El Cuarteto Emerson nos sumerge en los abismos de Beethoven y Schubert

By Jorge Baeza Stanicic, 13 March 2022

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“una articulación unificada y un domino de la dinámica de los instrumentos sencillamente brillante”

Reviewed at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid on 10 March 2022

Beethoven, String Quartet no. 14 in C sharp minor, Op.131

Schubert, String Quartet no. 14 in D minor, "Death and the Maiden", D.810

Emerson String Quartet

Renée Fleming and friends bid adieu to the Emerson String Quartet

Sam Jacobson, 15th October

In one of their final performances, the Emerson String Quartet comes to Cleveland to present André Previn’s Penelope, featuring Renée Fleming and other special guests.

***11

The Emerson Quartet begins its last series at Lincoln Center

Edward Sava-Segal, 23rd April

In the first leg of a chronological traversal of the string quartet repertoire, the Emersons were on top form.

****1

The Emerson Quartet bid a bleak farewell to London

Stephen Pritchard, 9th November

An elegiac farewell as the Emerson String Quartet – retiring next year – close their Shostakovich cycle at the Southbank Centre.

*****

The shadows of this life: the Emerson Quartet on tour in Sydney

Zoltán Szabó, 7th September

A disappointing outing for the Emerson String Quartet in the first Sydney concert of their eight-city tour of Australia.

**111

White-hot intensity from the Emerson Quartet at Milton Court

Mark Pullinger, 8th November

From the claustrophobic intensity of Britten and Shostakovich to the sunny balm of Beethoven, this was an excellent recital.

****1

Evgeny Kissin and the Emerson Quartet at Carnegie Hall

Edward Sava-Segal, 27th April

There was a palpable sense of communion during a performance bringing these great musicians together at Carnegie Hall for the first time.

****1

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Jorge Baeza Stanicic

Jorge Baeza es Profesor Superior de Piano y ha trabajado enseñando a tocar este instrumento en las Escuelas de Música Ayensa y Santa Cecilia, ambas en Madrid. Ha perfeccionado su técnica pedagógica con diversos maestros y ha complementado su formación con estudios sobre las aplicaciones de la Técnica Alexander a la interpretación musical. De forma paralela es autor del blog Tritono Music News (www.tritonomusicnews.com) orientado a la explicación pedagógica de contenidos musicales. En Bachtrack colabora redactando reseñas de conciertos desde el 2016 y actualmente desempeña su labor como Bibliotecario en el Ayuntamiento de Madrid.