This boxed set of fifteen CDs brings together all the recordings made by the Belcea Quartet for Outhere Music. This anthology features benchmark performances of works by eight different composers, plus prestigious guests such as Tabea Zimmermann, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Till Fellner and Piotr Anderszewski. 'Marked out from the beginning as a group of outstanding potential by its teachers, the Belcea Quartet has fully realised its early promise, rising to become one of the leading quartets of its time,' writes Jean-Michel Molkhou in the booklet accompanying the set.
Works:
•Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 1-16
•Johannes Brahms: String Quartet No. 1-3
•Johannes Brahms: String Sextet No. 1 & 2
•Johannes Brahms: Piano Quintet op. 34
•Leos Janacek: String Quartet No. 1 & 2 (in zwei Einspielungen)
•Anton Webern: 5 Sätze für Streichquartett op. 5
•Alban Berg: Lyrische Suite
•Arnold Schönberg: Verklärte Nacht op. 4
•Dmitri Schostakowitsch: String Quartet No. 3
• Dmitri Schostakowitsch: Piano Quintet op. 57
•György Ligeti: String Quartet No. 1 "Metamorphoses Nocturnes"