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GORDON JACOB
Jacob: Chamber Music with Recorders Annabel Knight (recorders), Robin Bigwood (harpsichord & piano), Maggini String Quartet, Fontanella [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2010 ] "It's a real treat to have this disk available and give us another insight into Jacob's work. It's far too good and enjoyable to miss!" (MusicWeb Oct 2010) |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs / On Wenlock Edge (Chamber version) / English Folksongs Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) / Graham Johnson (piano) / Simon Keenlyside (baritone) / Duke Quartet [ Naxos English Song Series / CD - released 16/Mar/2003 ] Ralph Vaughan Williams was born in the Gloucestershire village of Down Ampney in 1872, the son of a clergyman. His ancestry on both his father's and mother's side was of some intellectual distinction. |
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MAX REGER
Reger: Complete String Trios and Piano Quartets Volume 2 Felix Schwartz (viola) / Aperto Piano Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] This is the second of two discs of the complete piano quartets and string trios of Max Reger. The Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 133, completed during the first month of World War I, is a deeply expressive and intense work, using the full range of... |
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MAX REGER
Reger: String Trios and Piano Quartets (Complete), Vol. 1 Aperto Piano Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] The first of two discs containing the complete piano quartets and string trios of Max Reger, this release features the String Trio in A minor of 1904, a work of almost Mozartian clarity and the 1910 Piano Quartet in D minor. Modelled on Brahms's C... |
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JOSEPH BOULOGNE SAINT-GEORGES
Saint-Georges: 6 Concertante Quartets Arabella String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 27/May/2022 ] A brilliant swordsman, athlete, violin virtuoso and composer, Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges might well lay claim to being the most talented figure in an age of remarkable individuals. |
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YORK BOWEN
String Quartets Nos. 2 & 3 / Phantasy-Quintet Archaeus Quartet, with Timothy Lines (bass Clarinet) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Dec/2014 ] "The performances are in first-class sound quality, set in a warm and sympathetic acoustic. Balance between individual instruments could not have been bettered. The Archaeus Quartet have done much to champion lesser known composers." (MusicWeb) |
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LEONE SINIGAGLIA
Sinigaglia: String Quartet Works (Complete), Vol. 1 Archos Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] The renowned Italian composer and mountaineer Leone Sinigaglia wrote a fascinating series of pieces for string quartet that reflect his powers of characterisation and elegance. Flowing melodies can be heard throughout, not least in the Concert-Étude. |
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URSULA MAMLOK
String Quartet No. 1 & Polyphony No. 1 Armida Quartet / Spectrum Concerts Berlin [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Jul/2014 ] Ursula Mamlok lived for many years in New York before returning to Berlin, the city of her birth, in her eighties. Featuring a conspectus of her much admired chamber music, this recording is of the concert given in the city's prestigious Philharmonie... |
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ARNOLD BAX / FRANK BRIDGE
Bax/Bridge: Piano Quintets Ashley Wass (piano) The Tippett Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "Exceptional performances of two outstanding British chamber works. The Bax work is epic in scope, tumultuous and wild; lyrical and nostalgic. Bridge's early lyrical yet occasionally turbulent Quintet includes some gorgeous melodies." MusicWeb |
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LOUIS SPOHR
Spohr: String Quintet No. 7 / String Sextet, Op. 140 / Potpourri Attila Falvay (violin) Sandor Papp (viola) Tamas Varga (cello) / New Haydn Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Feb/2006 ] Louis Spohr was accepted during his lifetime as one of the most important composers of early German Romanticism whose compositions covered all the major genres of that era. |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / BALAKIREV / GLAZUNOV
Arrangements for 2 Pianos 8 Hands Aurora Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Jul/2006 ] The following works were written for two pianos eight hands by the composers themselves, with the exception of Tschaikovsky's Italian Capriccio, which is a transcription by his colleague Eduard Langer. |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: String Quartets Vol. 2 - Nos. 1 & 4 / Quartet in E Flat Major Aurora Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Apr/2013 ] "An attractive coupling vivaciously and expertly played." (Liverpool Daily Post) |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: String Quartets Vol. 3 - Nos. 2 & 5 / Scherzo Op. 81, No. Aurora Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Apr/1994 ] "At Naxos price, the new Aurora set of Mendelssohn's complete music for string quartet is a genuine bargain. The performances have a natural Mendelssohnian charm and elegance. The recording is first class." Penguin Guide |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: String Quartets Vol 1 - Nos. 3 & 6 / Capriccio Op. 81, No. 3 Aurora Quartet [ Naxos / CD ] "At Naxos price, the new Aurora set of Mendelssohn's complete music for string quartet is a genuine bargain. The performances have a natural Mendelssohnian charm and elegance. The recording is first class." Penguin Guide |
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Aurora Quartet
Music For 2 Pianos, 8 Hands [ Naxos / CD ] |
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HANS WERNER HENZE
Violin Concerto Nos. 1 and 3 / 5 Night-Pieces Aurora Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Jul/2006 ] "The playing indeed is unfailingly eloquent and the orchestra under Lyndon-Gee plays with considerable power and command. No problems with the well balanced recording either." (MusicWeb September 2006) |
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FLORENCE PRICE / LEO SOWERBY
Price/Sowerby: Music for String Quartet Avalon String Quartet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 8/Mar/2024 ] Florence Price and Leo Sowerby were both prominent members of the Chicago music community in the 1930s and 1940s, and they are known to have respected each other's work. Most of Florence Price's compositions remained unpublished at her death, and her... |
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Aviv Quartet
Hoffmeister: String Quartets [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Sep/2003 ] |
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SCHULHOFF
Music for String Quartet Aviv Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2010 ] Largely forgotten in the decades after his death, the wide-ranging output of the Czech composer Erwin Schulhoff has come to much greater prominence over the last quarter-century. The music featured here dates from the mid-1920s, a productive period... |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: String Quintet, D. 956 / String Trio, D. 581 Aviv Quartet, with Amit Peled (cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jun/2020 ] Schubert's String Trio was modeled after the example of Beethoven, and its transparent textures, Classical structure and fine interplay are capped by a charming Rondo finale. |