More By Artist: The String-A-Longs
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JOHANNES BRAHMS / MAX REGER
Brahms & Reger: Clarinet Quintets Michael Colllin (clarinet), Escher String Quartet [ BIS / CD - due 28/Aug/2026 ] Having made numerous recordings for BIS both as a clarinetist and as a conductor, Michael Collins had yet to offer us one of the masterpieces of the clarinet chamber repertoire: Johannes Brahms' Clarinet Quintet. Here he performs alongside the Escher... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven Quartets, Vol. 2: The Middle Quartets Calidore String Quartet [ Signum / 3 CD Box Set - released 13/Sep/2024 ] Gramophone Magazine October 2024 Recording of the Month "What cannot be denied is the sophistication and sheer polish - in tuning, rhythm and ensemble - of the Calidore's Beethoven." |
ARNOLD BAX
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bax: Piano Quintet in G Minor & String Quartet No. 2 David Owen Norris (piano), Mistry String Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/2013 ] Recorded: 29 March 1990 |
ALFRED HILL
Hill: String Quartets, Vol. 1 (Nos. 1 - 3) Dominion String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jul/2007 ] "The Dominion Quartet of New Zealand plays up a storm in all three selections, making a strong case for Hill's music. The recorded sound is quite good assuring you an outstanding disc of discovery from down under." Classical Lost and Found, June 30, 2007 |
ALFRED HILL
Alfred Hill - String Quartets, Vol. 3 (Nos. 5, 7 & 9) Dominion String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jan/2010 ] "The music could hardly wish for more sympathetic and immaculately played performances...the interplay between instruments, on which much of the music thrives, always well balanced." Naxos Review |
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... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: String Quartets, Vol. 2 (op. 18, Nos. 2 and 5; Op. 59, No. 2; Op. 130; Op. 133) Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 18/Oct/2024 ] For this second volume of Beethoven's string quartets, the Doric String Quartet has combined one middle period, one late, and two early quartets to create a programme that works on its own terms, as well as forming part of the complete cycle. |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: The String Quintets Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 8/Apr/2022 ] 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. Following their acclaimed recordings of Mendelssohn's string quartets, here... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: String Quartets Emerson String Quartet [ Pentatone / CD - released 23/Oct/2020 ] "This is also, hand on heart, the first time that I've really grasped these three works as a cycle. Listen to them in one sitting if you can: it's wonderfully illuminating and moving.' BBC Music Chamber Choice of the Month Feb 2021 |
Jade String Quartet
Parlour Games [ Rattle Records / CD - released 18/Aug/2017 ] Formed in 2003, JSQ is an established ensemble on the NZ chamber music scene, comprised of principal and sub-principal members of the APO (Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra). |
Jonathan Besser, Jade String Quartet
Besser String Quartets [ Rattle / CD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] Since emigrating to New Zealand in the late 1970s, New York-born Jonathan Besser has been an active presence on the New Zealand music scene as both a pianist and composer. For this album, we have collected together his complete string quartets,... |
HENRI SAUGUET / GORDON JACOB / MICHAEL HEAD / THOMAS SIMAKU / RUTH GIPPS / etc
Honey-coloured cow Laurence Perkins (bassoon), Carducci String Quartet, John Flinders (piano), Amy Thompson, Matthew Kitteringham (bassoons) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/May/2025 ] Laurence Perkins is not only an extremely accomplished bassoonist; he also has the enviable talent of devising memorable and attractive programmes (and album titles) for his instrument. |
ERNEST JOHN MOERAN
Moeran: String Quartets / String Trio Maggini String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] "I do urge you to investigate this enterprising, hugely enjoyable collection" (Gramophone) |
Maire Nui String Band
Music of Rarotonga [ Ode Records / CD - released 12/Mar/2012 ] |
ALBAN BERG / HUGO WOLF
Berg: String Quartet / Lyric Suite / Wolf: Italian Serenade New Zealand String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Jul/2007 ] The New Zealand String Quartet play masterpieces by Berg and Wolf |
GILLIAN WHITEHEAD / GARETH FARR / TABEA SQUIRE / ROSS HARRIS / LOUISE WEBSTER / SALINA FISHER
Notes From A Journey II New Zealand String Quartet [ Atoll / CD - released 24/Nov/2023 ] WINNER: New Zealand Music Awards Classical 2024 |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: String Quartet No.15 in G Major D887 New Zealand String Quartet [ Trust / CD - released 18/Nov/2013 ] New Zealand String Quartet: Schubert represents a milestone in the Quartet's career of over 25 years with a recording of Franz Schubert's masterpiece, String Quartet in G Major, D.887. As Schubert's final and most epic string quartet, it is essential... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: String Quartets, Vol. 2 - Nos. 2 & 5 New Zealand String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "The New Zealand Quartet clearly love this music, and their strong sense of internal balance allows them to bring out many telling details that often go unnoticed…" Gramophone Magazine, November 2009 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: String Quartet No 3 / Clarinet Quintet New Zealand String Quartet, with James Campbell (clarinet) [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Mar/2017 ] Brahms wrote his String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 67 in 1876 and its largely unclouded and cheerful qualities culminate in a theme and variations finale of exceptional imagination and mastery of form. His last chamber music was inspired by a great... |
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Oslo String Quartet
Grieg:string Quartets [ Naxos / CD ] |
