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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114 / Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 Jozsef Balogh (clarinet), Jeno Jando (piano), Csaba Onczay (cello) / Danubius Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Mar/2014 ] "This Brahms Quintet projects all the virtuosity and Weltschmerz one could want." (Los Angeles Times) |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Piano Quartet No. 2 & 3 Bartholdy Piano Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "performances are well prepared, fluent" - Fanfare |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Piano Sextet, Op. 110 / Piano Quartet No. 1 Bartholdy Piano Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Feb/2008 ] "The string players are always fluent and show a light-hearted vivacity in Mendelssohn's scherzo's" - Penguin Guide |
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JOSEPH CHRISTIAN WILLIBALD MICHL
Michl: Quartets Nos. 1-6 for Bassoon, 2 Violins and Cello Ben Hoadley (bassoon) / The Hall String Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] Upon hearing a chamber piece by Joseph Michl in Munich in 1772 the English composer and music historian Charles Burney wrote, 'I hardly ever heard a composition that discovered more genius and invention.' |
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MOZART
Piano Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 / Clarinet Quintet (1938, 1946) Benny Goodman (clarinet) / George Szell (piano) / Budapest String Quartet [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 7/Feb/2007 ] Restored from original undubbed pressings, this adventurous 1938 recording of Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet brings together “the King of Swing”, Benny Goodman, and the great Budapest String Quartet. A firm favourite with the record-buying public, this... |
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CHARLES IVES
Ives: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 Blair Quartet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 25/Nov/2006 ] "Collectors really need look no further" (MusicWeb Nov 2006) |
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Borromeo String Quartet
Fairouz: Native Informant [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2013 ] |
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Breton String Quartet
Guridi: String Quartets [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Jun/2013 ] |
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Breton String Quartet
Halffter: Chamber Mus Vol.3 [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Jun/2011 ] |
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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 |
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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). |
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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... |
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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 |
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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... |
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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... |
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BRUCE WOLOSOFF
Wolosoff: Songs without Words (18 Divertimenti for String Quartet) Carpe Diem String Quartet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2011 ] |
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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. |
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Cassatt Quartet
Welcher:string Quartets 1-3 [ Naxos / CD - released 17/Aug/2009 ] |
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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,... |
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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... |