Amadeus Quartet : The Complete Recordings on DG (70CD)

This renowned quartet dominated chamber music for nearly four decades, keeping all four members in the group from 195187 and earning admiration all around the globe. This 70-CD box presents almost their entire discography and includes many CD debuts and several recordings that were never released. A 180-page book with new notes and replicas of the original jackets join a wealth of Beethoven (String Quartets Nos. 116), Schubert (String Quartets Nos. 8, 9, 10, 1215, String Quintet in C Major, Piano Quintet in A Major The Trout), Mozart (String Quintets Nos. 16, Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2, Oboe Quartet in F Major, Divertimento in E Flat Major, String Quartets Nos. 1523), Haydn (String Quartets, Op. 54, Nos. 13, String Quartets, Op. 77, Nos. 1 & 2, String Quartets, Op. 55, Nos. 13), Brahms (String Quartets Nos. 13, Piano Quintet in F Minor, String Quintets Nos. 1 & 2, String Sextet Nos. 1 & 2) and Britten (String Quartets Nos. 2 & 3) plus String Quintet in F Major Bruckner, String Quartet No. 12 in F Major American Dvorak, Four Pieces for String Quartet Mendelssohn, String Quartet No. 1 in D Major Tchaikovsky, String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor From My Life Smetana, String Quartet in E Minor Verdi and more! A particularly lovely touch: previously unpublished photos from the archives of the Quartets families. Deutsche Grammophon.