Your 5 favourite String Quartet Ensembles

Started by Brahmsian, August 07, 2012, 08:14:18 AM

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DavidRoss

Quote from: Beale on August 13, 2012, 08:36:45 AM
Yes, it is indeed.
It's been a long time.  Perhaps I should see how well it's held up. Thanks for the reminder.
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Brahmsian

New tally, after 27 votes:

Mosaiques   12
Quartetto Italiano   10
Alban Berg   9
Emerson   7
Vegh   7
Takacs   6
Arditti   5
Budapest   5
Busch   5
Hagen   4
Pavel Haas   4
Borodin   3
Festetics   3
Fitzwilliam   3
Jerusalem   3
Prazak   3
Amadeus   2
Fine Arts   2
Hungarian   2
Kodaly   2
Kronos   2
Leipziger    2
Lindsays   2
Pacifica   2
Smetana   2
Tatrai   2
Tokyo   2
Alexander   1
Artemis   1
Carpe Diem   1
Collegium Aureum   1
Diotima   1
Ebene   1
Griller   1
JACK   1
Julliard   1
Kuijken   1
LaSalle   1
Maggini   1
Marcolini   1
Melos   1
Panocha   1
Pascal   1
Petersen   1
Prague   1
Schuppanzigh   1
Suske   1
Talich   1
Taneyev   1
Vermeer   1

pbarach


Brahmsian

I've already voted, but wanted to give the reason behind my choices, as many have done.  :)


Quartetto Italiano (Beethoven)
Emerson SQ (Schubert Quintet, Mendelssohn, Bach AoF, Bartok, Haydn's Seven Last Words..)
Carpe Diem SQ (Taneyev)
Fine Arts Quartet (Schumann, Glazunov, Saint-Saens)
Maggini SQ (English composer repertoire)