More By Artist: The String-A-Longs
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Classic 100: Beethoven Jayson Gillham, Nicole Car, Gerard Willems, Richard Tognetti and the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Anna Goldsworthy, the Goldner String Quartet. [ ABC Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2020 ] In 2019, Beethoven was revealed as Australia's favourite composer, topping the Classic 100: Composer countdown. And so in 2020, to celebrate his 250th birthday, we're dedicating the Classic 100 to Beethoven. |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Williams: Legendary Recordings (Incls 'On Wenlock Edge' & 'Serenade To Music') Recorded 1938-1955 George Maran (tenor) / London String Quartet / Ivor Newton (piano) / Isobel Baillie / Heddle Nash / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult [ ALTO / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "1938 was Sir Henry Wood's jubilee and the magical Serenade to Music which Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote for it… this, with the original soloists RVW had in mind, has obvious uniqueness but it possesses a very special beauty and atmosphere." - Gramophone |
BORIS TISHCHENKO
Tishchenko: Concerto for violin, piano & string orchestra, Op. 144, etc. Victoria Postnikova (piano) & Alexander Rozhdestvensky (violin) String Orchestra of St. Petersburg & Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 29/Oct/2007 ] Boris Tishenko's composer's career spans the modest thaw under Khrushchev, the Brezhnev freeze, Gorbachev's perestroika and the great leap into liberal economics under Yeltsin that continues strong under Putin.Though he was Shostakovich's favourite... |
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Vilnius String Quartet
Vainberg: Quartets 11 & 13 [ Delos / CD ] |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano & Chamber Music (Incls 24 Preludes & Fugues & Piano Quintet in G minor) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Lilya Zilberstein (piano) Olli Mustonen (piano) Lynn Harrell (cello) Fitzwilliam String Quartet / Beaux Arts Trio [ Decca Budget Boxes / 5 CD - released 1/Jul/2006 ] Shostakovich wrote music in all genres but it is for the 15 Symphonies and 15 String Quartets that he is held in the highest esteem and for which he produced some of his greatest works |
KRZYSZTOF MEYER
String Quartets Nos. 5, 6 and 8 Wieniawski String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] The Wieniawski String Quartet makes its Naxos début with three important chamber compositions by its much-awarded compatriot Krzysztof Meyer... |
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KRZYSZTOF MEYER
String Quartets Volume 2 Wieniawski String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Feb/2012 ] |
CHAUSSON
Concert in D major / Piano Trio Wihan String Quartet / Meadowmount Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] The première of Chausson's Concert in D major was a major triumph for the composer. Not only had the great Eugène Ysaÿe performed on violin, but audiences and critics had recognised a work of exceptional intensity, passion and haunting beauty. |
GUSTAV ALLAN PETERSSON
Concerto for Violin and String Quartet / 3 Pieces for Violin and Piano / Sonatas No. 2, 3 + 7 for 2 Violins Yamei Yu (violin) / Andreas Seidel (violin) / Chia Chou (piano) / Leipzig String Quartet [ MDG Records / CD - released 18/May/2011 ] Boundless and immense love for music and decades of hard work brought Gustav Allan Pettersson from Stockholm's slums to the world's concert stages. The Leipzig String Quartet together with the violinist Yamei Yu and the pianist Chia Chou presents us... |
NIELSEN
String Quartets Nos 1 & 4 / String Quintet The Young Danish String Quartet (with Tim Frederiksen [viola]) [ Dacapo SACD / SACD - released 20/Jul/2007 ] "Has Nielsan been played better? These young Danes set benchmark standards" Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice - July 2007 |
