String Quartets You Should Know!

For my students, I am accumulating a list of essential artists and ensembles that they need to go listen to, and whose work shaped our art and craft.  Below is a list of the groups that I want my students to know, and whose recordings and performances I have admired and cherished during my journey as a cellist and quartet player.  I'm sure there are groups I'm missing, and welcome your suggestions!  I urge all of my students to go listen to these groups, compare and contrast their styles, and shamelessly adopt as much as you can for your own interpretive journey.

Budapest

Vermeer

Juilliard

Tokyo

Guarneri

Beaux Arts Trio

Busch

Kolisch

Griller

Berg

Amadeus

Fine Arts

Pro Arte

Hollywood
Emerson

Hagen

Hungarian

LaSalle

Panocha

Quartetto Italiano

Rosé

Borodin

Orford