More By Artist: The String-A-Longs
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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 ] |
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... |
SIR JAMES MacMILLAN
MacMillan: String Quartets Royal String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Jul/2018 ] "Excellent throughout, the Royal Quartet impart a brittle edge to the sound that brings MacMillan's quartets closer to mid-century European modernists such as Lutosławski and Penderecki. But there are moments of intense, lyric beauty here too." Gramo |
SZYMANSKI / MYKIETYN
Music for string quartet Royal String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Apr/2015 ] The official titles of the works performed here are not helpful: what they conceal are the most extraordinary soundworlds from two composers at the vanguard of the contemporary Polish music scene, and the magicians of the Royal String Quartet summon... |
PENDERECKI / LUTOSLAWSKI
String Quartets Royal String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: The Six 'Haydn' String Quartets [special price] Salomon String Quartet [ Hyperion / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2009 ] 'Admirers of the Salomon Quartet's 'authentic' approach to Mozart will be glad to learn that their versions of the 'Haydn' Quartets ... are now available in a 3-CD boxed set at a slightly reduced price' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
ERNEST JOHN MOERAN
String Quartet No. 1 / Fantasy Quartet for Oboe and Strings / Sonata for Violin and Piano Sarah Francis (oboe) / English String Quartet / Melbourne String Quartet [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] "Here are some rarely recorded works by a superb composer in excellent performances at mid-price." American Record Guide |
LENNOX BERKELEY
Chamber works for wind, strings & piano Sarah Francis (oboe) Judith Fitton (flute) Michael Dussek (piano) / Tagore String Trio [ Regis Records / CD - released 7/Jul/2012 ] "Sarah Francis forms an idiomatic and communicative partnership with pianist Michael Dussek...a desirable collection, engineered with striking fidelity" (Gramophone) |
KROMMER
Krommer, Franz - Quintets and Quartets for Oboe and strings Sarah Francis, oboe / Tagore String Trio with Jonathan Barritt, viola [ Regis Records / CD - released 17/May/2005 ] "..the two masterly Quintets are recorded here for the first time, having been researched extensivley for performing editions specially produced by these musicians.." - Michael D.Johnson |
