Wilcox, Producer, Editor, Balance Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Nelson Wong, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emerson String Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Finckel, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Setzer, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lawrence Dutton, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Eugene Drucker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Alison Ames, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1997 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Max Wilcox, Producer, Editor, Balance Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Nelson Wong, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emerson String Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alison Ames, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1997 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Max Wilcox, Producer, Editor, Balance Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Nelson Wong, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emerson String Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alison Ames, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1997 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Max Wilcox, Producer, Editor, Balance Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Nelson Wong, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emerson String Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alison Ames, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1997 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95 "Serioso" (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Max Wilcox, Producer, Editor, Balance Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Nelson Wong, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emerson String Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Finckel, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Setzer, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lawrence Dutton, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Eugene Drucker, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Alison Ames, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1997 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Max Wilcox, Producer, Editor, Balance Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Nelson Wong, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emerson String Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alison Ames, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1997 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Max Wilcox, Producer, Editor, Balance Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Nelson Wong, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emerson String Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alison Ames, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1997 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Max Wilcox, Producer, Editor, Balance Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Nelson Wong, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emerson String Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alison Ames, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1997 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Album review
With the Emerson Quartet's performances of Beethoven's "middle" string quartets, it's almost always not quite. The ensemble is often not quite together. The intonation is often not quite cogent. The tone is often not quite cohesive. The tempos are often not quite strict. And the interpretations are almost always not quite compelling. There are moments, passages, and occasional movements that are brilliantly executed, but they are surrounded by moments, passages, and occasional movements that are scrappy and scruffy. The only exception to the rule of not quite is the Emerson's remarkable recording of the F minor quartet, Op. 95, which is tough, tight, taut, and furious from start to finish. But that is just one quartet in five and it cannot redeem an otherwise undistinguished set.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 02:29:07
- Main artists: Emerson String Quartet
- Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
- Genre: Classical
© 1997 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin ℗ 1997 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
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