More By Artist: The String-A-Longs
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ALFRED HILL
Alfred Hill - String Quartets, Vol. 4 (Nos. 10, 11 & 'Life' Quintet) Dominion String Quartet with Richard Mapp (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2011 ] Alfred Hill was the doyen of Australasian composers, and his exploration of the string quartet demonstrates the range of his imagination. Both the Tenth and Eleventh quartets were written in 1935, but they offer richly differing affiliations. No. 10... |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets (Recorded live at Wigmore Hall, January 2009) Doric String Quartet [ Wigmore Hall Live / CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] "The Dorics might look as if they are scarcely beyond their gap years, but their first commercial recording shows them to be musically fully matured... The Dorics give us a direct link to the composer's genial and touching inventiveness; and, indeed,... |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: String Quartets Vol. 1 Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 24/Nov/2023 ] The Doric String Quartet is firmly established as one of the leading quartets of its generation, receiving enthusiastic responses from audiences and critics around the globe. Celebrating their 25th anniversary, the Quartet here embarks on a... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: String Quartets, Volume Two Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] Following an exceptional critical reception of their first volume of Mendelssohn Quartets, the Doric String Quartet now completes the project. As in the case of the previous volume, the players juxtapose one of the early quartets (No. 2) with two of... |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: The Three 'Prussian' String Quartets Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 2/Jul/2021 ] "Their collective tone is both sweet and sinewy, with vibrato used for expressive effect rather than as a default setting. Contrapuntal textures are ideally lucid." Gramophone Editor's Choice September 2021 |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: String Quartets Nos. 12 & 15 Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 27/Jan/2017 ] "..the main event is the G major Quartet...And very impressive it is too, spacious without ever sounding ponderous." Gramophone Magazine Award Nomination 2017 - Chamber |
JOHN ADAMS
Adams: Naive and Sentimental Music / Absolute Jest Doric String Quartet, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian [ Chandos Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jul/2018 ] "...a magnificent reading of Naïve and Sentimental Music…with the balance of pace and introspection skilfully managed by Oundjian." Recording of the Month BBC Music July 2018 |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN / JOHANNES BRAHMS / SAMUEL LONGMEIER
Kammermusik mit Klarinette [Chamber Music For Clarinet] Duo Kosmos / Zurich String Ensemble [ Doron / CD - released 10/Nov/2019 ] |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Quartets Nos 2 & 3 Elias String Quartet [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2018 ] "The A major Quartet is, to my ears, the jewel of the set, and the Elias play it with profound tenderness." Gramophone Editor's Choice May 2018 |
JANACEK / MARTINU
Intimate Letters Emerson String Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "The performances here have the sovereign control and the perfect weighting of each line in the musical argument that are the group's trademarks." (The Guardian) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: The Late String Quartets ( op127 - op. 130 - op. 131 op. 132 - op. 133 - op. 135 ) Emerson String Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon Trio / 3 CD Box Set - released 16/Jun/2003 ] "... the Emerson give us playing of exceptional technical accomplishment and an unusually wide expressive range. They continually offer new insights into some endlessly enthralling music. Do hear them." Gramophone, 07/1997 |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY / ALEXANDER BORODIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1 / Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 Emerson String Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Jul/1986 ] Recorded: April 1984 |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: The String Quartets (Complete) Emerson String Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / 5 CD - released 20/May/2006 ] Winner Gramophone Awards 2000 - Chamber! |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
The Endellion String Quartet Play Beethoven Endellion String Quartet [ Seventh Art DVD / DVD - released 31/Jul/2015 ] The Endellion is renowned as one of the finest quartets in the world. Everywhere, the Endellion String Quartet 'sets the audience ablaze' (Daily Telegraph) and 'captivates concertgoers with a remarkable rapport, playing to each other with a sense... |
JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: String Quartets Op.54 Nos 1 - 3 Endellion String Quartet [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 5/Nov/1988 ] "the Endellion's playing is nearly always beyond reproach, and this contrasting array of Haydn's quartet styles and personalities is no exception. They bring out with very simply clarity all of Haydn's humour." (Gramophone) |
JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: String Quartets Op.74 Nos 1 - 3 Endellion String Quartet [ Virgin Ultraviolet / CD - released 5/Nov/1990 ] "the Endellion's playing is nearly always beyond reproach, and this contrasting array of Haydn's quartet styles and personalities is no exception. They bring out with very simply clarity all of Haydn's humour." (Gramophone) |
ALEXANDER BORODIN
Borodin:: String Quartets Nos 1 & 2 Fitzwilliam String Quartet [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Mar/2006 ] "The Fitzwilliams' nervous energy can sometimes be brilliantly applied to the music, and be properly exciting" Gramophone |
ALBAN BERG
Berg: Lyric Suite (with works by Wellesz & Zeisl) Renée Fleming (soprano) / Emerson String Quartet [ Decca / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] This release unites on record for the first time America's reigning star soprano Renée Fleming and its premier string quartet, The Emersons, to take us on a journey into the twilight world of Vienna in the 1920s and 30s in music imbued with late... |
KAROLY GOLDMARK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Goldmark: String Quartet in B-flat major Op. 8 / String Quintet in A minor Op. 9 Fourth Dimension String Quartet [ ASV / CD - released 1/Sep/1999 ] "What an amazingly responsive, fine-tuned, and utterly flexible ensemble they are. A major addition to the chamber catalog." ClassicsToday 10/10 |
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LEOS JANACEK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Janacek: String Quartets Nos 1 & 2 [with Smetana - String QuartetNo. 1] Gabrieli String Quartet [ Decca / CD - released 1/Nov/1991 ] "They have authority and imagination and they are as faithful to the score as I can judge … I admire the way they succeed in sustaining magic without inflating the rhetoric and over-emphasizing the bizarre." Gramophone |
