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Guarneri Quartet

Band, 1964-2009 US
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The Guarneri Quartet was an American string quartet founded in 1964 at the Marlboro Music School and Festival. It was admired for its rich, warm, complex tone and its bold, dramatic interpretations of the quartet literature, with a particular affinity for the works of Beethoven and Bartók. Through teaching at Harpur College (which became Binghamton University), University of Maryland, Curtis Institute of Music, and at Marlboro, the Guarneri players helped nurture interest in quartet playing for a generation of young musicians. The group’s extensive touring and recording activities, coupled with its outreach efforts to engage audiences, contributed to the rapid growth in the popularity of chamber music during the 1970s and 1980s. The quartet is notable for its longevity: the group performed

     
Members
PortraitDavid Soyer
vc 1923-2010 US
PortraitMichael Tree
vl *1934 US
PortraitArnold Steinhardt
vn *1937 US
PortraitJohn Dalley
vn *1935 US
Popular Tracks   
String Quartet No. 13 in A Minor, Op. 29: II. Andante on Schubert: String Quartet No. 13 in A Minor, & No. 14 in D Minor by Franz Schubert & Guarneri Quartet
String Quartet No. 13 in A Minor, Op. 29: I. Allegro ma non troppo on Schubert: String Quartet No. 13 in A Minor, & No. 14 in D Minor by Franz Schubert & Guarneri Quartet
Romanze: Andante (II) on Mozart For Relaxation by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Various Artists
Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34: I. Allegro non troppo on Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34 by Johannes Brahms & Arthur Rubinstein
String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56 "Voces intimae": 5. Allegro on Sibelius/Grieg: String Quartets by Guarneri Quartet
Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34: III. Scherzo. Allegro on Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34 by Johannes Brahms & Arthur Rubinstein
Terzetto in C Major, Op. 74: I. Introduzione. Allegro ma non troppo on Dvorak: String Quartets & Terzetto by Antonín Dvořák & Guarneri Quartet
Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34: IV. Finale. Poco sostenuto - Allegro non troppo - Presto, non troppo on Brahms: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34 by Johannes Brahms & Arthur Rubinstein
String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D.810, Death and the Maiden: II. Andante con molto on Schubert: String Quartet No. 13 in A Minor, & No. 14 in D Minor by Franz Schubert & Guarneri Quartet
String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56 "Voces intimae": 4. Allegretto (ma pesante) on Sibelius/Grieg: String Quartets by Guarneri Quartet

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
The Guarneri Quartet plays Mozart – 6 String Quartets dedicated to Haydn · The String QuintetsGuarneri Quartet2012Album
Complete String QuartetsBéla Bartók, Guarneri Quartet2012Album
French Album No.1Guarneri Quartet, Maurice Ravel2011Album
Complete String QuartetsLudwig van Beethoven, Guarneri Quartet2007Album
Piano QuartetsJohannes Brahms, Gabriel Fauré / Arthur Rubinstein, Guarneri Quartet2005Compil.
Piano Quintet / Piano Quartet No.2Robert Schumann / Antonín Dvořák, Arthur Rubinstein, Guarneri Quartet2005Compil.
Piano QuintetsAntonín Dvořák, Johannes Brahms / Arthur Rubinstein, Guarneri Quartet2004Compil.
String Quintet, QuartettsatzFranz Schubert - Guarneri Quartet With Leonard Rose2004Album
Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 3Johannes Brahms, Arthur Rubinstein, Guarneri Quartet2003Compil.
UntitledGuarneri Quartet - Maurice Ravel • Claude Debussy • Gabriel Fauré2001Album
Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 3 / The Rubinstein Collection – Vol. 65Johannes Brahms, Arthur Rubinstein, Guarneri Quartet1999Album
Piano QuartetsWolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Arthur Rubinstein, Guarneri Quartet1999Compil.
The String QuartetsJuan Crisóstomo de Arriaga - Guarneri Quartet1996Album
The String QuartetsJuan Crisóstomo de Arriaga - Guarneri Quartet1996Album
Quinteto La Trucha / Sonata ArpeggioneFranz Schubert, Emanuel Ax, Guarneri Quartet, Lynn Harrell, James Levine1995Compil.
String Quartets Op. 18Ludwig van Beethoven, Guarneri Quartet1995Album
Great String QuartetsWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Antonín Dvořák, Artis Quartet, Tokyo String Quartet, Guarneri Quartet1994Compil.
