More By Artist: The String-A-Longs
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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... |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
Weber: Complete Works for Clarinet Janet Hilton (clarinet) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi / Lindsay String Quartet / Keith Swallow (piano) [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] 'Janet Hilton's is a very fine performance. The slow movements are ruminative and beautifully played.' Fanfare |
ERNEST CHAUSSON
Chausson: String Quartet Op 35 / Concert Op 21 Jennifer Pike (violin) Tom Poster (piano) / Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] "A real front-runner for the Concert, and the most convincing of advocates for the more problematic String Quartet." Gramophone Magazine, May 2013 |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 'Death and the Maiden' / String Quartet No. 12 Quartettsatz' Jerusalem String Quartet [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Apr/2008 ] "Another fine, compelling release from the Jerusalem Quartet. Goodness knows, there's enough competiton out there for Deaths and Maidens and I'm still in awe of the intensity of the recent Takács version on Hyperion. But this performance takes a... |
BRAHMS
Clarinet Quintet / String Quartet No 2 Jerusalem String Quartet, with Sharon Kam (clarinet) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Mar/2013 ] Brahms's implacable self-criticism was at its height in the domain of chamber music; he was already forty when he produced his second String Quartet (of three) after two decades of rejected attempts, which only makes the work's formal perfection and... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet Op 115 / Trio for Clarinet, Cello & Piano Op 114 Joan Enric Lluna (clarinet) Lluas Claret (cello) Josep Colom (piano) / Tokyo String Quartet [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] Composed in 1891 under the influence of the famous clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld, the trio and quintet for clarinet mark Brahms' last creative period, as he had previously resolved to stop composing. These works are considered part of his best... |
TELEMANN
Trumpet Concertos John Wallace (trumpet) / English String Orchestra, William Boughton [ Nimbus / CD - released 20/May/2012 ] |
ELENA RUEHR
Icarus and other music by Elena Ruehr Jon Manasse (clarinet), Donald Berman (piano), Tom Stone (violin), Borromeo String Quartet, Delgani String Quartet, Arneis Quartet [ Avie / CD - released 1/Apr/2022 ] Composer Elena Ruehr adds to her extensive discography with Icarus, an album of chamber music infused with hints of history, legendary literature and close collaborations with a multitude of musical colleagues. The repertoire revolves around the... |
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Juilliard String Quartet
Berg/Carter/Schuman [ Testament / CD ] |
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Juilliard String Quartet
Debussy/Ravel/Webern [ Testament / CD ] |
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Juilliard String Quartet
Mozart/Haydn/Schubert [ Testament / CD ] |
DAVID BRUCE / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Bruce: Gumboots / Brahms: Clarinet Quintet Julian Bliss (clarinet) / Carducci String Quartet [ Signum / CD - released 1/Jun/2016 ] "The joyous rhythmic barrage of the finale could almost be out of a Falla ballet. Brahms's Op 115 Clarinet Quintet is an odd counterweight; Bliss and the Carducci Quartet offer a worthwhile, well-balanced performance with especial spark in the third |
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Kagan/Brunner/Jolley/String Se
Merikanto:conc For Vln,Clar,Ho [ Ondine / CD - released 21/Feb/2000 ] |
KARITA MATTILA
Fever Karita Mattila (soprano) / Fever band & String section [ Ondine / CD - released 14/Dec/2007 ] "Karita Mattila has good go at scat singing and in the delivering climactic phrases that swing rather than hold the air like operatic high notes." Mike Ashman, Gramophone, March 2008 |
FAURE
Piano Quartets Nos 1 & 2 / Nocturne No 4 Kathryn Stott (piano) / The Hermitage String trio [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "Stott and the Heritage Trio imbue the hushed sections with a sense of eerie menace, refusing to smooth the edges, which is certainly not to say they are rough and ready elsewhere...the exquisite account by Stott of the fourth Nocturne is the icing o |
