More By Artist: The String-A-Longs
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: String Qrts.1 & 2 / Cello sonata Aurora String Quartet, with Michael Grebanier (cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jul/1999 ] "Aurora Quartet gives well-moulded performances." BBC Music Magazine |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: String Quintets Gringolts Quartet (string quartet), Lilli Maijala [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 14/Jun/2024 ] "There's a wealth of characterisation within this richly unified, bronze-dark ensemble. A deep-dug, chunky tone, often quite rugged, is offset by moments of intense sweetness, as well as great delicacy and refinement" BBC Music Recording of the Month |
DAVID L. POST
String Quartet Nos. 2-4 Hawthorne String Quartet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 2/Mar/2011 ] 'The string quartet has always seemed to me to be the pinnacle of musical expression,' remarks David L. Post, an American composer who makes 'this modest ensemble sing in seemingly impossible ways' (Fanfare). |
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MOZART / SCHUBERT / BEETHOVEN / BARTOK / MENDELSSOHN / CHOPIN / etc
Hephzibah Menuhin - Homage [9 CDs plus 2 DVDs] Hephzibah Menuhin (piano) with Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Janet Baker, Maurice Gendron, Amadeus Quartet, Sydney String Quartet, etc [ Warner Classics CDs/DVDs / 11 CD/DVD - released 22/Jan/2021 ] "An independent spirit, a gracious, generous woman who was also deserving of a place among the great pianists of the 20th century." Hephzibah Menuhin is summed up in those word by Bruno Monsaingeon, who was close to both her and her dazzlingly famous... |
W. A. MOZART
Divertimento in E flat major / Prelude & Fugues for String Trio Hermitage String Trio [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "If you do not have a recording of the Divertimento already here is an ideal opportunity to do so, and I am sure that in so doing many hours of supreme musical pleasure are guaranteed." (MusicWeb Feb 2011) |
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Hollywood String Quartet
Beethoven:late String Qrts [ Testament / 3 CD - released 4/Feb/1996 ] |
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Hollywood String Quartet
Kodaly:string Quartet No.2 [ Testament / CD ] |
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Hollywood String Quartet
Mozart:string Qut.The Hunt [ Testament / CD ] |
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Hollywood String Quartet
Ravel:introduction & Allegr [ Testament / CD ] |
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Hollywood String Quartet
Shostakovich:piano Quintet [ Testament / CD ] |
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Hollywood String Quartet
Tchaikovsky:string Quartet [ Testament / CD ] |
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Hollywood String Quartet
Wolf:italian Serenade [ Testament / CD - released 4/Feb/1996 ] |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Idil Biret Archive Edition Volume 18 - Brahms: Piano Quintet Idil Biret (piano) / London String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jan/2016 ] "Idil Biret's tensile, rhythmic playing was especially fine here." - Music and Musicians - UK March 1980 |
MAHLER
Mahler - Quartet for Piano and Strings (with Franck - Quintet) Idil Biret (piano) London String Quartet [ Naxos Idil Biret Archive Edition Vol 5 / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] "..the earliest Mahler work to have come down to us, the single movement for piano quartet in A minor, which he wrote while a student at the Vienna Conservatory |
MENDELSSOHN / SCHUMANN / BRAHMS / BEETHOVEN / MAHLER / etc
Idil Biret Best of Chamber Music - With Selections from the Complete Studio Recordings Idil Biret (piano), with Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Borusan Quartet; London String Quartet [ Naxos Idil Biret Archive / 4 CD Box Set - released 4/Dec/2020 ] From the age of 16, Idil Biret played as a soloist with the most distinguished orchestras in the world including the London Symphony, the Philharmonia, the London Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony, and many others. |
JAMES HARTWAY
Imaginary Creatures / 3 Myths / Images of Mogador / etc Imaginary Creatures String Quartet / Woodland Trio [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 31/Jan/2008 ] "Fresh", "creative", "optimistic", "accessible" are some of the adjectives used to describe the compositions of contemporary composer James Hartway. This CD features some of Hartway's best-known chamber works, such as Images of Mogador for harp,... |
Incredible String Band
Hard Rope & Silken Twine [ Beat Goes On / CD - released 10/Jun/2013 ] |
JAAKKO KUUSISTO
Glow: Chamber Music by Jaakko Kuusisto Meta4 String Quartet, Jaakko Kuusisto (violin), Riitta-Liisa Ristiluoma (viola), Jan-Erik Gustafsson (cello), Heini Kärkkäinen (piano) [ BIS SACD / CD - released 10/Jun/2016 ] Jaakko Kuusisto is one of Finland's most versatile musicians, a quality demonstrated by his rich discography on BIS in which he appears as violinist (in chamber music, as soloist and as concertmaster), conductor, arranger and composer. In the latter... |
Jade String Quartet
Melencolia [ Rattle Records / CD - released 18/Oct/2025 ] String quartets have long been the preferred choice for composers seeking to express their most personal thoughts and expand their musical voice. For Anthony Ritchie, the string quartet medium is one of the most challenging in classical music,... |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
On Wenlock Edge (with Warlock-The Curlew / Gurney-Ludlow & Teme) James Gilchrist (tenor) Anna Tilbrook (piano) / Fitzwilliam String Quartet [ LINN SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2008 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD FINALIST 2008 - Solo Vocal -- "The developing tale of Bredon Hill has never been more vividly told on records, and the desolation of Warlock's masterpiece becomes more poignant still because of the beauty evoked...Gurney's... |
