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The Juilliard String Quartet have been leaders in their field for well over half a century. Their continuing legacy is celebrated by Sony Classical over eleven albums, collecting their complete s for Epic Records, made between 1956 and 1966. I do not want to give the impression that these are exhibitionist performances, wrote Gramophone in 1963. You dont keep thinking what a wonderful ensemble the Juilliard is; you keep thinking what wonderful quartets Mozart wrote. Mozarts six Haydn Quartets received, on this 1962 , the best performances I have ever heard, the stunned Gramophone critic wrote. Billboard agreed, writing that they fairly glisten with the high polish of technical perfection. The Juilliards other s of the classics were no weaker. A fine 1963 of No. 15 in G major is also reissued for the first time as are the Juilliards 1964 s of Mendelssohns Second and Third Quartets, and a trio of Haydn quartets, op. 54, from 1966. The quartets 1965 of Beethovens three Razumovsky Quartets and his Harp, op. 74, are also included in the set. So is a collaboration with another venerable artist still active today, Leon Fleisher: the Juilliard and Fleishers rendering of Brahms Piano Quintet dates from 1963. The Juilliard Quartets brilliance in 18th- and 19th-century repertoire is especially impressive for an ensemble originally formed back in 1946 to champion 20th-century music. This side of their work is evident from their earliest Epic album: works by the two lesser-known American composers Benjamin Lees and William Denny. Recorded in 1956, this was among the last Juilliard s to feature original second violinist Robert Koff.