More By Artist: The String-A-Longs
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Oslo String Quartet
20Thc Norwegian String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 31/Jan/2000 ] |
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Turtle Island String Quartet
4 + Four [ Telarc / CD - released 28/Mar/2005 ] |
JOHANN BAPTIST VANHAL
4 String Quartets Lotus String Quartet [ CPO / CD - released 30/Jan/2015 ] Vanhal was one of the most productive composers of the eighteenth century, writing around 1,377 works; including sixty string quartets. The Lotus String Quartet, winners of the International Chamber Music Competition in Japan, interpret four of those... |
The Incredible String Band
The 500 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion [ Fledg'Ling / CD - released 22/Mar/2010 ] |
JOSEF HAYDN
6 String Quartets, op.76 Takacs String Quartet [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 12/Jan/2008 ] "The ensemble is Hungarian and relatively youthful and they bring to this music a joyful directness that is entirely refreshing and in no way inhibits them from the necessary sufficient underlining of this point or lingering over that. Strongly... |
The Incredible String Band
Across the Airwaves - BBC Radio Recordings 1969-1974 [ Hux Records / 2 CD - released 21/May/2007 ] One of the most engaging groups to emerge from the esoteric 1960s was the Incredible String Band. Basically the duo of Mike Heron and Robin Williamson, its sound was omprised of haunting Celtic folk melodies augmented by a variety of Middle Eastern... |
JOHN ADAMS
Adams: Naive and Sentimental Music / Absolute Jest Doric String Quartet, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian [ Chandos Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jul/2018 ] "...a magnificent reading of Naïve and Sentimental Music…with the balance of pace and introspection skilfully managed by Oundjian." Recording of the Month BBC Music July 2018 |
ALFRED HILL
Alfred Hill - String Quartets, Vol. 4 (Nos. 10, 11 & 'Life' Quintet) Dominion String Quartet with Richard Mapp (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2011 ] Alfred Hill was the doyen of Australasian composers, and his exploration of the string quartet demonstrates the range of his imagination. Both the Tenth and Eleventh quartets were written in 1935, but they offer richly differing affiliations. No. 10... |
ALFRED HILL
Alfred Hill - String Quartets, Vol. 5 (Nos. 12, 13 & 14) Dominion String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2014 ] Although Australian by birth, Alfred Hill spent much of his youth in New Zealand before embarking on studies in Leipzig, where he met Brahms, Dvořák and Tchaikovsky. A prolific symphonist and operatic composer, he also wrote a sequence of seventeen... |
ALFRED HILL
Alfred Hill - String Quartets, Vol. 6 (Nos. 15 - 17) Dominion String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Nov/2015 ] Alfred Hill was the leading Australian-born composer of the Late Romantic era. During his studies in Leipzig from 1887 to 1891, he encountered luminaries such as Brahms, Dvořak, Tchaikovsky and Strauss. His 17 String Quartets, the first... |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Williams: Legendary Recordings (Incls 'On Wenlock Edge' & 'Serenade To Music') Recorded 1938-1955 George Maran (tenor) / London String Quartet / Ivor Newton (piano) / Isobel Baillie / Heddle Nash / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult [ ALTO / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "1938 was Sir Henry Wood's jubilee and the magical Serenade to Music which Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote for it… this, with the original soloists RVW had in mind, has obvious uniqueness but it possesses a very special beauty and atmosphere." - Gramophone |
THOMAS ADES / ER NORGARD / HANS ABRAHAMSEN
Ades: Arcadiana / Norgard: Quartetto Breve / Abrahamsen: 10 Preludes The Danish String Quartet [ ECM New Series / CD - released 15/Apr/2016 ] "The Danish are remarkable, as ever - capable of intense blend, extreme dynamic variation (in which they seem glued together), perfect intonation even on harmonics, and constant vitality and flow" Gramophone Award Nomination 2017 - Chamber |
TOBY YOUNG
The Art of Dancing: 21st-Century Concertos for Trumpet, Piano and Strings Simon Desbruslais (trumpet), Clare Hammond (piano), English String Orchestra, Kenneth Woods (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 25/Aug/2017 ] Simon Desbruslais returns to disc on Signum with an album that continues to expand the repertoire of the trumpet even further, with four new commissions for Trumpet, Piano and String Orchestra Toby Young's The Art of Dancing is described by the... |
J. S. BACH
The Art of Fugue The Delme String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/May/2005 ] "Music of extraordinary beauty and poise. Strongly recommended." (Fanfare) |
ZHOU LONG / TAKEMITSU / GAO PING / UNG / TAN DUN
Asian Music for String Quartet New Zealand String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2012 ] This programme brings together aesthetic and musical elements of East and West. |
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Boyd Neel String Orchestra
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos [ Dutton / 2 CD - released 31/Oct/2005 ] |
J. S. BACH
Bach Fugues Emerson String Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "Perfect playing, superb sound - but Bach shouldn't be this well tempered… Sonically speaking, the Emersons have never sounded better on disc, yet there's more to this music than their beautiful, world-class playing lets on." (Gramophone) |
J.S. BACH
The Art of Fugue Emerson String Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 21/Sep/2003 ] The Art of Fugue is a multi-purpose thing: a work of instruction and enlightenment, a kit to be assembled by performer or listener (for which the programmable nature of the CD makes an ideal medium), composed (in the words of Bach's dedication in his... |
SAMUEL BARBER / CHARLES IVES
Barber & Ives: String Quartets Escher String Quartet [ BIS SACD / SACD - released 6/Aug/2021 ] An American ensemble performs quartets by two compatriots |
BELA BARTOK / ERICH KORNGOLD
Bartók & Korngold: Piano Quintets Piers Lane (piano), Goldner String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] "Throughout both quintets, Lane's piano has kept pace with any number of quirky metrics and subtle keyboard effect,s all captured in piercing sonics by Record Producer Jeremy Hayes" AudAud.com |
