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Journeys

Emerson String Quartet Format: Audio CD
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Track Listings

1 I. Allegro con spirito
2 II. Adagio cantabile e con moto
3 III. Allegretto moderato
4 IV. Allegro vivace
5 Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4

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For their new album, Journeys, Emerson String Quartet performs two string sextets from the 1890's, Souvenir de Florence by Tchaikovsky and Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) by Arnold Schoenberg. This is the quartet's first recording of anything by Tchaikovsky since the 1980's and its first ever recording of a piece by Schoenberg. They are joined on both of these sextets by two frequent collaborators, American violinist, Paul Neubauer and British cellist, Colin Carr. "Our new album embodies the idea of "journeys" on several levels," says Eugene Drucker. "The wide spectrum of colors, moods and compositional techniques in Tchaikovsky's passionate Souvenir de Florence could be a journey from Russia to Italy and back again. Schoenberg's Verklarte Nacht depicts more of an internal journey from anguish and psychological torment to acceptance and love."

Product details

  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.58 x 4.92 x 0.43 inches; 3.52 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Sony Classical
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ Journeys
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2013
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 2 minutes
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ February 10, 2013
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Sony Classical
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00AL6SMQW
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
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  • K. H. Harrell
    5.0 out of 5 stars For String Quartet Lovers.
    Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2013
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    For anyone loving string quartets, this is a winner and I am sure you will not be disappointed with this new cd.
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  • R. Rosoff
    5.0 out of 5 stars The last Emerson recording with David Finckel as cellist
    Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2014
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    As an Emerson "groupie" I'm pleased to have this recording in my collection., if nothing more that for nostalgia factor.
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  • Eloise A. Rochelle
    2.0 out of 5 stars A big disappointment
    Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2013
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    I bought this CD after reading a fairly long detailed review of it. The music didn't sound anything like reviewer described.
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  • Grady Harp
    5.0 out of 5 stars Another remarkable release from the Emerson Quartet - and friends
    Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2013
    There are certain chamber ensembles that seem to get better with age and the Emerson String Quartet is certainly in that category. Formed in 1976 and based in New York City, the Quartet took its name from the American poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. The Emerson String Quartet is Quartet-in-Residence at Stony Brook University. The members have been constant since its formation - Eugene Drucker, Philip Setzer, Larry Dutton, David Finckel - and the sound is so pure that it could only come form en ensemble who know and understand each other's qualities so intimately.

    The Emerson Quartet's repertory has rested solidly in the Haydn/Beethoven/Brahms mainstream. The group has rarely recorded Tchaikovsky, and Schoenberg never until this release. Journeys contains both, in the form of two sextets, Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence and Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht. To become a sextet as opposed to a quartet the Emerson Quartet is joined by violist Paul Neubauer and cellist Colin Carr. The two works were written within ten years of each other, but they were at opposite extremes of the music of the period in their handling of tonality, and a conventional outlook would hold that they could hardly be more different. Yet the players seem to be suggesting that composers can't fully escape the spirit of the times in which they live, and that in fact, the two works have much in common. Both were written for the combination of two violins, two violas, and two cellos. Both, as the album title suggests, depict journeys, Tchaikovsky's physical, Schoenberg's psychological. And there is a certain emotionally overheated quality that spills through the neat classic forms of the Souvenir de Florence and links it to the more radical world of Schoenberg. The performances seem to stress the connection, with an unusually nervous Tchaikovsky that stresses the dissonances and a warmly Romantic Schoenberg. As one critic has said, `You may be able to find performances that bring out the basic traits of each work more effectively, but it's safe to say that they haven't been put together in this way.' Grady Harp, June 13
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  • あらん
    4.0 out of 5 stars 味わい深いチャイコフスキーとシェーンベルク
    Reviewed in Japan on September 22, 2013
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    若いころのエマーソンはストレートな表現が魅力だった
    このCDを聴くと、その個性に加えて、咬むといい味がする
    決して、ロマンチックな曲想に溺れてはしないけど、聴くものの心を満足させてくれるいい演奏だ
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  • Cliente Amazon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Una deliciosa interpretación.
    Reviewed in Spain on November 4, 2019
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    Es una delicia. La interpretación que este cuarteto realiza de las partituras seleccionadas es de una belleza y de una armonía sobrecogedoras. Muy satisfecho.
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