String Quitet In C, D.956 = Streichquintett C-durFranz Schubert, Guarneri Quartet, Bernard Greenhouse1993Album
Concerto Per Pianoforte E Orchestra Op. 54 - Quintetto Op. 44Robert Schumann, Arthur Rubinstein, Carlo Maria Giulini, Guarneri Quartet1992Album
Streichquartette: Smetana, Dvorák, MozartGuarneri Quartet1992Album
String Quartets = Streichquartette KV 428 & KV 458 «Jagd-Quartett»Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Guarneri Quartet1992Album
String Quartets = Streichquartette KV 464 & KV 465 «Dissonance»Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Guarneri Quartet1992Album
Streichquartette: Smetana, Dvorák, MozartGuarneri Quartet1992Album
String Quartets, Op. 56 "Voces Intimae", Op. 27Jean Sibelius, Edvard Grieg, Guarneri Quartet1991Album
The Early String Quartets Op. 18 / Die Frühen Streichquartette / Les Premiers Quators à Cordes / I Primi Quartetti Per ArchiLudwig van Beethoven ‒ Guarneri Quartet1990Compil.
String Quartets = Streichquartette Op. 74 «Harfen-Quartett» & Op. 131Ludwig van Beethoven, Guarneri Quartet1990Album
String Quartets = Streichquartette Op. 95 «Serioso» & Op. 132Ludwig van Beethoven, Guarneri Quartet1990Album
String Quartets = Streichquartette KV 387 & KV 421Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Guarneri Quartet1990Album
Dvorak and Faure: Piano QuartetsArthur Rubinstein, Guarneri Quartet, Antonín Dvořák, Gabriel Fauré1990Album
Dvořák Piano Quintet, Op. 81 - String Quartet, Op. 96 "American"Arthur Rubinstein, Guarneri Quartet, Arnold Steinhardt, John Dalley, Michael Tree, David Soyer1988Album
Brahms-Piano Quartets, Op. 25 & Op. 60Arthur Rubinstein, Guarneri Quartet, Johannes Brahms1988Album
String Quartets Op. 127 & Op. 135Ludwig Van Beethoven1988Album
String Quartets Op. 130; Op. 133 "Grosse Fuge"Ludwig Van Beethoven - Philips Classics Productions1988Album
Complete Viola Quintets Volume 1Guarneri Quartet, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ida Kavafian, Steven Tenenbom1988Album
Brahms And Schumann Piano QuintetsJohannes Brahms, Robert Schumann, Guarneri Quartet, Arthur Rubinstein1987Album
The Seven Last Words Of ChristJoseph Haydn, Guarneri Quartet1987Album
String Quartets - Streichquartette: 'From My Life' / "American"Guarneri Quartet, Bedřich Smetana, Antonín Dvořák1987Album
Verdi - Quartet In E Minor...Tchaikovsky - Quartet In D, Op. 11Guarneri Quartet, Giuseppe Verdi, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1985Album
Quintet ("Trout") / Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade)Franz Schubert / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Emanuel Ax, Julius Levine, Guarneri Quartet1984Album
Mozart Quartets K.499 In D K.575 In DGuarneri Quartet1983Album
The Brahms String Quintets (F Major, Op. 88 / G Major, Op. 111)Johannes Brahms - Guarneri Quartet, Pinchas Zukerman1983Album
Quartet No.2 In D, Quartet No.2 In D-flat Op.15Alexander Borodin, Ernst von Dohnányi, Guarneri Quartet1982Album
Dvorak: Quartet In G, Op. 106Guarneri Quartet1981Album
String Quartets (Op. 20, No. 4 In D / Op. 74, No. 3 In G Minor)Guarneri Quartet - Joseph Haydn1980Album
Quintet In C, Op. 29 / Quintet In B-Flat, Op. 87Guarneri Quartet With Pinchas Zukerman - Ludwig van Beethoven / Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy1979Album
Quartet No. 15 In G, D. 887Franz Schubert - Guarneri Quartet1978Album
The Piano QuartetsArthur Rubinstein And Guarneri Quartet - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1978Album
String Quartets, Op. 77 (No. 1 In G / No. 2 In F)Guarneri Quartet - Joseph Haydn1978Album
Bartok: The Six String QuartetsGuarneri Quartet1978Album
The Six String QuartetsBéla Bartók / Guarneri Quartet1977Album
