More By Artist: The String-A-Longs
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ARNOLD BAX / GERALD FINZI / RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
British Oboe Quintets Nicholas Daniel (oboe, cor anglais); Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 21/Sep/2021 ] The legendary British oboist Leon Goossens inspired all the composers represented on this recording, and they wrote all but one of the pieces for his oboe, on which he premièred the works by Delius, Bax, Bliss, and Finzi featured here. |
JULIUS RONTGEN
Röntgen: The Late String Trios Offenburg String Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] "Composed during the 1920s, these late fruits of Rontgen's prolific chamber output are resourceful and nostalgic in style. These performances would benefit from a wider dynamic range." (BBC Music) |
SANDOR VERESS / GEZA FRID / FERENC FARKAS / LASZLO WEINER / SANDOR KOKAI
Hungarian Serenade - String Trios Offenburg String Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Jan/2021 ] "Sensitive and engrossingly passionate performances, coupled with some excellent sonics, complete a disc that is certainly not for the squeamish, but deeply rewarding for those who are inclined to search for the meaning behind the notes" C.M.D. |
KENNETH FUCHS
Fuchs: String Quartet No. 5, 'American', Falling Canons & Falling Trio Delray String Quartet / Christopher O'Riley (piano) / Trio21 [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 29/Apr/2013 ] Kenneth Fuchs is one of America's leading composers and his music is performed worldwide. String Quartet No. 5 is an exciting, large-scale work that explores the contrapuntal possibilities of a single 'American' theme. |
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Orford String Quartet
Beethoven: String Qrt Op 18 [ Delos / CD ] |
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Oslo String Quartet
20Thc Norwegian String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 31/Jan/2000 ] |
WILHELM STENHAMMAR
Stenhammar: String Quartets Nos. 3 - 6 Oslo String Quartet [ CPO Records / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 21/Sep/2011 ] On its wonderfully harmonious and homogeneous new Surround recording of Stenhammar's Quartets Nos. 3-6 the Oslo String Quartet impressively demonstrates that he merits much greater representation in today's concert world than is currently the case. |
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Oslo String Quartet/Kraggerud
Svendsen: String Quartet [ Cpo / CD - released 1/Sep/2003 ] |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Quartets K478 & K493 Paul Lewis (piano) / Leopold String Trio [ Hyperion 30 / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die - "For anyone who responds to Mozart's piano concertos, these charming works might almost be considered two bonuses to the cycle. They are superbly played here." (Gramophone Editor's Choice Oct 2003) |
CHARLES WAKEFIELD CADMAN
Cadman: Piano Trio in D major / Quintet for Piano & Strings / etc Paul Posnak (piano) Peter Zazofsky (violin) / Bergonzi String Quartet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 2/Apr/2002 ] "Naxos's apparently indefatigable 'American Classics' project has turned up yet another minor but not uninteresting figure. The American performers, led by the excellent pianist Paul Posnak, do their best with Cadman's thick textures and sprawling... |
JOHN ALDEN CARPENTER
Carpenter - Chamber Music Paul Posnak, piano / Vega String Quartet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 12/Jan/2003 ] "The Naxos recording is forthright, resonant and startlingly well up to the impressively big movement of the 1912 Sonata. Carpenter, who on the basis of this movement alone should be a great name, proves capable of building a beautifully judged... |
BELA BARTOK / ZOLTAN KODALY / OTTORINO RESPIGHI / JOSEPH HAYDN / etc
Antal Dorati - The Philharmonia Hungarica - The Mercury Masters Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Dorati, with Steven Isserlis, Olli Mustonen, Michael Collins, Takács String Quartet, Andrew Litton [ Mercury Living Presence / 8 CD Box Set - released 7/Feb/2025 ] Driving intensity, rhythmic flair and demonstration-quality sound are brought to the fore in a new anthology of Antal Dorati's early recordings with the Philharmonia Hungarica on Mercury and Philips. |
BELA BARTOK / ERICH KORNGOLD
Bartók & Korngold: Piano Quintets Piers Lane (piano), Goldner String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] "Throughout both quintets, Lane's piano has kept pace with any number of quirky metrics and subtle keyboard effect,s all captured in piercing sonics by Record Producer Jeremy Hayes" AudAud.com |
FREDERIC D'ERLANGER / THOMAS DUNHILL
Dunhill & Erlanger: Piano Quintets Piers Lane (piano), Goldner String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] As companionable, healthy and English as the South Downs on a sunny day' was an early verdict on Thomas Dunhill's Piano Quintet, one which could equally well apply to both works on this attractive programme. |
SIR EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: String Quartet in E minor, Op. 83 / Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84 / etc Piers Lane (piano) / Goldner String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] "This is one of those rare discs that give pleasure and food for thought in equal measure...The whole experience is a valuable reminder that Elgar doesn't display his originality openly." BBC Music Magazine, September 2011 ***** |
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Boccherini: Complete Flute Quintets Rafael Ruibérriz de Torres (flute) / Francisco de Goya String Quartet [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 22/Jan/2021 ] Spanish 'period' instrumentalists in new recordings of under-rated chamber music from the golden age of Classicism, full of musical sunshine and summer breezes. |
ERNEST CHAUSSON
Chausson Renaud Capucon (violin), Nicholas Angelich (piano), Quatuor Ebene (string quartet), Brussels Philharmonic [ Erato / CD - released 8/May/2026 ] Dedicated to Ernest Chausson, this album gathers some of the finest French interpreters of today, a rare collaboration between violinist Renaud Capuçon, Quatuor Ébène and late pianist Nicholas Angelich. The program offers a comprehensive look at... |
IAN VENABLES
The Song of the Severn Roderick Williams (baritone) / Carducci String Quartet, with Graham J Lloyd (piano) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] "Venables' music is unashamedly rooted in the English pastoral tradition...The two song cycles that Roderick Williams sings with his usual exemplary musicality and tact show how convincing Venables' occupation of that world can be." |
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Souvenirs Rolston String Quartet [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 1/Dec/2019 ] To us, the Rolston String Quartet, the music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is simply irresistible - and so, a debut album containing only his finest chamber works was an obvious choice. Cherished for his memorable and beautifully simplistic melodies,... |
CHRISTOPHER GUNNING
Christopher Gunning: Symphony No. 5 & String Quartet No. 1 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Juno String Quartet / Christopher Gunning (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 4/Jun/2021 ] Christopher Gunning's Symphony No. 5 was composed during 2009 and was the composer's most ambitious to date, in four extended movements. There is no strict programme, but the music moves through several phases which could be said to correspond to... |
