Lee:

>Has anyone heard the Emerson Quartet's release of the Shostakovich
>quartets yet? Any opinions of how they compare to the BSQ and Fitzwilliam
>Quartet's versions?

The Emersons' has been sounding here for a few days, they compare well
with BSQ, better than the Fitzwilliam.  On a general term:  the ESQ is often
on the fast side, sometimes I have a feeling that they are a bit freer in
using the music's expressive symbols (like the "attack" wen bowing).  It is
more a complete cycle, music which the quartet members have lived with for
a long time (as does the BSQ, lesser so the Fitzwillim) - The SQ is very
good.

peter lundin, gothenburg.se -  Counting the days: DSCH 100 (1906-2006)