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HENRYK GORECKI
Gorecki: String Quartet No.3, Op. 67 / Sonata for 2 Violins, Op. 10 Tippett Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 21/Feb/2020 ] "I cannot recommend this recording highly enough, and have run out of superlatives" Gramophone Recording of the Month May 2020 |
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HENRYK GORECKI
Górecki: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 Tippett Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2018 ] With the belated success of his Third Symphony 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' (Naxos 8.550822), Górecki emerged in the 1990s as a composer of world stature. Between 1988 and 1995 he wrote three string quartets for the Kronos Quartet that are among his... |
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STEFAN WOLPE
String Quartet / Second Piece for Violin Alone / Trio in 2 Parts / Oboe Quartet Toby Appel / Theodore Arm / Aleck Karis / Daniel Kennedy [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Aug/2006 ] The surface of Wolpe's late music is deceptive. Herbert Brün observed that if you listen from the outside, it all sounds the same, but inside "everything is exploding. You are full of stuff". Wolpe limited himself to a relatively simple palette of... |
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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 |
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JUDITH LANG ZAIMONT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Zaimont: Tale Of Abram & Isaac / Sacred Service Various Artists incls James Maddalena (baritone), Margaret Kohler (soprano), Everest String Quartet, Samuel Adler, Frances Lucey (soprano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/May/2006 ] "This is one of the most consistently rewarding of the fascinating Milken Archive series. So much so that it leaves one wanting to hear more" MusicWeb |
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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... |
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ETHEL SMYTH / FREDERICK DELIUS
Smyth/Delius: String Quartets Villiers Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Oct/2022 ] The String Quartet in E minor by Ethel Smyth, one of the most innovative and original figures in English music, has a masterful coherence and consistency. With eloquent writing for the viola in particular, it is both playful and reverential, and ends... |
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DVORAK
String Quartets Vol. 8 - No. 3 in D major Vlach Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "Vlach magic…this must be among the world's finest quartets" (Gramophone). |
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MAURICE RAVEL / GABRIEL FAURE
Ravel / Faure: String Quartets Ad Libitum Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] Rosette [highest rating] - Penguin Stereo Guide - "A new bargain disc finds a Romanian ensemble fully at home in the string quartets of Ravel and Fauré." (Performance & Sound 5 Stars). - BBC Music Magazine |
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GEORGE ENESCU
Enescu: String Quartets Nos 1 & 2 Ad Libitum Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2001 ] 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST - Chamber |
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PETER WARLOCK
The Curlew / Lillygay / Peterisms Sets 1 & 2 / Saudades Adrian Thompson (Tenor) Christopher Maltman (Baritone) John Constable (Piano) / The Duke Quartet [ Naxos English Song Series / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] "The performance competes with the best, with sensitive playing from the Duke and finely shaded singing from Adrian Thompson." --Robert Cockroft, Yorkshire Post |
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MOZART
Mozart Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 17 (arr. Lachner) Alan Goldstein, Fine Arts Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] Mozart himself had arranged four of his earlier concertos for the ensemble of piano, string quartet and bass, to enable his works to be performed domestically. Numerous subsequent transcriptions followed during the course of the 19th century,... |
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FRANCK / LISZT / DEBUSSY / SASTRE
Piano Laureate Recital Alexander Koryakin (piano) / Bretón String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 28/May/2021 ] Alexander Koryakin, winner of the 2019 Jaén Prize International Piano Competition, has selected two perfectly paired masterpieces for his first Naxos recording. |
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FRANZ LISZT / DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor / Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor Angel Stanislav Wang (piano), with the Breton String Quartet [ Naxos Piano Laureate series / CD - released 1/Dec/2023 ] Angel Stanislav Wang, winner of the 63rd Jaén Prize International Piano Competition in 2022, presents his Naxos debut recital with a selection of works he performed during the competition. |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 19 and 25 [transcription by Ignaz Lachner] Alon Goldstein (piano) / Fine Arts Quartet, with Lizzie Burns [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2023 ] Ignaz Lachner's ingenious transcriptions show a complete grasp of Mozart's idiom, incorporating much instrumental detail and reinventing the music's underlying dramatic scheme within a chamber context. |
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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 |
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HINDESMITH
Hindemith: String Quartets Volume 1 Amar Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2012 ] "these inventive pieces are brought stunningly to life by the young Amar Quartet." [BBC Music Magazine] |
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PAUL HINDESMITH
Hindemith: String Quartets Volume 2 Amar Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2012 ] As an elite string player, whose Amar Quartet was one of Europe's most exploratory chamber groups, Hindemith was perfectly placed to write his powerful sequence of string quartets. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Short Stories - American Music for Saxophone Quartet Ancia Saxophone Quartet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] Taking its name from Jennifer Higdon's Short Stories, this album explores stylistically diverse music showcasing the saxophone quartet's immense expressive potential. The Ancia Saxophone Quartet has delighted audiences throughout North America,... |
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ANTONIN DVOARK
Dvořák: Spirit of Bohemia / String Quartet No. 4 Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic (viola), Jens Peter Maintz (cello), Stepan Simonian (piano), Fine Arts Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Mar/2021 ] Antonín Dvořák's music, imbued with the spirit of Bohemia, reflects a love of his native land. His String Sextet, written in the distinctive style which brought him international fame, was an immediate success at its premiere. Composed just eight... |