Anders Jormin (double-bass) with Lena Willemark (voice, fiddle and viola) Karin Nakagawa (25-string koto)
Trees Of Light [ ECM / CD - released 20/Mar/2015 ] Anders Jormin's new Swedish-Japanese project returns the highly distinctive voice and fiddle of Lena Willemark to ECM (her first appearance on the label in more than a decade), and introduces koto player Karin Nakagawa. In their collaborative music... |
VITO PALUMBO
Palumbo: Three Concertos Anna Paradiso (harpsichord), Mats Olofsson (cello), Dan Laurin (recorder), String ensemble, Gävle Symphony Orchestra / Jaime Martín [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/May/2018 ] The genesis of this disc was Dan Laurin's idea to commission a concerto for recorder and symphony orchestra. He had performed a number of such works already, but felt that the new, more powerful 'Eagle' recorder developed by the maker Adriana... |
GORDON JACOB
Jacob: Chamber Music with Recorders Annabel Knight (recorders), Robin Bigwood (harpsichord & piano), Maggini String Quartet, Fontanella [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2010 ] "It's a real treat to have this disk available and give us another insight into Jacob's work. It's far too good and enjoyable to miss!" (MusicWeb Oct 2010) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven - 7 Legendary Albums Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Maurizio Pollini, Wilhelm Kempff (piano), Carlos Kleiber, Ferenc Fricsay, Herbert von Karajan, Emerson String Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / 7 CD Box Set - released 13/Mar/2020 ] 7 essential recordings - milestones of Deutsche Grammophon's Beethoven discography. |
JOSEPH BOULOGNE SAINT-GEORGES
Saint-Georges: 6 Concertante Quartets Arabella String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 27/May/2022 ] A brilliant swordsman, athlete, violin virtuoso and composer, Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges might well lay claim to being the most talented figure in an age of remarkable individuals. |
ELLIOTT CARTER
String Quartets 1 - 4 Arditti String Quartet [ Etcetera / 2 CD - released 15/Aug/2008 ] Recommended in the recent book "1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die" this 2CD set collects the Arditti Quartet's recordings of the first 4 of Elliott Carter's string quartets. Carter will be 100 this year and is still composing.... |
GAVIN BRYARS
Three Viennese Dances Arditti String Quartet / Pascal Pongy : French horn / Charles Fullbrook : percus [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] Recorded February 1986 |
PETER RUZICKA
String Quartets Arditti String Quartet / with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (speaker) [ ECM Records / CD ] Recorded December 1996 / October 1997, Released 1999 |
AULIS SALLINEN
Chamber Music I-VIII Arto Noras (cello), Alexis Roman (alto flute & flute), Nahoko Kinoshita (oboe), Gocho Prakov (clarinet) / Meta 4 String Quartet / etc [ Ondine / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2015 ] One of the internationally most well-known Finnish composers, AulisSallinen (b. 1935) celebrates his 80th birthday in 2015. As a tribute, Ondine is releasing the complete Chamber Music (I-VIII) series by the composer. |
DEBUSSY / RAVEL
String Quartets Australian String Quartet [ ABC Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] The current membership of the Australian String Quartet was established in 2006. Among their many accolades, these players were selected to perform a series of concerts to celebrate the Danish Royal Wedding in 2004. This is a wonderful CD filled with... |
FLORENCE PRICE / LEO SOWERBY
Price/Sowerby: Music for String Quartet Avalon String Quartet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 8/Mar/2024 ] Florence Price and Leo Sowerby were both prominent members of the Chicago music community in the 1930s and 1940s, and they are known to have respected each other's work. Most of Florence Price's compositions remained unpublished at her death, and her... |
RAVEL / JANACEK
String Quartets Avalon String Quartet [ Channel Classics / CD - released 4/Mar/2001 ] |
Banfalvi/Budapest String
Vivaldi:violin Conc.Op8 5-8 [ Naxos / CD ] |
Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven String Quartet Play Beethoven Beethoven String Quartet [ Melodiya / CD - released 28/Apr/2008 ] |
JOSEPH CHRISTIAN WILLIBALD MICHL
Michl: Quartets Nos. 1-6 for Bassoon, 2 Violins and Cello Ben Hoadley (bassoon) / The Hall String Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] Upon hearing a chamber piece by Joseph Michl in Munich in 1772 the English composer and music historian Charles Burney wrote, 'I hardly ever heard a composition that discovered more genius and invention.' |
W.A. MOZART
Concerto for Clarinet & Orchestra / Quintet for Clarinet & String Quartet Benny Goodman (clarinet) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch / Boston symphony String Quartet [ Sony Originals / CD - released 20/May/2011 ] Two classic reformances now remastered. |
MOZART
Piano Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 / Clarinet Quintet (1938, 1946) Benny Goodman (clarinet) / George Szell (piano) / Budapest String Quartet [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 7/Feb/2007 ] Restored from original undubbed pressings, this adventurous 1938 recording of Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet brings together “the King of Swing”, Benny Goodman, and the great Budapest String Quartet. A firm favourite with the record-buying public, this... |
BARTOK / BEETHOVEN / MOZART / WEBER / etc
Benny Goodman: Clarinet Classics Benny Goodman (clarinet) with Budapest String Quartet, Nadia Reisenberg (piano) & others [ Heritage / CD - released 23/Sep/2014 ] As a jazz clarinettist Benny Goodman had no peer. But his enthusiasm and virtuosity led him to interpret the most important works of the classical clarinet canon and to commission new works. This CD release gathers together some of his most notable... |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: String Quintet in G, Op. 77 / Nocturne, Op. 40 / Scherzo from String Quintet in E-flat, Op. 97 Berlin Philharmonic String Quintet [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Feb/2012 ] The Berlin Philharmonic String Quintet has become one of the best ensembles in its field, gaining a world-wide reputation. Here they give a sublime interpretation of DvoĆák's String Quintet. |
CASHIAN / BUTLER / NICHOLLS
String Quartets Bingham String Quartet [ NMC / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] |