Here is a discography of the recordings of Milton Babbitt’s string quartets including a new recording of the complete quartets that was just released. At this point there have been two recordings of each of the quartets with the exception of the first:
withdrawn by the composer, the first quartet (1948) has never been played or recorded. The first recordings of quartets 2-6 have all been released or reissued on CD. Here, as far as I’m aware, is a complete discography:
String Quartet no. 2 (1952)
Composers Quartet
Matthew Raimondi & Anahid Ajemian, violins
Jean Dupouy, viola
Michael Rudiakov, cello
LP: Nonesuch H-71280, (P) 1973
CD: Tzadik, TZ 7088, (P) 2003
String Quartet no. 3 (1970)
The Fine Arts Quartet
Leonard Sorkin & Abram Loft, violins
Bernard Zaslav, viola
George Sopkin, cello
LP: Turnabout TV-S 34515, (P) 1972
CD: Music & Arts CD-707, (P) 1991
String Quartet no. 4 (1970)
The Juilliard String Quartet
Robert Mann & Joel Smirnoff, violins
Samuel Rhodes, viola
Joel Krosnick, cello
Live recording, April 1988
CRI CD 587, (P) 1990
String Quartet no. 5 (1982)
Composers Quartet
Matthew Raimondi & Anahid Ajemian, violins
Karl Bargen, viola
Mark Shuman, cello
Recorded 1988 or 1989
Music & Arts CD-606, (P) 1990
String Quartet no. 6 (1993)
The Sherry Quartet
Harumi Rhodes & Aaron Boyd, violins
James Myer Hogg, viola
Katherine Cherbas, cello
Tzadik, TZ 7088, (P) 2003
String Quartets nos. 2 -6
The Ars Combinatoria String Quartet
Eric Carlson & Norman Sifronsky, violins
Christopher Otto, viola
Michael Nicolas, cello
Released as digital downloads December 12, 2017
Release on compact disc forthcoming
https://erikcarlson.bandcamp.com/album/milton-babbitt-string-quartets
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