More By Artist: The String-A-Longs
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JANACEK / MARTINU
String Quartets Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 25/Mar/2015 ] This new recording by the Doric String Quartet pays homage to the Czech chamber music of the 1920s, featuring string quartets by Janáček and Martinů. |
KORNGOLD
String Quartets Nos 1, 2 & 3 Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "English Quartet superb exploring the chamber music of Hollywood Kapellmeister." Five Stars William Dart NZ Herald |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: String Quartets Nos. 13 & 14 Doric String Quartet [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Sep/2012 ] "The Dorics have enormous flair for this kind of music, getting comfortably under the skin of music written by Schubert when he was about the same as their average age and displaying a similar degree of maturity and insight" (Gramophone) |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets Vol 1 [Op. 20] Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 26/Sep/2014 ] "The musicians of the Doric String Quartet respond with imagination to each fresh idea, bringing into play a lightness of touch, much spirit and wit..they fill the two-disc set with affection for Haydn's inexhaustible creativity." Financial Times |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: String Quartets, Op. 41 Nos. 1-3 Doric String Quartet [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Dec/2011 ] "Here's a disc that merits an especially big welcome...At last comes a strong challenger which brings together all three of these wonderful but so often misunderstood quartets." (BBC Music Disc of the Month December 2011) |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets, Vol. 2 [Op. 76] Doric String Quartet [ CHANDOS / 2 CD - released 29/Apr/2016 ] "No quartet in my experience has employed such a wide range of colour and dynamics in this music, often with revelatory results…the Doric's daring, imaginative and technically superb performances demand to be heard" (Gramophone) |
KORNGOLD
String Sextet & Piano Quintet Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 10/Mar/2012 ] "The Quintet opens with one of those glorious Korngoldian melodies of the type that would later translate into music for the silver screen...The Sextet is given an equally vigorous and stylish reading with passages of great tenderness" (Gramophone) |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Symphony No. 1 / Introduction and Allegro for strings Doric String Quartet / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2017 ] This new Elgar surround-sound recording brings together some of Chandos' finest exclusive British artists for the first time. The Doric String Quartet - highly praised for its series of Haydn and Schubert quartets - joins the BBC Symphony... |
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 |
SIR ARTHUR BLISS
Sir Arthur Bliss: the Decca Originals Eileen Joyce (piano) Alfredo Campoli (violin) Griller Quartet (string quartet), Colin Hampton (cello), Philip Burton (viola) / Sir Arthur Bliss, Muir [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 19/Jun/2020 ] "This is a convenient, well-transferred compilation of some of the finest performances of music by a still-underrated composer. Bliss's version of the Colour Symphony is better paced than many of its successors." BBC Music |
ARTHUR FARWELL
Farwell: Songs, Choral and Piano Works (America's Neglected Composer) Emanuele ArciuliI (piano), Dakota String Quartet, University of Texas Chamber Singers [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Oct/2021 ] Arthur Farwell has been called 'the most neglected composer in [American musical] history.' Hounded by accusations of 'cultural appropriation,' he has posthumously fallen prey to changing notions of cultural authenticity. As the leader of the... |
DVORAK
Emerson String Quartet: Old World – New World Emerson String Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2010 ] "...big-boned, high-gloss sound...Cypresses (B.152) has some stunning moments, though the finest readings are of the valedictory Thirteenth and Fourteenth Quartets, the last strongly Brahmsian." The Independent, 2nd May 2010 |
JOSEF HAYDN
The Haydn Project: Includes The Joke, The Lark, The Rider, Fifths, etc (Includes bonus CD) Emerson String Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD Box Set - released 15/Sep/2001 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (Dec 2001) |
BARTOK / BEETHOVEN / MOZART / SHOSTAKOVICH / HAYDN / etc
The Emerson String Quartet: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon Emerson String Quartet, with Carol Wincenc (flute), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Thomas Hampson (baritone) & Menahem Pressler (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 52 CD Box Set - released 10/Sep/2019 ] This 52 CD collection charts the New York-based ensemble's musical breadth, encompassing virtually all of the important repertoire for their formation, and features complete cycles by Shostakovich, Beethoven and Bartók; plus String Quartets by Haydn,... |
MARK NOWAKOWSKI
Nowakowski: Blood Forgotten & String Quartet Nos 1 & 2 Emily Ondradek-Peterson (violin) / Voxare String Quartet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2017 ] The people of Poland have lived through often impossible conditions over the last three centuries, and this album is Polish-American composer Mark Nowakowski's tribute to their spirit of survival. Songs of Forgiveness is both a meditation on anger... |
MARTINU
Strings Quartets Nos 3, 4 & 5 Emperor String Quartet [ BIS / CD - released 13/Jul/2004 ] "Powerful and eloquent performances ... an opportunity to explore the Emperor's abrasively vertical response" (CD of the Month MusicWeb Sept 2004) |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Complete String Quartets Endellion String Quartet [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Nov/2009 ] Tchaikovsky wrote relatively little chamber music. Three string quartets, the Piano Trio and the Sextet form the bulk of his chamber music |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
The Endellion String Quartet Play Beethoven Endellion String Quartet [ Seventh Art DVD / DVD - released 31/Jul/2015 ] The Endellion is renowned as one of the finest quartets in the world. Everywhere, the Endellion String Quartet 'sets the audience ablaze' (Daily Telegraph) and 'captivates concertgoers with a remarkable rapport, playing to each other with a sense... |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets - Op. 64 No. 5 in D major 'The Lark / String Quartet, Op. 20 No. 4 in D major 'Sun' / etc Endellion String Quartet [ Warner Classics / CD - released 5/Nov/2012 ] "The recorded sound...has the fullness and realism of a live performance. The Endellion String Quartet respond to these scores with an equally full-toned generosity." (BBC Music Magazine, June 2013) |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
String Quartets & 3 Divertimenti The Endellion String Quartet [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 1/May/2014 ] "the Endellion is a seasoned ensemble with a clear, holistic vision of each Quartet...Britten's writing cruelly exposes any weakness in technique or intonation, yet the Endellions emerge with flying colours...the whole is enormously, especially the i |
