Complete Recordings 1996-2018 (CD23)

CD1

1. BEETHOVEN – String Quartets Nos. 1 & 12

CD2

1. BEETHOVEN – String Quartets Nos. 2 & 14

CD3

1. BEETHOVEN – String Quartets Nos. 3, 5 & 16

CD4

1. BEETHOVEN – String Quartets Nos. 4 & 8

CD5

1. BEETHOVEN – String Quartets Nos. 6 & 13, Grosse Fugue

CD6

1. BEETHOVEN – String Quartets Nos. 7 & 11

CD7

1. BEETHOVEN – String Quartets Nos. 9 & 15

CD8

1. BEETHOVEN – String Quartets Nos. 10 "Harp" & Hess 34

CD9

1. SCHUBERT – String Quartets Nos. 13 "Rosamunde" & 14 "Detah And The Maiden"

CD10

1. SCHUBERT – String Quartet Nos. 15

CD11

1. SCHUBERT – String Quartet D.703 "Quartettsatz"
2. SCHUBERT – String Quintet

CD12

1. BRAHMS – String Quartets Nos. 1 & 3

CD13

1. SCHUMANN – Piano Quintet
2. BRAHMS – Piano Quintet

CD14

1. BRAHMS – String Quartet No. 2
2. VERDI – String Quartet

CD15

1. MOZART – Flute Quartets Nos. 1-4. 2 Overtures

CD16

1. MENDELSSOHN – String Quartets Nos. 3 & 6

CD17

1. MENDELSSOHN – String Quartet No. 2
2. DVOŘÁK – String Quartet No. 12 "American"

CD18

1. DVOŘÁK – String Quartet No. 13
2. JANÁČEK – String Quartet No. 2

CD19

1. R. STRAUSS – String Sextet From Capriccio
2. BERG – Piano Sonata In B Minor Op. 1
3. SCHÖNBERG – Verklärte Nacht

CD20

1. WOLF – Italienische Serenade
2. ZEMLINSKY – String Quartet No. 1
3. WEBERN – Fünf Sätze
4. BERG – Lyrische Suite

CD21

1. SHOSTAKOVICH – String Quartet No. 5
2. SHOSTAKOVICH – Piano Quintet
3. SHOSTAKOVICH – String Quartet No. 7

CD22

1. LIGETI – String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2

CD23

1. ASTOR PIAZZOLLA – The Piazzola Project

Intense, passionate and impeccable in its musical disciplines, the Berlin-based Artemis Quartet “consistently finds a balance between projecting musical structure and conveying immediacy.” Confirming that verdict from the New York Times is this 23CD collection, encompassing all the recordings the ensemble made between 1996 and 2018. The Artemis Quartet began life in 1989 and developed a particular reputation in the central Austro-German repertoire. If Beethoven justly asserts a powerful presence, the scope of this collection extends as far as Eastern Europe and South America and well into the 20th century. Over the period of nearly a quarter of a century documented in this box, there were changes in the Artemis Quartet’s lineup, but as founding cellist Eckart Runge explains, this “brought new inspiration – an opportunity to broaden horizons and introduce fresh ideas.” The ensemble suffered a tragic loss with the untimely death of violist Friedemann Weigle in 2015. Just days earlier, the Artemis had completed a recording of Dvořák’s lyrical and poignant ‘American’ Quartet; it is now released for the very first time. This landmark box is completed by a comprehensive booklet which includes reminiscences from members of the Artemis Quartet and from sound engineers who collaborated with them.