More By Artist: The String-A-Longs
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MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Piano Quintet in G minor / etc Goldner String Quartet, with Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] "[the Goldner] relish the music's C minor sturm und drang with infectious bravado…[and] the quartet's gifted leader Dene Olding joins forces with Piers Lane in a rousing performance of the violin-and-piano Swedish Dances" BBC Music |
HAMILTON HARTY
Piano Quintet / String Quartets Nos 1 & 2 Goldner String Quartet with Piers Lane, piano [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] Acclaimed pianist Piers Lane and his fellow Australians, the Goldner String Quartet, reprise their highly successful partnership in these world-premiere recordings of the two String Quartets and Piano Quintet of Irish composer Hamilton Harty. Born in... |
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MOZART / SCHUBERT / BEETHOVEN / BARTOK / MENDELSSOHN / CHOPIN / etc
Hephzibah Menuhin - Homage [9 CDs plus 2 DVDs] Hephzibah Menuhin (piano) with Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Janet Baker, Maurice Gendron, Amadeus Quartet, Sydney String Quartet, etc [ Warner Classics CDs/DVDs / 11 CD/DVD - released 22/Jan/2021 ] "An independent spirit, a gracious, generous woman who was also deserving of a place among the great pianists of the 20th century." Hephzibah Menuhin is summed up in those word by Bruno Monsaingeon, who was close to both her and her dazzlingly famous... |
Incredible String Band
Hard Rope & Silken Twine [ Beat Goes On / CD - released 10/Jun/2013 ] |
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... |
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... |
MOZART
Mozart: Piano Quartets Paul Lewis (piano), Leopold String Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/May/2003 ] |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Piano Quartets Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) / Leopold String Trio [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 12/Dec/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - 'A delight from start to finish: this is such cultivated and characterized playing, which becomes quite exultant in the finale. It's also beautifully recorded by Hyperion. Given... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44 / Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47 Menahem Pressler (piano), Emerson String Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 2/Feb/1995 ] "Among (my) favourite versions of the (Quintet) I especially admire (is) Menahem Pressler and the Emerson quartet (in 1995)" MusicWeb |
ARENSKY / TANEYEV
Arensky / Taneyev: Piano Quintets Piers Lane (piano), Goldner String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Sep/2013 ] "Lane's light-fingered ascents and rapid scalic plunges are perfectly complemented by the Goldners' feather-light string playing." BBC Music |
VIVALDI / ALBINONI / MARCELLO / BELLINI / CIMAROSA
Five Italian Oboe Concertos Nicholas Daniels (oboe & director) / Peterborough String Orchestra [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] 'Nicholas Daniel's playing, beautifully controlled and judiciously ornamented, makes it easy to listen again to a choice selection' (Fanfare, USA) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Quartets K478 & K493 Paul Lewis (piano) / Leopold String Trio [ Hyperion 30 / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die - "For anyone who responds to Mozart's piano concertos, these charming works might almost be considered two bonuses to the cycle. They are superbly played here." (Gramophone Editor's Choice Oct 2003) |
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 ***** |
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... |
