Borromeo String Quartet
Fairouz: Native Informant [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2013 ] |
Breton String Quartet
Guridi: String Quartets [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Jun/2013 ] |
Breton String Quartet
Halffter: Chamber Mus Vol.3 [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Jun/2011 ] |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / ANTONIN DVORAK
Brahms/Dvorak: Piano Quintets Clifford Curzon (piano) / Budapest String Quartet [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 29/Aug/2005 ] These recordings were the first and last of four that Curzon and the Budapest Quartet made in 1950-53 |
PHILIP GLASS
Glass: String Quartets Nos. 1 - 4 Carducci String Quartet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] This disc features the first four of his five quartets, ranging from the uncharacteristic yet fascinating sound-world of the First, through the compact dimensions of the subsequent two (themselves derived from theatre and film scores). |
PHILIP GLASS
Glass: String Quartet No 5 / Suite from Dracula / String Sextet Carducci String Quartet, with Cian O'Duill (viola) & Gemma Rosefield (cello) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] Philip Glass' Fifth String Quartet is the most substantial of his five quartets and the most traditional, using formal structures and expressive contrasts which go far beyond minimalism. While maintaining Glass' unmistakeable personal style, this is... |
SERGEY IVANOVICH TANEYEN
Taneyev: Complete String Quartets Volume 3 - Nos 5 & 7 Carpe Diem Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2013 ] "whilst never sounding truly impassioned, and certainly not Russian, the Carpe Diems display a good deal of poise and commitment to Taneyev's deserving cause." MusicWeb |
SERGEY IVANOVICH TANEYEV
Taneyev: Complete String Quartets Vol 1: Nos. 1 & 3 Carpe Diem String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Nov/2007 ] "A fascinating disc. The music of Sergei Taneyev is fully worthy of investigation. A reputation for academicism has dogged this composer so that over time his works have been completely overshadowed. He is much better known for being the teacher of... |
TANEYEV
Complete String Quartets Volume 2 - Nos. 2 and 4 Carpe Diem String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] The Carpe Diem String Quartet's first volume of Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev's string quartets (Nos. 1 & 3 - 8570437) gained critical accolades both for the revival of this important repertoire and for the ensemble's sensitive and assured... |
BRUCE WOLOSOFF
Wolosoff: Songs without Words (18 Divertimenti for String Quartet) Carpe Diem String Quartet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2011 ] |
JONATHAN LESHNOFF
Leshnoff: Chamber Music Carpe Diem String Quartet / Stephen Miahky (violin), Jerome Simas (clarinet) & Joshua Nemith (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2012 ] Jonathan Leshnoff is one of the most exciting voices in contemporary American music, and his lyricism is accompanied by vibrant expressive qualities. |
Cassatt Quartet
Welcher:string Quartets 1-3 [ Naxos / CD - released 17/Aug/2009 ] |
JONATHAN LESHNOFF
Leshnoff: Violin Concerto / Distant Reflections / String Quartet No. 1 Charles Wetherbee (violin) / Carpe Diem String Quartet / Baltimore Chamber Orchestra / Markand Thakar [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] Named by the Baltimore Sun as an 'Artist to Watch', New Jerseyborn Jonathan Leshnoff is swiftly gaining international recognition. This disc shows three facets of his musical personality: the Violin Concerto, praised as 'remarkably assured,... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 11: String Quartet No. 3 in B flat major, Op. 67 AEC String Quintet No. 1 in F major, Op. 88 Christian KAhn (piano) Silke-Thora Matthies (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Jul/2004 ] Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg in 1833, the son of a double-bass player and his much older wife, a seamstress. His childhood was spent in relative poverty, and his early studies in music, for which he showed a natural aptitude, developed his... |
GERSHWIN / BERNSTEIN / RODGERS / MORTIER
Summertime: Music For Clarinet Quartet The Clarinet Quartet Of The Belgian National Orchestra [ NAXOS / CD ] Terence Thompson's witty jazz suite City Scenes starts with a light-hearted Stroll in the City, delicately sketched. Blowing the Blues provides a leisurely interlude, before the cheerful and lively Hot Potato Boogie, a blues derivative, with its... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Schumann: Piano Quintet, Op. 44 / Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 2 (Rec 1951-1952) Clifford Curzon (piano) / Budapest String Quartet [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 1/Mar/2005 ] The Budapest Quartet made four recordings with Curzon in 1950-53, the present two and the quintets of Brahms and Dvoøák. |
ANTHONY BURGESS
Burgess: Complete Guitar Quartets Complete Guitar Quartets [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Sep/2023 ] Composer and novelist, Anthony Burgess, was a unique creative artist whose dual mastery of music and literature resulted in a career strewn with an output of remarkable diversity. Burgess came into contact with the Aïghetta Guitar Quartet while... |
JOHN CORIGLIANO
Corigliano: Snapshot-Circa 1909 / String Quartet No. 1 (with Friedman-String Quartet No. 2) Corigliano Quartet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 13/Jun/2007 ] "In so many ways this CD of first-class string quartets by American composers, teacher and pupil, yields many rewards, especially on repeated listening. I urge lovers of the medium to be brave and sample this wonderful disc, especially at Naxos's... |
FRANCK
String Quartet in D major / Piano Quintet in F minor Cristina Ortiz (piano) / Fine Arts Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Dec/2009 ] "The Fine Arts Quartet… are at their very best in both slow movements, with Christina Ortiz matching their ebb and flow perfectly in the Quintet." BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2009 **** |
GABRIEL FAURE
Piano Quintets Cristina Ortiz (piano) / Fine Arts Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Jul/2009 ] "Two magical, enchanting chamber works in alluring performances by the Fine Arts Quartet and Cristina Ortiz...magical." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Sept 2009) |