JUILLIARD
STRING QUARTET
THE EARLY YEARS
LIVE
CONCERTS AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
DOREMI is proud to present
the founding and early members of the renowned Juilliard String
Quartet: Robert Mann, Robert Koff, Raphael Hillyer, Arthur Winograd,
Isidore Cohen, Earl Carlyss, and Claus Adam - in releasing for
the first time ever the Quartet's memorable performances at the
Library of Congress. These concerts, played on the Library's incomparable
Stradivarius instruments, represent musical events of historical
and artistic significance. These distinguished members of the
Juilliard String Quartet are giving their enthusiastic endorsement
to DOREMI for embarking on this exciting venture, and together
we look forward to sharing these performances with music lovers
everywhere.
The concerts, which were broadcast nation-wide and taped, include
compositions by the great classical and contemporary masters,
with the participation of distinguished guest artists. The performances
to be released by DOREMI will be drawn directly from the Library
of Congress' archived master tapes.
The genesis of the historic concerts
to be released by DOREMI is to be found in the generous philanthropy
of two remarkable patrons of music, Mrs. Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
and Mrs. Gertrude Clarke Whittall. In 1924 Mrs. Coolidge presented
funding to the Library of Congress for the construction of an
auditorium bearing her name and at the same time established a
foundation dedicated to music, including the acquisition of manuscripts,
the commissioning of works and the organizing of festivals. Subsequently,
twelve years later, in 1936, Mrs. Whittall donated five rare Stradivarius
instruments and Tourte bows to the Library of Congress, chosen
for her by the violinist Louis Krasner (b. 1903) for whom Alban
Berg and Arnold Schoenberg wrote their violin concertos. Her one
stipulation was that the instruments were only to be used by string
quartets performing at the Library. To this end, she further made
an endowment to support an ensemble in residence. In the first
years, guest quartets played on these instruments, including the
Coolidge String Quartet, but eventually the Library decided to
set up a permanent string quartet in residence. From 1940 to 1962,
the Budapest String Quartet fulfilled this role, and from 1962
it has been the Juilliard String Quartet.
JUILLIARD
QUARTET: Live at the Library of Congress:
Vol. 1: DHR-5701/2: Juilliard Quartet & Claudio
Arrau
CD1
FRANZ
SCHUBERT: Quintet for piano and strings in A major, D.667 ("Trout")*
CÉSAR
FRANCK: Quintet for piano and strings in F minor
Live performance,
December 19, 1963
CD2
ANTONIN
DVORAK: Quintet for piano and strings in A major, Op. 81
WOLFGANG
AMADEUS MOZART: Trio for piano, violin and cello in C major,
K. 548
Live performance,
December 12, 1964
Guest
Artists:
Claudio
Arrau, piano
Julius Levine, bass*
Vol. 2: DHR-5703/4: Juilliard Quartet & Walter
Trampler
MOZART:
5 String Quintets
CD1
String
Quintet in C major, K. 515. Live performance,
Oct. 13, 1967
String Quintet in G minor, K. 516. Live performance,
April 7, 1967
CD2
String
Quintet in C minor, K. 406 . Live performance,
April 7, 1967
String Quintet in D major, K. 593. Live performance,
April 8, 1966
String Quintet in Eb major, K. 614. Live performance,
April 10, 1964
Robert
Mann (vln I), Earl Carlyss (vln II), Isidore Cohen (vln II in
K. 614),
Raphael
Hillyer (viola), Claus Adam (cello)
Guest
Artist: Walter Trampler, viola
Vol. 3: DHR-5705
Robert
Mann (vln I); Isidore Cohen (vln II);
Raphael
Hillyer (viola); Claus Adam (cello)
&
Walter Trampler (viola); Leslie Parnas (cello); Bernard Greenhouse
(cello)
BRAHMS:
2 String Sextets
Sextet
for two violins, two violas and two cellos No. 1 in Bb major Op.
18
Robert Mann
& Isidore Cohen (violins)
Raphael Hillyer & Walter Trampler (Violas)
Claus Adam & Leslie Parnas (cellos)
Live
performance, October 8, 1965
Sextet
for two violins, two violas and two cellos No. 2 in G major Op.
36
Robert Mann
& Isidore Cohen (violins)
Raphael Hillyer & Walter Trampler (Violas)
Claus Adam & Bernard Greenhouse (Cellos)
Live performance, October 23, 1964
Vol. 4: DHR-5706
Robert
Mann (vln I); Isidore Cohen (vln II);
Raphael
Hillyer (viola); Claus Adam (cello)
&
Lukas Foss (piano); Julius Baker (flute)
MOZART:
2 Piano Quartets & Flute Quartet
Quartet
for piano, violin, viola and cello No. 1 in G minor K. 478
Lukas Foss (piano); Robert Mann (violin); Raphael Hillyer (viola);
Claus Adam (cello)
Quartet
for piano, violin, viola and cello No. 2 in Eb major, K. 493
Lukas
Foss (piano); Isidore Cohen (violin); Raphael Hillyer (viola);
Claus Adam (cello)
Live performances, April 16, 1965
Quartet
for flute, violin, viola and cello No. 1 in D major, K. 285
Julius
Baker (flute); Robert Mann (violin); Raphael Hillyer (viola);
Arthur Winograd (cello)
Live performance, October 29, 1950
Vol. 5: DHR-5707/8: Juilliard Quartet & Leonard
Bernstein (2CDs)
SCHUMANN
Quintet
for Piano & Strings in Eb major Op. 44
Robert Mann
(vln I); Isidore Cohen (vln II);
Raphael Hillyer
(viola); Claus Adam (cello)
with
Leonard Bernstein
(piano)
Live Perforformance
April 19, 1963
String
Quartet No. 1 in A minor Op. 41 No. 1
Live Perforformance
October 21, 1966
String Quartet No. 2 in F major Op. 41 No. 2
Live Perforformance
December 19, 1966
String Quartet No. 3 in A major Op. 41 No. 3
Live Perforformance
March 31, 1967
Robert Mann
(vln I); Earl Carlyss (vln II);
Raphael Hillyer
(viola); Claus Adam (cello)
Vol. 6: DHR-5709: Juilliard Quartet
Harold Wright & Stanley Drucker (Clarinet)
MOZART
Quintet
for Clarinet & Strings in A major K. 581
Harold Wright
(clarinet)
Robert Mann (vln I); Isidore Cohen (vln II);
Raphael Hillyer
(viola); Claus Adam (cello)
Live Performance:
October 11, 1963
BRAHMS
Quintet
for Clarinet & Strings in B minor Op. 115
Stanley Drucker
(clarinet)
Robert Mann (vln I); Earl Carlyss (vln II);
Raphael Hillyer
(viola); Claus Adam (cello)
Live Performance:
December 19, 1968