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HOLST / KHACHATURIAN / GLINKA / PROKOFIEV / ORFF / RACHMANINOV / etc
Classical Heat: music to warm you up [incls 'The Planets', 'Ride of the Valkyries', Carmina Burana & Ritual Fire Dance] Royal Scottish National Orchestra / National Symphony Orchestra of the Ukraine / Maggini String Qtet / Maria Kliegel / Royal Ballet Sinfonia / etc [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2009 ] Over two and a half hours of music to warm you up! |
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JUDITH LANG ZAIMONT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Zaimont: Tale Of Abram & Isaac / Sacred Service Various Artists incls James Maddalena (baritone), Margaret Kohler (soprano), Everest String Quartet, Samuel Adler, Frances Lucey (soprano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/May/2006 ] "This is one of the most consistently rewarding of the fascinating Milken Archive series. So much so that it leaves one wanting to hear more" MusicWeb |
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BEETHOVEN
String Quartets Opus 18 - Allegri String Quartet [ Vivat / CD - released 10/Jun/2013 ] |
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Half String
Maps For Sleep (2LP) [ Captured Tracks / 2 LP - released 31/Oct/2016 ] |
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Incredible String Band
U [ BGO Records / CD - released 7/Mar/2014 ] Originally a double album released by Elektra Records in 1970. Recorded in a hectic 48 hours by long-time producer Joe Boyd, 'U' is an eclectic mix of musical styles as featured in the band's stage show of the same name. The show had not been a... |
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Rahim Alhaj
Letters from Iraq Rahim Alhaj Oud and String Quintet [ Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / CD - released 1/Jun/2023 ] Letters from Iraq expresses the love and pain of lives lived by the people of war-torn Iraq. Actual mailed letters and their stories are transposed into eight gripping programmatic compositions by Iraqi-American composer and oud player, Rahim AlHaj... |
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GURNEY / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Ludlow and Teme / On Wenlock Edge Adrain Thompson (tenor) Stephen Varcoe (baritone) Iain Burnside (piano) / The Delme String Quartet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 26/Jan/2005 ] 'I recommend this record to every serious collector of songs' (American Record Guide) |
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MENDELSSOHN
String Quartets Vol 3 (Nos 3 & 5) The Coull String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 14/Jun/2005 ] 'All in all, this disc, along with its companions ... becomes the clear first choice for this music' (Fanfare, USA) |
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J. S. BACH
The Art of Fugue The Delme String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/May/2005 ] "Music of extraordinary beauty and poise. Strongly recommended." (Fanfare) |
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BEETHOVEN
Complete String Quartets Vol 1 Elias String Quartet [ Wigmore Hall Live / 2 CD - released 1/May/2015 ] Gramophone Magazine - Editor's Choice - April 2015 |
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J. S. BACH
Bach Fugues Emerson String Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "Perfect playing, superb sound - but Bach shouldn't be this well tempered… Sonically speaking, the Emersons have never sounded better on disc, yet there's more to this music than their beautiful, world-class playing lets on." (Gramophone) |
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DVORAK
Emerson String Quartet: Old World – New World Emerson String Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2010 ] "...big-boned, high-gloss sound...Cypresses (B.152) has some stunning moments, though the finest readings are of the valedictory Thirteenth and Fourteenth Quartets, the last strongly Brahmsian." The Independent, 2nd May 2010 |
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GRIEG / NIELSEN / SIBELIUS
Intimate Voices Emerson String Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 12/Apr/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "A welcome diversion for the Emerson Quartet into Scandinavian works, which sit just off-centre in the string quartet repertoire. All three receive strong advocacy, even if the... |
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JOSEF HAYDN
The Seven Last Words Op.51 Emerson String Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 15/Apr/2004 ] As a follow-up to their successful recording of Bach's Art of Fugue, the Emersons tackle in immaculate style another peak of the string-quartet literature, presenting a new version of Haydn's Seven Last Words. |
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JOSEF HAYDN
The Haydn Project: Includes The Joke, The Lark, The Rider, Fifths, etc (Includes bonus CD) Emerson String Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD Box Set - released 15/Sep/2001 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (Dec 2001) |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets - Op. 64 No. 5 in D major 'The Lark / String Quartet, Op. 20 No. 4 in D major 'Sun' / etc Endellion String Quartet [ Warner Classics / CD - released 5/Nov/2012 ] "The recorded sound...has the fullness and realism of a live performance. The Endellion String Quartet respond to these scores with an equally full-toned generosity." (BBC Music Magazine, June 2013) |
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FRANK BRIDGE
Piano Quintet, String Quartet & Idylls Goldner String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] "Powerful, committed performances that illuminate Frank Bridge's multi-faceted mastery" (Disc of the Month BBC Music Magazine) |
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ALEXANDER BORODIN
Borodin: Piano Quintet / String Quartet No. 2 / Cello sonata Goldner String Quartet / Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Feb/2017 ] Russia in the nineteenth century had little need for chamber music-no Parisian-style competitive quartetting here. But out of this very isolation came a small, but nonetheless mighty, handful of works: those by Borodin are among the finest. |
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BLOCH
Piano Quintets Goldner String Quartet / Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] 'Piers Lane and the Goldners convey both the frenzy and the languor of Bloch's music' (BBC Music Magazine Disc of the Month Jan 2008) |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Piano Quintets Nos. 1 & 2 Goldner String Quartet / Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Mar/2010 ] 'The performers offer an immensely satisfying and unmannered performance' (BBC Music Magazine) |