More By Artist: The String-A-Longs
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: String Quartets Nos. 5 & 6 Escher String Quartet [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2016 ] "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, Adam Barnett-Hart, who offers that rare ability not only to sing... |
ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
Zemlinsky: String Quartets, Volume 2 Escher String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Jun/2014 ] BBC Music Magazine Award Nomination 2015 - Chamber |
ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
Zemlinsky: String Quartets, Volume 1 Escher String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jul/2013 ] The beauty and ironic playfulness of the Third Quartet comes from the cool austere language of Weimar's 'New Objectivity'. The Fourth Quartet was amongst the last of Zemlinsky's significant works, composed as a moving tribute to his friend Alban Berg |
ALEXANDER BORODIN
Borodin:: String Quartets Nos 1 & 2 Fitzwilliam String Quartet [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Mar/2006 ] "The Fitzwilliams' nervous energy can sometimes be brilliantly applied to the music, and be properly exciting" Gramophone |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Late String Quartets. G Major & C Minor 'Quartettsatz' Fitzwilliam String Quartet [ Linn Records / CD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] "..This makes for a deeply satisfying listening experience which has made me reevaluate my view of the work. It is a hugely impressive recording." MusicWeb Recommended Jan 2022 |
JOSEF HAYDN
The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross Op. 51 Fitzwilliam String Quartet [ Linn / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] Fitzwilliam String Quartet |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: String Quintet / String Quartet Fitzwilliam String Quartet [ Linn / CD - released 16/Oct/2015 ] The Fitzwilliam String Quartet, together with violist James Boyd (of the London Haydn Quartet) presents a historically informed performance of Bruckner's String Quintet and Quartet. This is the first recording to use gut strings (a special set from... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 5, "Emperor" (arr. for piano and string quintet) Hanna Shybayeva (piano) / Animato String Quartet, with Bas Vliegenthart (double bass) [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] Ignaz Lachner's superb arrangements of Mozart's piano concertos are well known, but his brother Vinzenz Lachner's arrangements of Beethoven's concertos are a rarity, though equally as valuable. |
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Frankfurt String Sextet
Koessler:string Quintet/Sextet [ Cpo / CD - released 2/Jul/2007 ] |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: String Quartets Nos. 3 & 4 Fred Sherry String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "The energy and eloquence of Fred Sherry and his colleagues ensure that the effect is never merely strenuous, never turgid. Though often aggressive, the music dances and sings" Gramophone Editor's Choice Dec 2010 |
PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: String Quartets 1 - 3 / Souvenir de Florence Gabrieli String Quartet / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2014 ] "the Gabrielis give a finely conceived performance, producing well-blended tonal quality" Penguin Guide |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Brahms: Piano Quintet Glenn Gould (piano) / Montreal String Quartet / Columbia Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Bernstein [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] Glenn Gould played Beethoven's piano concertos from the beginning of his short concert career, this recording being made when he was 24, the same age as the composer when he wrote his Piano Concerto No. 2. |
FRANK BRIDGE
Piano Quintet, String Quartet & Idylls Goldner String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] "Powerful, committed performances that illuminate Frank Bridge's multi-faceted mastery" (Disc of the Month BBC Music Magazine) |
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI / IGOR STRAVINSKY
Szymanowski: String Quartets / Stravinsky: Concertino Goldner String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Jan/2004 ] "The Goldner String Quarter of Australia, offer strongly characterised readings." - The Irish Times (Dublin) |
ALEXANDER BORODIN
Borodin: Piano Quintet / String Quartet No. 2 / Cello sonata Goldner String Quartet / Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Feb/2017 ] Russia in the nineteenth century had little need for chamber music-no Parisian-style competitive quartetting here. But out of this very isolation came a small, but nonetheless mighty, handful of works: those by Borodin are among the finest. |
BLOCH
Piano Quintets Goldner String Quartet / Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] 'Piers Lane and the Goldners convey both the frenzy and the languor of Bloch's music' (BBC Music Magazine Disc of the Month Jan 2008) |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Piano Quintets Nos. 1 & 2 Goldner String Quartet / Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Mar/2010 ] 'The performers offer an immensely satisfying and unmannered performance' (BBC Music Magazine) |
MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Piano Quintet in G minor / etc Goldner String Quartet, with Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] "[the Goldner] relish the music's C minor sturm und drang with infectious bravado…[and] the quartet's gifted leader Dene Olding joins forces with Piers Lane in a rousing performance of the violin-and-piano Swedish Dances" BBC Music |
HAMILTON HARTY
Piano Quintet / String Quartets Nos 1 & 2 Goldner String Quartet with Piers Lane, piano [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] Acclaimed pianist Piers Lane and his fellow Australians, the Goldner String Quartet, reprise their highly successful partnership in these world-premiere recordings of the two String Quartets and Piano Quintet of Irish composer Hamilton Harty. Born in... |
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