Fred Sherry String Quartet

The Fred Sherry String Quartet is an American classical string quartet.

Biography and career

The quartet was founded by cellist Fred Sherry to perform and record the four string quartets of Arnold Schoenberg. He appears on all recordings by the quartet. The other members of the quartet have varied over time. They have included:

Jennifer Frautschi, Jesse Mills and Richard O'Neill in the Concerto for String Quartet
Ida Kavafian, Erin Keefe and Paul Neubauer in String Quartet No. 2
Jennifer Frautschi, Jesse Mills and Richard O'Neill in String Quartet No. 3
Leila Josefowicz, Jesse Mills and Paul Neubauer in String Quartet No. 4
Leila Josefowicz, Jesse Mills and Hsin-Yun Huang in String Quartet No. 1

Mr. Sherry also formed a string sextet consisting of Leila Josefowicz and David Chan, Paul Neubauer and Yura Lee and himself and Michael Nicolas for the recording of Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht.
The Fred Sherry String Quartet has also recorded Schoenberg's Concerto for String Quartet and the Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte for Voice, Piano and String Quartet, Op. 41 as well as Anton Webern's String Quartet, Op. 28 and 6 Bagatelles, Op. 9.

Recordings

Schoenberg: Concerto for String Quartet / Das Buch der hangenden Garten Naxos 8.557520
Schoenberg: 6 A Cappella Choruses / String Quartet No. 2 / Suite in G Major Naxos 8.557521
Schoenberg: Violin Concerto / Ode to Napoleon / A Survivor from Warsaw Naxos 8.557528
Schoenberg: String Quartets Nos. 3 and 4 / Phantasy Naxos 8.557533
Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 1 / Verklärte Nacht Naxos 8.557534
Webern: Vocal and Chamber Works Naxos 8.557516