Search Results: naxos quartet
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Oslo String Quartet
Grieg:string Quartets [ Naxos / CD ] |
CARL NIELSEN
Nielsen: String Quartets, Vol. 1 Oslo String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Jun/2005 ] "Naxos 's sound is immediate, well detailed and free from oppressive closeness." Hi Fi News & Record Review |
NIELSEN
String Quartets Vol.2 (Nos.1 & 2) Oslo String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Oct/2002 ] "Contains powerful, original, and invigorating musical thought..." Fanfare |
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Ostry/M Nostitz Quartet
Ryba: Flute Quartets [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Aug/2006 ] |
ELLIOTT CARTER
Carter: String Quartets nos. 1 and 5 Pacifica Quartet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 27/Jan/2008 ] Released to celebrate the American master Elliott Carter's 100th birthday, this is the first of two discs of the complete String Quartets. "A wonderful bargain, and the best possible introduction to Carter's music." GUARDIAN |
ELLIOTT CARTER
String Quartets Nos. 2, 3 and 4 Pacifica Quartet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] "The technical hurdles in these quartets are of Olympic standard, but the Pacifica negotiated them with breathtaking suppleness and skill. Even more important, however, is the fact that these players respond with equal acuity to the intricate... |
LEI LIANG
Lei Liang: Verge & Tremors of a Memory Chord Palimpsest Ensemble, Steven Schick / Callithumpian Consort, Stephen Drury / Shanghai Quartet / Taipei Chinese Orchestra, En Shao [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jan/2013 ] Chinese-born American Lei Liang's intercontinentally inspired work has been described as 'hauntingly beautiful' (The New York Times) and 'brilliantly original and inarguably gorgeous' (The Washington Post). |
DAVID LAMPEL
Lampel: Chamber Music - String Quartet / String Sextet / Piano Sonata / Violin Sonata / Prelude and Chaconne "Hommage a Bach" Parisii Quartet / Uppsala Chamber Soloists [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Jul/2009 ] Each of the works on this disc embodies Swedish composer David Lampel's paradoxical idea that 'music can be heard before it starts, and continues after the last note'. All are performed by the musicians for whom they were composed or to whom they... |
LIGETI
String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 / Andante and Allegretto Parker Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jan/2010 ] "Here is another relatively new quartet plunging into the recording fray with 'high-end' repertory and reaping the rewards of their apparent fearlessness...the recordings have the conviction and character of single takes" Editor's Choice: Gramophone... |
CHARLES WAKEFIELD CADMAN
Cadman: Piano Trio in D major / Quintet for Piano & Strings / etc Paul Posnak (piano) Peter Zazofsky (violin) / Bergonzi String Quartet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 2/Apr/2002 ] "Naxos's apparently indefatigable 'American Classics' project has turned up yet another minor but not uninteresting figure. The American performers, led by the excellent pianist Paul Posnak, do their best with Cadman's thick textures and sprawling... |
JOHN ALDEN CARPENTER
Carpenter - Chamber Music Paul Posnak, piano / Vega String Quartet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 12/Jan/2003 ] "The Naxos recording is forthright, resonant and startlingly well up to the impressively big movement of the 1912 Sonata. Carpenter, who on the basis of this movement alone should be a great name, proves capable of building a beautifully judged... |
MAX REGER
Clarinet Quintet Op. 146 / String Quartet Op. 109 Philharmonia Quartett Berlin / Wenzel Fuchs (Clarinet) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] "This is music that you will have to spend time with to really appreciate...it is unquestionably exquisite and loaded with fine moments." - American Record Guide |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Chamber Music (Incls 'Piano Quartet No 1') Philip Dukes (viola) / Kungsbacka Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] Gabriel Fauré's musical language bridges a gap between the romanticism of the 19th century and the new worlds of music which appeared in the 20th, employing subtle harmonic changes and a gift for melody to combine innovation with an entirely personal... |
W. A. MOZART
Piano Concertos Nos. 12, 13 & 14 (versions for Piano and String Quartet) Robert Blocker (piano) / Biava Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] The youthful Biava Quartet are the winners of the Naumburg Chamber Music Award and top prizes at the Premio Borciani and London International Competitions. |
CLAUDE BOLLING
Suites for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio Roselli Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Feb/2003 ] |
CHARLES IVES
Songs, Vol. 2 Sara Jakubiak (soprano) David Pittsinger (bass) Matthew Plenk (tenor) Tamara Mumford, Leah Wool (mezzo) Laura Garritson (piano) Biava Quartet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] "It is taking a long time for singers and the public to appreciate the full extent and importance of Ives' output of songs. Not as large as Schubert maybe, but still a major achievement...All of this is immensely praiseworthy… for the many novelties... |
CHARLES IVES
Songs, Vol. 1 Sara Jakubiak (soprano) Patrick Carfizzi (bass) Mary Phillips (mezzo) Laura Garritson (piano) Biava Quartet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] "All of this is immensely praiseworthy… for the many novelties which they include, and for the way in which they demonstrate the range and quality of Ives' songs." --Review by John Sheppard, MusicWeb International |
SCHUBERT
Piano Quintet Trout / Adagio & Rondo Concertante Jeno Jando (piano) / Kodaly Quartet / Istvan Toth (double bass) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Nov/2007 ] "The string playing is clean and alert, and the pianist is brilliant" - Classics |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Breathing Lessons - Music for Saxophone Quartet Scott Mendoker (tuba) / New Hudson Saxophone Quartet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 26/Oct/2011 ] |
BEHZAD RANJBARAN
Awakening / Elegies / Moto Perpetuo / 6 Caprices / String Quartet No. 1 Sejong Soloists [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] The music of Iranian-born, American-based composer Behzad Ranjbaran has been praised as 'noble and brilliantly conceived' (American Music Guide). |
