JENNIFER HIGDON
Higdon: Early Chamber Works Serafin String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jul/2013 ] Pulitzer and GRAMMY® Award winner Jennifer Higdon is one of the most performed living American composers, and this program provides a unique opportunity to hear première recordings of her earlier chamber music. |
LEONE SINIGAGLIA
Sinigaglia: Complete Works for String Quartet Wawrzyniec Szymański (horn) / Archos Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Mar/2023 ] The second volume of Leone Sinigaglia's music for string quartet (Volume 1 is on 8.574183) explores a series of generally shorter pieces for the medium. These deeply expressive works, such as the yearning Romanza for string quartet and horn,... |
SCHUMANN / HAYDN / HANDEL / TELEMANN
Schumann: Konzertstuck, Op. 86 / Haydn: Symphony No. 31, 'Horn Signal' / Handel: Concerto in F major / Telemann: Overture in F major, Alster Echo Sinfonia Varsovia / American Horn Quartet / Dariusz Wisniewski (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jan/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1801-1850) - "The nicest thing is that they sound as if they are having fun" (MusicWeb March 2006) |
GEORGE ENESCU
Piano Quintet / Piano Quartet No. 2 The Solomon Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] "The Solomon players clearly love the music, and their performances are as agile as Enescu's fantastical imagination demands." BBC Music Magazine, June 2009 |
JOHN IRELAND
Ireland: Sextet / Clarinet Trio / Fantasy-Sonata / The Holy Boy Sophia Rahman (piano) / Alice Neary (Cello) / Robert Plane (Clarinet) / Maggini Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] A composition pupil of Stanford and recognised as an outstanding talent by Parry, John Ireland was inspired as a student by the music of Beethoven, Brahms and Elgar, and later by Debussy, Ravel and the early Stravinsky. This recording features the... |
PAUL HINDEMITH
Clarinet Quintet / Clarinet Quartet / Clarinet Sonata / Three Easy Pieces Spectrum Concerts Berlin [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Nov/2009 ] "Naxos is to be thanked for this slightly unusual issue - the Quintet is such a rarity - and the performances are excellent. Everything about this issue is exemplary. I loved every minute and it shows us yet another side of this multi-faceted and... |
SERGEY IVANOVICH TANEYEV
Taneyev: String Trio, Op. 31 / Piano Quartet, Op. 20 Spectrum Concerts Berlin [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Jun/2022 ] With this album, Naxos and Spectrum Concerts wish to champion a composer who was universally respected and admired during his life, but whose work has for the most part languished unheard since his death over a century ago. |
GEORGE ENESCU
Enescu: Piano Quartet No. 1 / Piano Trio Stephan Tarara (violin), Molly Carr (viola), Eun-Sun Hong (cello), Josu De Solaun (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Feb/2022 ] Chamber music was a crucial element in Enescu's output and these two works, separated by seven years, represent very different phases of his compositional development. The large-scale Piano Quartet No. 1 marks the climax of his early maturity. |
LYELL CRESSWELL
Cresswell: Landscapes of the Soul & Piano Concerto Stephen De Pledge (piano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Hamish McKeich, with the New Zealand String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Mar/2014 ] Lyell Cresswell, one of New Zealand's most distinguished composers, is represented on this recording by three examples of his mastery of the orchestral sound world. His Piano Concerto is cast in seven movements, written in memory of his fellow... |
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Piano Trios / Piano Quartet in G major / Cello Sonata Susan Alexander-Max (fortepiano) / Pal Banda (cello) / Micaela Comberti (violin) / Jane Rogers (viola) / Simon Standage (violin) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Nov/2005 ] "Played with a fine sense of period style, and admirably recorded but for a slightly recessive piano behind closer strings, this is a charming addition to Hummel on disc." Five Stars (Chamber choice of the Month) BBC Music Mag(Jan 2006) |
GABRIEL FAURE / GEORGE ENESCU
Faure/Enescu: Piano Quartets Suyeon Kang (violin), Karolina Errera (viola), Andrei Ioniță (cello), Catalin Serban (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Feb/2024 ] Gabriel Fauré's Piano Quartet in C minor was one of the first of its genre in France, composed as part of the 'Ars Gallica' idea of strengthening French music against German cultural domination. |
Thalia-Schrammeln Quartet
Music From Old Vienna [ Naxos / CD ] |
TIPPETT
String Quartets Vol 2 (Nos 3 & 5) The Tippett Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Mar/2010 ] The Tippett Quartet complete their survey of these important works A span of 45 years separates Tippett's Third and Fifth string quartets, yet in their questing lyricism and dance-driven exuberance they have a good deal in common. The difference,... |
Thelonious Monk & Quartet
Monk's Moods [ Naxos Jazz / CD - released 31/Dec/2001 ] |
ZYGMUNT NOSKOWSKI / STANISLAW MONIUSZKO / KARO KAZIMIERZ KURPIŃSKI
Noskowski / Moniuszko / Kurpinski Lutosławski Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Jun/2023 ] Providing an overview of almost a century, this album reflects the aspirations of Polish nationalis through the works of three pivotal figures. |
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Penderecki: Complete Music for String Quartet String Trio Tippett Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Jun/2021 ] Penderecki wrote music for string quartet over a period of 56 years. His String Quartet No. 1 was written in the same year that he achieved international success with Threnody. |
MIKLOS ROZSA
String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 Tippett Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Jan/2014 ] Though Miklós Rózsa became one of the most admired of film composers, he had always written music in other forms and his two published string quartets reveal important facets of his musical background. |
TIPPETT
String Quartets Vol 1 (Nos 1,2 & 4) The Tippett Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "The Tippett Quartet, formed in the year of the composer's death ten years ago, break into his fourth quartet with a shudder. Their intent is serious, their execution compelling, their ensemble immaculate" The Times, October 11, 2008 |
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Boccherini: Guitar Quintets, Vol. 1 Zoltan Tokos (guitar) / Danubius String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2011 ] "The playing throughout is never less than first class." Gramophone |
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Boccherini: Guitar Quintets, Vol. 2 Zoltan Tokos (guitar) / Danubius String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2011 ] "A powerful contender in any stakes." Classical Guitar Magazine |