BRAHMS
Piano Quintet Op 34 Leipzig String Quartet with Andreas Staier (piano) [ MDG / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The String Quartets / Piano Quintet Leon Fleisher (piano) / Emerson String Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 15/May/2007 ] The Emerson String Quartet marks a dual milestone - 30 years of artistry,20 years with DG - with an all-Brahms disc featuring Leon Fleisher. |
W.A. MOZART
Divertimento K563 & Duo K424 Leopold String Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 16/Sep/2001 ] 'eclipses Grumiaux as my top recommendation in both works'-BBC Music Magazine - |
TANEYEV
String Trios Leopold String Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "It would be hard to over-praise the Leopold Trio's performances. Agility and all-round aplomb? Check. Warmth and colour? Check. Structural and idiomatic awareness? Check. Fine recording quality and helpful annotation… too; so no reason not to... |
DOHNANYI / MARTINU / SCHOENBERG
Dohnanyi, Martinu & Schoenberg-Music for String Trio The Leopold String Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/May/2005 ] Those who have yet to experience these miniature masterpieces are in for a treat. The Leopold String Trio, considered one of the world's most outstanding string ensembles, here performs these greatest works of the 20th-century string trio repertoire... |
J. S. BACH
Goldberg Variations, BWV988 The Leopold String Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Oct/2011 ] "Captivating, mesmerising, and life-enhancing." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Oct 2011) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: 'Trout' Quintet & String Trios Leopold String Trio with Paul Lewis (piano) Graham Mitchell (double bass) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Apr/2006 ] 'one of the finest modern Trouts available. As with their Mozart, their Schubert benefits from scrupulous attention to detail, a keen sense of the music's drama and a deeply rewarding expressive response to this imperishable masterpiece … exquisitely... |
BRAHMS
Clarinet Quintet in B minor (with works by Mozart, Glazunov & Sweeney) Lesley Schatzberger (clarinet) Fitzwilliam String Quartet [ Linn SACD / SACD - released 1/Jan/2008 ] "The Fitzwilliam Quartet offers playing that is pure, sensitive and, where called for gorgeously passionate." The Scotsman |
MOZART
Mozart: Piano Quartets Paul Lewis (piano), Leopold String Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/May/2003 ] |
JONATHAN BERGER
Miracles and Mud / Sink or Swim / Doubles / for amos Livia Sohn (violin) / St Lawrence String Quartet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Aug/2007 ] Jonathan Berger’s music is deeply spiritual and hauntingly evocative. |
SCHUTZ / PURCELL / GABRIELI / MONTEVERDI / HASSLER / etc
Glad Tidings: A Baroque Christmas London String Players / Philip Jones Brass Ensemble / Camden Wind Ensemble / Roger Norrington [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] |
RALF VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis (plus works by Britten & Elgar) London Symphony Orchestra String Ensemble, Roman Simovic [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 18/Nov/2016 ] "The playing is outstanding, and the textures brim with life and, and, in a great performance of Britten's Frank Bridge Variations, which bounds off the page with spectacular characterisation, sheer energy." Herald Scotland |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Death and the Maiden (with Schostakovich - Chamber Symphony) London Symphony Orchestra String Ensemble, Roman Simovic [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Apr/2016 ] The LSO String Ensemble, led by LSO leader Roman Simovic, gives magnificent performances of Schubert (arr Mahler) and Shostakovich. This is the second LSO String Ensemble release on LSO Live, following the acclaimed recording of Tchaikovsky's... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Serenade for Strings (with Bartók - Divertimento) London Symphony String Ensemble, Roman Simovic [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Nov/2014 ] The LSO's magnificent string sound is world renowned and this recording marks the LSO Live debut of the LSO String Ensemble, led by LSO Leader Roman Simovic, who directs a performance of the much loved Tchaikovsky 'Serenade for Strings', together... |
JOHANN BAPTIST VANHAL
4 String Quartets Lotus String Quartet [ CPO / CD - released 30/Jan/2015 ] Vanhal was one of the most productive composers of the eighteenth century, writing around 1,377 works; including sixty string quartets. The Lotus String Quartet, winners of the International Chamber Music Competition in Japan, interpret four of those... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos 20 & 23 Loussier Jacques Trio, with string orchestra [ Telarc / CD - released 16/May/2009 ] Following up on the success of his interpretation of Beethoven's Allegretto, from Symphony No. 7, and the Best of Play Bach, Jacques Loussier returns with his trio-including bassist Benoit Dunoyer de Segonzac and drummer André Arpino-and takes on... |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Phantasy Quintet / String Quartets Nos.1 & 2 Maggini String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2001 ] 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER: Chamber - Rosette [highest rating] - Penguin Stereo Guide |
ERNEST JOHN MOERAN
Moeran: String Quartets / String Trio Maggini String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] "I do urge you to investigate this enterprising, hugely enjoyable collection" (Gramophone) |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
String Quartets Vol.2 (Incls 'Simple Symphony, Op. 4') Maggini String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] "[The Maggini Quartet's] account of the trickily allusive Third Quartet is, and will surely remain, hard to beat." --Review by Arnold Whittall, Gramophone Critics' choice, 1999 |
ELGAR
String Quartet In E Minor / Piano Quintet In A Minor Maggini String Quartet / Peter Donohoe (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] "the Maggini Quartet impress with the luminous refinement and beguiling tonal beauty of their music-making" - Gramophone |