More By Artist: The String-A-Longs
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BORODIN / TCHAIKOVSKY / SHOSTAKOVICH
Borodin / Tchaikovsky / Shostakovich: String Quartets Borodin String Quartet / Gabrieli String Quartet [Tchaikovsky] [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jul/2019 ] "a magnificent disc which I enjoyed very much […] the sound quality is as splendid as the playing" (Gramophone) |
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 Dominion Quartet continues its exploration of the string quartets of Alfred Hill, an Australian-born composer who studied in Europe and lived for much of his life in New Zealand. |
JOHN PSATHAS
Helix / Kartsigar / Songs for Simon Donald Nicolson / New Zealand String Quartet / NZ Trio / John Psathas [ Rattle Records / CD - released 29/Mar/2011 ] Helix is a truly 21st century album. Inspired by an eclectic range of musical interests, the album takes the listener on a millennia-leaping journey, from the sounds of the ancient Mediterranean, through the dance music of 18th century Italy, to the... |
SIR ARTHUR BLISS
Sir Arthur Bliss: the Decca Originals Eileen Joyce (piano) Alfredo Campoli (violin) Griller Quartet (string quartet), Colin Hampton (cello), Philip Burton (viola) / Sir Arthur Bliss, Muir [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 19/Jun/2020 ] "This is a convenient, well-transferred compilation of some of the finest performances of music by a still-underrated composer. Bliss's version of the Colour Symphony is better paced than many of its successors." BBC Music |
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). |
ROSS HARRIS (music) / VINCENT O'SULLIVAN (poems)
Harris / O'Sullivan: Making Light of Time Jenny Wollerman (soprano), Jian Liu (piano), New Zealand String Quartet [ Atoll / CD - released 3/Nov/2017 ] These three vocal works, the Abiding Tides, Songs for Beatrice: Making Light of Time and The Floating Bride, the Crimson Village, represent the fruits of a decade-long collaboration partnership between two of New Zealand's creative masters, Ross... |
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,... |
BELA BARTOK
Bartók: String Quartets Nos. 1-6 Lindsay String Quartet [ Decca Eloquence / 3 CD Box Set - released 23/Jul/2021 ] "These players have their own kind of distinction in this music and should not be missed." Gramophone, December 1989 |
Maire Nui String Band
Music of Rarotonga [ Ode Records / CD - released 12/Mar/2012 ] |
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 ] Following on from Notes from a Journey, enjoy a second collection of diverse and fascinating works for string quartet by New Zealand composers. Notes from a Journey won Best Classical Album at the Vodafone NZ Music Awards in 2011, and Notes from a... |
SZEKELY / DVORAK
String Quartet (1937) / Quartet in Eb major Op 51 New Zealand String Quartet [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 8/Dec/2003 ] Acclaimed for its powerful communication, dramatic energy, and beauty of sound, the New Zealand String Quartet performs more than 75 concerts each year in New Zealand and abroad. |
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... |
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... |
JIA DAQUN / MARTIN LODGE / MICHAEL DAUGHERTY / MICHAEL F. WILLIAMS / PARAM VIR
Flow - new music for string quartet Polaris String Quartet [ Atoll / CD - released 5/Sep/2018 ] A project to link composers from four continents in a joint musical statement on the Taoist / Buddhist theme of 'flow'. |
ERIC TANGUY
Tanguy: In a dream - Chamber Music Quatuor Diotima (string quartet) Suzana Bartal (piano) Pierre Génisson (clarinet), Alexandra Conunova (violin) Edgar Moreau (cello) Lise Berthaud [ Erato Warner Classics / CD - released 20/May/2022 ] The album 'In a Dream' takes it's title from a piece for violin and piano, one of the eight chamber works on its programme. Composed between 1999 and 2019, they are performed here by various soloists and ensembles. |
GILLIAN WHITEHEAD
Puhake ki te rangi Richard Nunns (taonga puoro) Alexa Still (flute) / New Zealand String Quartet [ Atoll / 2 CD/DVD - released 22/Dec/2007 ] "In 1989, I heard for the first time, in a presentation given by Richard Nunns, the sounds of the taonga puoro (singing treasures), which spoke to me very strongly of the spirituality of my Maori heritage. I began working with these instruments... |
JACOB WEINBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Weinberg: Piano Concerto 2 / String Quartet Op. 55 / etc Jorge Federico Osorio (piano), Patrick Mason (baritone) / Bingham String Quartet, Barcelona Symphony, National Orchestra of Catalonia [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 3/Apr/2006 ] This compact disc features world premiere recordings of three works by JACOB WEINBERG (1879-1956), who was born in the Ukraine to a cultured, assimilated family and studied first at the Moscow conservatory and then in Vienna. |
JOHN PSATHAS
Psathas: Fragments Stephen Gosling (piano) Jeremy Fitzsimons (percussion) New Zealand String Quartet [ Trust / CD - released 18/Jun/2003 ] Like an injection of adrenalin direct to the heart of New Zealand classical music comes a new album of chamber music by John Psathas, featuring Jeremy Fitzsimons (percussion), Stephen Gosling (piano) and the New Zealand String Quartet. |
