The Emerson String Quartet celebrates forty years.
by Paul J. Pelkonen
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| The members of the Emerson String Quartet, past and present: Philip Setzer, Paul Watkins former cellist David Finckel, Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton. Original photo by Lisa Marie Mazzucco, © Sony Classical. Photoshop by the author. |
The Emerson String Quartet is among the most storied of American Chamber music ensembles, having thrilled listeners for four decades with their clean, bright-edged sound and a preference for brisk and efficient music making. On Sunday afternoon, the Emersons played the second of two concerts at Alice Tully Hall this weekend. The occasion: to celebrate the beginning of the 2016-17 season of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and to celebrate four decades of music-making with the release of a mammoth 53-disc box chronicling the ensembles' complete recorded catalogue for Deutsche Grammophon.
