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PENDERECKI / LUTOSLAWSKI
String Quartets Royal String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] |
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GYROWETZ
Three String Quartets Salomon String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Dec/2000 ] 'The performances are superb, with neat, exciting playing…this disc cannot be recommended too highly'(Early Music Review) |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: The Six 'Haydn' String Quartets [special price] Salomon String Quartet [ Hyperion / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2009 ] 'Admirers of the Salomon Quartet's 'authentic' approach to Mozart will be glad to learn that their versions of the 'Haydn' Quartets ... are now available in a 3-CD boxed set at a slightly reduced price' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
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St Petersberg String Quartet
Shostakovich: String Quartets [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Aug/2002 ] |
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SHOSTAKOVICH
The Complete String Quartets / Piano Trio No 2 / String Quintet St Petersburg String Quartet [ Hyperion / 6 CD Box Set - released 23/Mar/2010 ] 'These players approach Shostakovich's mighty cycle with a natural authority that's unanswerable, along with tireless precision and virtuosity, plus a wonderful command of the music's way of switching between sunlight and shadow when you least expect... |
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St Petersburg String Quartet
Shostakovich: Quartets 7 & 9 [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Apr/2001 ] |
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SHOSTAKOVICH
String Quartets 5, 7 & 9 St Petersburg String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/May/2001 ] 'These are among the great interpretations that have been placed on disc … I do believe that this cycle could grow to some of the most impressive Shostakovich performances ever placed on disc' (Fanfare) |
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SHOSTAKOVICH
String Quartets 4, 6 & 8 St Petersburg String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Nov/2000 ] 'These are among the great interpretations that have been placed on disc' (Fanfare). |
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SHOSTAKOVICH
String Quartets Nos 2 & 3 St Petersburg String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Nov/2000 ] 'Deserves an emphatic recommendation and makes one impatient for the ensemble's next Shostakovich disc' (BBC Music Magazine) |
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SHOSTAKOVICH
String Quartet no.1, Piano Quintet & Piano Trio no.2 St. Petersburg String Quartet with Igor Uryash (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Nov/2004 ] "With a suburb recording to boot, this release provides an extremely fitting conclusion to the St Petersburg's excellent Shostakovich cycle. I have no hestitation in recommending the performance of the First Quartet." ***** Five Stars (Pick of the... |
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JOSEF HAYDN
6 String Quartets, op.76 Takacs String Quartet [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 12/Jan/2008 ] "The ensemble is Hungarian and relatively youthful and they bring to this music a joyful directness that is entirely refreshing and in no way inhibits them from the necessary sufficient underlining of this point or lingering over that. Strongly... |
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SCHUBERT / BRAHMS / GLANERT / BARBER
Serious Songs Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bass-baritone) / Australian String Quartet / Melbourne & Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras [ ABC Classics / CD - released 14/Apr/2011 ] "The new release from opera superstar Teddy Tahu Rhodes is called Serious Songs and lives up to its name, right from the opening chords. But far from being simply serious, it is profound and emotional, highlighting his dramatic voice and style." |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A / Clarinet Quintet in A Thea King (basset clarinet) / English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate / Gabrieli String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE 'Winning performances. Excellent recording' (Penguin Guide) |
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BRAHMS
Complete Chamber Music [11 CD set] Various Artists incls Hagen Quartet, Augustin Dumay, Maria João Pires, Emerson String Quartet, David Shifrin, etc [ Decca / 11 CD - released 26/Sep/2013 ] Brahms's 24 major chamber-music works represent only a fraction of what he actually composed, but his strict self-discipline dictated that only the best survived - here complete, in performances by musicians of the highest standards and artistry. |
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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 |
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ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Piano Concerto / 5 Aphorisms / Gogol Suite Alessandro Deljavan (piano) / St. Petersburg String Soloists, Alexander Dmitriev [ Piano Classics / CD - released 28/Nov/2014 ] To commemorate the 80th birthday of Alfred Schnittke (1934‐1998) Russian pianist Denys Proshayev made a new recording of Schnittke's Concerto for Piano & Strings, the 5 Aphorisms for piano solo, and the Gogol Suite for piano 4‐hands. Schnittke's... |
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ANTHONY RITCHIE
Ritchie: Octopus Alexa Still (flute) / The Nevine String Quartet / Amici Ensemble [ Atoll Records / CD - released 10/Sep/2011 ] It is unusual to have one composers' works comprise an entire programme and probably even harder to pull it off while keeping the audience's attention. (Auckland Chamber Orchestra Concert) |
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FRANCK / LISZT / DEBUSSY / SASTRE
Piano Laureate Recital Alexander Koryakin (piano) / Bretón String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 28/May/2021 ] Alexander Koryakin, winner of the 2019 Jaén Prize International Piano Competition, has selected two perfectly paired masterpieces for his first Naxos recording. |
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FRANZ LISZT / DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor / Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor Angel Stanislav Wang (piano), with the Breton String Quartet [ Naxos Piano Laureate series / CD - released 1/Dec/2023 ] Angel Stanislav Wang, winner of the 63rd Jaén Prize International Piano Competition in 2022, presents his Naxos debut recital with a selection of works he performed during the competition. |
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Allegri String Quartet
Sirmen: 6 String Quartets [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 3/Nov/2023 ] |