James Jolly introduces his recommended first 10 works with which to begin building your classical library.

The Works

Music

Upbeat Live - pre-concert lecture: Steven Stucky, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel
            
            Make a search in the iTunes Store for DG Concerts to find this and other albums of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in this series.

DG Concerts: DG Concerts � Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Dudamel/Los Angeles Philharmonic; Upbeat Live � pre-concert lecture with Steven Stucky

This third episode of the three focuses on the quartet in the modern era. The Emersons play and talk about musical examples from composers including Debussy, Berg, Ives and Bartok. 

The full movements from which the music talked about and played in this episode was taken is available in an accompanying download album "The String Quartet Revealed, vol. 2, Romantic". Simply click on the link in the graphic accompanying this episode to go to the page in the iTunes Music store where you can buy this album.

Emerson String Quartet - Modern

This second episode of the three focuses on the evolution of the string quartet through the romantic era. The Emersons play and talk about musical examples from composers including Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert and Dvorak. 
            
The full movements from which the music talked about and played in this episode was taken is available in an accompanying download album "The String Quartet Revealed, vol. 2, Romantic". Simply click on the link in the graphic accompanying this episode to go to the page in the iTunes Music store where you can buy this album.

Emerson String Quartet - Romantic

2007 sees the Emerson String Quartet celebrate both 30 years of existence and 25 years with Deutsche Grammophon. Here is the first of a special series of three episodes in our Deutsche Grammophon podcast, where the Emersons - Eugene Drucker (violin), Philip Setzer (violin), Lawrence Dutton (viola) and David Finckel (cello) - talk about the evolution of the String Quartet. 

This episode focuses on the founding of the String Quartet by Haydn and its development through Mozart and Beethoven. The full movements from which the music talked about and played in this episode was taken is available in an accompanying download album "The String Quartet Revealed, vol.1, Classical". Simply click on the link in the graphic accompanying this episode to go to the page in the iTunes Music store where you can buy this album.

The Works

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