More By Artist: The String-A-Longs
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BEETHOVEN
Complete String Quartets Vol 1 Elias String Quartet [ Wigmore Hall Live / 2 CD - released 1/May/2015 ] Gramophone Magazine - Editor's Choice - April 2015 |
EMILY HOWARD
Howard: Magnetite Elias String Quartet, scapegoat, Alexandra Dariescu (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Gourlay (conductor), Lucy Goddard (mezzo-s [ NMC / CD - released 16/Jan/2017 ] Emily Howard's degree in maths and computer science has informed her work, but, as she stresses, "I'm a composer, not a mathematician. |
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... |
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Emperor String Quartet
Martinu: String Quartets 3/4/5 [ Bis / CD - released 2/Aug/2004 ] |
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) |
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Emperor String Quartet/Plane
Macmillan: String Quartets 1-2 [ Bis / CD - released 1/Apr/2002 ] |
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 |
RICHARD STRAUSS / PUCCINI / VERDI
Works for String Quartet Ensō String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jan/2015 ] The standard of string quartet playing has never been higher but even in such a crowded field it strikes me that the Ensō Quartet are carving out a reputation for themselves as being amongst the very finest currently performing." MusicWeb |
NIELS W. GADE
Gade: Chamber Works, Vol. 3 Ensemble MidtVest / Danish String Quartet [ CPO / CD - released 9/Sep/2017 ] "The Danish String Quartet also put up a strong case for the two early incomplete quartets" BBC Music |
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 |
DVORAK / TCHAIKOVSKY / BORODIN
Dvorák: String Quartet No. 12 / Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1 / Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 Escher String Quartet [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Feb/2018 ] "After the elfin opening of the scherzo the second of these is gorgeous. Cellist and leader sing the melodies of the notturno with autumnal warmth and silvery clarity respectively, and the finale fairly sprints." The Strad |
MENDELSSOHN
String Quartets Nos. 1 & 4 / String Quartet in E flat Escher String Quartet [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2015 ] With their début disc on BIS, the Eschers launch a three-disc cycle of Mendelssohn's string quartets, including the unnumbered String Quartet in E flat major and - on coming instalments - the four pieces for string quartet Op. 81. The quartet genre... |
MENDELSSOHN
String Quartets Nos. 2 & 3 / etc Escher String Quartet [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] "this is full-blooded quartet playing in the grand, classic manner; extrovert and eloquent. Rich tone, good balance and a particularly noteworthy expressiveness from the first violin" (BBC Music on Vol 1) |