"Death And The Maiden" / Italian SerenadeGuarneri Quartet - Franz Schubert / Hugo Wolf1976Album
Quartet No. 6 In F, Op. 96 "American" / Quintet No. 3 In E-Flat, Op. 97Guarneri Quartet With Walter Trampler - Antonín Dvořák1976Album
Six Quartets Dedicated To HaydnGuarneri Quartet - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1976Album
Six Quartets Dedicated To Haydn, Vol. 3 - Quartet No. 18 In A, K. 464 / Quartet No. 19 In C, K. 465 ("Dissonant")Guarneri Quartet - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1975Album
Quintet In C, Op. 163Franz Schubert - Guarneri Quartet With Leonard Rose1975Album
Piano Quartet In C Minor, Op. 15 / String Quartet, Op. 121Arthur Rubinstein • Guarneri Quartet - Gabriel Fauré1974Album
QuartetsGuarneri Quartet - Claude Debussy / Maurice Ravel1974Album
Six Quartets Dedicated To Haydn, Vol. 2 (Quartet No. 16 In E-Flat, K. 428 / Quartet No. 17 In B-Flat, K. 458 ("Hunt"))Guarneri Quartet - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1974Album
Mozart- Six Quartets Dedicated To Haydn, Vol. 1Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Guarneri Quartet1974Album
Quartet In C, Op. 61 / Terzetto, Op. 74Antonín Dvořák - Guarneri Quartet1973Album
Quartett A-moll / Quartettsatz C-mollFranz Schubert, Guarneri Quartet1972Album
"Rasumovsky" Quartet No. 1 In FGuarneri Quartet - Ludwig van Beethoven1972Album
"Rasumovsky" Quartet No. 2 In E MinorLudwig Van Beethoven / RCA Records1972Album
"Rasumovsky" Quartet No. 3 In C / "Harp" Quartet In E-FlatGuarneri Quartet - Ludwig van Beethoven1972Album
Quatuor Pour Piano Et Cordes En La, Op. 26Johannes Brahms, Arthur Rubinstein Et Le Guarneri Quartet1971Album
The String Quartets · Grosse FugeLudwig van Beethoven / Guarneri Quartet1970Album
The Five Late Quartets And The Grosse FugeLudwig van Beethoven — Guarneri Quartet1970Album
The Six Early QuartetsLudwig van Beethoven - Guarneri Quartet1970Album
The Six Early Quartets (Opus 18)Guarneri Quartet, Ludwig van Beethoven1970Album
The Six Early QuartetsLudwig van Beethoven - Guarneri Quartet1970Album
Die 5 Mittleren Streichquartette,op 59,74 Und 95Ludwig van Beethoven ~ Guarneri Quartet1968Album
The Five Middle QuartetsLudwig van Beethoven ~ Guarneri Quartet1968Album
String Quartet In A Minor, Op. 13 / String Quartet In G Minor, Op. 27Guarneri Quartet / Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Edvard Grieg1967Album
Mozart String Quartets (In B-Flat, K. 589 / In F, K. 590)Guarneri Quartet - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1966Album
String Quartet In E Minor ("From My Life") / String Quartet In A-Flat, Op. 105Guarneri Quartet - Bedřich Smetana / Antonín Dvořák1966Album
Piano Quintet In F Minor, Op.34Johannes Brahms, Arthur Rubinstein, Guarneri Quartet1966Album
Sextet In D Minor, Op. 70 ("Souvenir de Florence")Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Guarneri Quartet, Boris Kroyt, Mischa Schneider1966Album
Quintett Für Klavier Und Streichquartett Es-Dur, Op.44Robert Schumann, Arthur Rubinstein, Guarneri Quartet1965Album
Sämtliche Klaiverquartette - Klavierquintett F-Moll Op.34Johannes Brahms, Guarneri Quartet, Arthur RubinsteinAlbum
Sextet In D Minor, Op. 70 ("Souvenir de Florence")Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Guarneri Quartet, Boris Kroyt, Mischa SchneiderAlbum
Piano QuintetAntonín Dvořák - Arthur Rubinstein, Guarneri QuartetAlbum
Canti Di Prigionia / Four Poemes Hindous / Berceuse Phoque / String Quartet No.2Luigi Dallapiccola, Maurice Delage, Guarneri Quartet, André Cluytens & Igor MarkevitchAlbum
The Three Piano Quartets (Op. 25, 26 And 60) • Piano Quintet (Op. 44)Arthur Rubinstein • Guarneri Quartet, Johannes Brahms, Robert SchumannAlbum
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