THE LEGENDARY AMADEUS QUARTET: Haydn, Schubert, Brahms [CD de audio] Amadeus Quartet and Haydn, Schubert, Brahms

For more than thirty years of the last century, the Amadeus Quartet made its audiences happy all over the world. And the musicians set the bar high for subsequent generations of chamber musicians. This 7-CD box set contains the early recordings for the Westminster label and those for HMV/ EMI and Deutsche Grammophon . The repertoire consists of Haydn, Schubert, Brahms, composers with whom the quartet always excelled. As a rarity, the unique recording of a work by Mendelssohn is included. The Amadeus Quartet made their London debut at the Wigmore Hall in 1948. They were supported by Vaughan Williams and Myra Hess. This CD box set is the discographic mirror of the rise of one of the most famous string quartets of all time. More information: recordings with works of Viennese classicism originally published by EMI and Deutsche Grammophon - 'Death and the Maiden is really tasty!' (Gramophone)