MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Complete String Quartets Quartetto Adorno [ Naxos Guitar / CD - due 21/Jun/2024 ] Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco began to focus on chamber music composition during the late 1920s. From this period comes the String Quartet No. 1 in G major, which offers a countryside panorama with rustic serenades and processional themes reminiscent of... |
WALTER PISTON
Piston: Chamber Music including the Quintet for Flute & Sting Quartet 1999 Australian Festival of Chamber Music [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Jan/2002 ] "The Naxos American Classics series is throwing up both intriguing repertoire and some appealing performances" The Strad |
HERBERT HOWELLS
Howells: Chamber Music [Incls String Quartet No. 3] Dante Quartet / Gould Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2019 ] Herbert Howells' style, immediately recognisable for its long melodic lines, rhapsodic nature and rich harmonies, defined the sound of English cathedral music in the 20th century. His studies in London imbued his works with sophistication and a... |
ALAN RAWSTHORNE
Rawsthorne: String Quartets Nos 1-3 / Theme and Variations David Angel (Violin) / Laurence Jackson (Violin) / Maggini Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Nov/2006 ] "Rawsthorne fans will definitely want this disc and those of you interested in 20th century modernism in music might want to try this as well" (MusicWeb Dec 2006) |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
The Best of Debussy (Incls Clair de Lune, Arabesque No 1 & The girl with the Flaxen Hair) Peter Nagy (piano) Klara Kormendi (piano) / Kodaly Quartet / Slovak Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / etc [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] Claude Debussy exercised widespread influence over later generations of composers, both in his native France and elsewhere. He was trained at the Paris Conservatoire, and decided there on a career as a composer rather than as a pianist, his original... |
ALFRED HILL
Hill: String Quartets, Vol. 1 (Nos. 1 - 3) Dominion String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jul/2007 ] "The Dominion Quartet of New Zealand plays up a storm in all three selections, making a strong case for Hill's music. The recorded sound is quite good assuring you an outstanding disc of discovery from down under." Classical Lost and Found, June 30, 2007 |
ALFRED HILL
Alfred Hill - String Quartets, Vol. 3 (Nos. 5, 7 & 9) Dominion String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jan/2010 ] The Dominion Quartet continues its exploration of the string quartets of Alfred Hill, an Australian-born composer who studied in Europe and lived for much of his life in New Zealand. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Chamber Music - Piano Quartet, Op. 16 / Minuets and Dances Indiana University Wind Ensemble, Janette Fishell (organ), Sofia Kim (violin), Susie Kroh (violin), Aleck Belcher (double bass), etc [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/May/2020 ] In his first decade in Vienna, Beethoven seems to have been preoccupied with music for wind instruments. The best-known example is his Quintet in E flat major, Op. 16, which he arranged at the same time for piano quartet. |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets Op. 64 Nos. 4, 5 'Lark' & 6 Kodaly Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jan/2009 ] "This group's versions of the Haydn quartets are among the glories of the Naxos label" - Irish Evening Press |
Peter MAXWELL DAVIES
Naxos Quartets Nos. 9 & 10 Maggini Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] Peter Maxwell Davies is universally acknowledged as one of the foremost composers of our time, and is currently Master of the Queen's Music. His musical idiom has been described by The New York Times as a combination of 'medieval mysticism, modernist... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: String Quartet No 3 / Clarinet Quintet New Zealand String Quartet, with James Campbell (clarinet) [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Mar/2017 ] Brahms wrote his String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 67 in 1876 and its largely unclouded and cheerful qualities culminate in a theme and variations finale of exceptional imagination and mastery of form. His last chamber music was inspired by a great... |
JACOB WEINBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Weinberg: Piano Concerto 2 / String Quartet Op. 55 / etc Jorge Federico Osorio (piano), Patrick Mason (baritone) / Bingham String Quartet, Barcelona Symphony, National Orchestra of Catalonia [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 3/Apr/2006 ] This compact disc features world premiere recordings of three works by JACOB WEINBERG (1879-1956), who was born in the Ukraine to a cultured, assimilated family and studied first at the Moscow conservatory and then in Vienna. |
JOSEPH HAYDN
The Best of Haydn Capella Istropolitana, Kodaly Quartet, Camerata Cassovia, Jeno Jando (piano), and many more [ Naxos Best Of / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] The very best of Haydn drawn from the vast Naxos catalogue. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
The Best of Schubert Jenö Jandó (piano), Leonard Hokanson (piano) Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Villa Musica Ensemble, Mandelring Quartet, Michael Halász [ Naxos / CD ] Artists: Jenö Jandó (piano), Leonard Hokanson (piano) Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Villa Musica Ensemble, Mandelring Quartet, Michael Halász |
JOSEPH HAYDN / W. A. MOZART / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Mozart/Haydn/Schumann: Chamber Music Favourites Jeno Jando (piano) / Kodaly Quartet, etc [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] Recorded at the Unitarian Church, The Italian Institute, and the Reformed Church in Budapest |
FREDERICK DELIUS / EDWARD ELGAR
Delius / Elgar: String Quartets Villiers Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2017 ] The legacy of the First World War left its mark on the music of near contemporaries Edward Elgar and Frederick Delius. The powerful outer movements of Elgar's String Quartet in E minor frame a wistful and sombre Andante piacevole. Delius was... |
PAUL HINDESMITH
Hindemith: Complete String Quartets Amar Quartet [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 28/May/2017 ] "I found the performance of the Amar Quartet first rate; they certainly live up to the reputation of their namesakes. They manage to bring out the best in this wonderful music." MusicWeb Recording of the Month |
STRAUSS / ELGAR / MOZART / ROSSINI / PURCELL
Cinema Classics 2006 BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / George Hurst (Conductor) / Eder Quartet / Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia / Michael Halasz (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Jul/2006 ] Classical tracks and excerpts used in some of the most popular recent blockbuster movies! |
SERGEY IVANOVICH TANEYEV
Taneyev: Complete String Quartets Volume 5 - Nos 2 & 8 Carpe Diem Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Dec/2016 ] "This fine disc represents a safe recommendation." MusicWeb |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Piano Quartet & Piano Quintet Cristina Ortiz (piano) / Fine Arts Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Mar/2013 ] "The performances could hardly be more finely attuned to the technical challenges, while the composer's own booklet-notes set the scene succinctly...As a 'feast for the senses', Whalley's music demonstrably has much to recommend it." Gramophone |