The Legendary Amadeus Quartet - Recordings 1951-1957: Haydn, Schubert, Brahms (2009) [7CD Box Set] {Brilliant Classics}
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Classical / Romantic / Chamber Music / String Quartet
Formed by three
Austrian immigrants and one youthful Londoner, the Amadeus Quartet came
to prominence in postwar England. It excelled in the Classical
repertoire, and its recordings in the 1950s were important contributions
to the growing body of chamber music on the newly introduced LP. The
process of recording on tape was a major improvement over the
start-and-stop 78 rpm methods, and these clean and skillfully edited
masters hold up quite well in the digital transfer. This seven-disc set
follows Deutsche Grammophon's 2003 reissue of the quartet's early Mozart
recordings, and covers works by Haydn, Schubert, Mendelssohn, and
Brahms, thus giving a fuller representation of the group's prodigious
output for Westminster and DG.
The sound of the original analog reproduction is terrific, even though
most of the recordings are mono and may sound slightly flat to
contemporary ears. Yet there is still great sonic depth in these
performances that is evident on attentive listening; the feeling that
these are historic recordings rarely intrudes on one's enjoyment. The
players are always engaged and emotionally charged, but they are
particularly strong in the Schubert works, of which the String Quartet
No. 15 and the "Death and the Maiden" Quartet are wonderfully rendered
and recommended as good pieces to start with.
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