About the Album
Old World-New World realizes the ensemble's longtime aspiration to record a retrospective of its most beloved Dvorák works. The Emerson String Quartet's long cherished dream to record their favorite Dvor k string quartets is realized with their tenderhearted and infatuated readings of the Czech genius's middle and late quartets. A bonanza of romantic melody, not a note on this 3-CD release has ever before been recorded by the Emersons. Dvorak's youthful and infrequently performed song cycle on the subject of love, Cypresses, provides a compelling thematic trove for several of these enamoring quartets.
This three-disc set features the premiere recording of each of these works by the Emerson String Quartet:
Disc I features Dvorák's middle Quartets, Nos. 10 and 11;
the programmatic "American" Quintet with Paul Neubauer and 12-song-cycle Cypresses comprise Disc II;
and the final disc culminates in the composer's last two quartets, Nos. 13 and 14.
Old World-New World
Old World-New World
Old World-New World realizes the ensemble's longtime aspiration to record a retrospective of its most beloved Dvorák works. The Emerson String Quartet's long cherished dream to record their favorite Dvor k string quartets is realized with their tenderhearted and infatuated readings of the Czech genius's middle and late quartets. A bonanza of romantic melody, not a note on this 3-CD release has ever before been recorded by the Emersons. Dvorak's youthful and infrequently performed song cycle on the subject of love, Cypresses, provides a compelling thematic trove for several of these enamoring quartets.
This three-disc set features the premiere recording of each of these works by the Emerson String Quartet:
Disc I features Dvorák's middle Quartets, Nos. 10 and 11;
the programmatic "American" Quintet with Paul Neubauer and 12-song-cycle Cypresses comprise Disc II;
and the final disc culminates in the composer's last two quartets, Nos. 13 and 14.
Fresh off its ninth Grammy win for last year's album Intimate Letters, the Emerson String Quartet releases Old World-New World for Deutsche Grammophon on Tuesday, April 13, 2010.
Old World-New World realizes the ensemble's longtime aspiration to record a retrospective of its most beloved Dvorák works. The Emerson String Quartet's long cherished dream to record their favorite Dvor k string quartets is realized with their tenderhearted and infatuated readings of the Czech genius's middle and late quartets. A bonanza of romantic melody, not a note on this 3-CD release has ever before been recorded by the Emersons. Dvorak's youthful and infrequently performed song cycle on the subject of love, Cypresses, provides a compelling thematic trove for several of these enamoring quartets.
This three-disc set features the premiere recording of each of these works by the Emerson String Quartet:
Disc I features Dvorák's middle Quartets, Nos. 10 and 11;
the programmatic "American" Quintet with Paul Neubauer and 12-song-cycle Cypresses comprise Disc II;
and the final disc culminates in the composer's last two quartets, Nos. 13 and 14.
Old World-New World realizes the ensemble's longtime aspiration to record a retrospective of its most beloved Dvorák works. The Emerson String Quartet's long cherished dream to record their favorite Dvor k string quartets is realized with their tenderhearted and infatuated readings of the Czech genius's middle and late quartets. A bonanza of romantic melody, not a note on this 3-CD release has ever before been recorded by the Emersons. Dvorak's youthful and infrequently performed song cycle on the subject of love, Cypresses, provides a compelling thematic trove for several of these enamoring quartets.
This three-disc set features the premiere recording of each of these works by the Emerson String Quartet:
Disc I features Dvorák's middle Quartets, Nos. 10 and 11;
the programmatic "American" Quintet with Paul Neubauer and 12-song-cycle Cypresses comprise Disc II;
and the final disc culminates in the composer's last two quartets, Nos. 13 and 14.
Album Info
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Catalog Num: 001410602