More By Artist: The String-A-Longs
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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) |
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 |
MIRTO / KROGSETH
Norwegian Memories / Viking Concerto Giorgio Mirto (guitar) / Florence String Ensemble [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2015 ] Giorgio Mirto follows in a long and distinguished line of guitarist-composers stretching back to his fellow Italian Mauro Giuliani, and he is justifiably a regular contributor to the catalogue of Brilliant Classics, playing both the classic (mostly... |
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. |
