Since you are interested in MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: R. Strauss: String Quartet / Verdi: String Quartet in E minor, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
CHAUSSON / D'INDY
String Quartets Chilingirian Quartet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE - 'Ripely affectionate performances from the Chilingirians, beguilingly recorded, and expertly annotated by Roger Nichols' (Classic CD) |
CONSTANT LAMBERT
Piano Concerto / Eight Poems of Li-Po / Piano Sonata / etc Ian Brown (piano) Philip Landridge (tenor) Nigel Hawthorne (narrator) / The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Aug/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE / CRITICS' CHOICE |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Oboe Quartet / Horn Quintet / etc The Gaudier Ensemble [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Sep/2011 ] "Anyone interested in this particular program is unlikely to be anything but delighted with this disc" (Fanfare) |
CORELLI
La Folia, and other sonatas The Purcell Quartet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Sep/2008 ] 'Excellent performances from all concerned, and recording quality to match' (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
MARAIS
Les folies d'Espagne The Purcell Quartet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 6/Oct/2007 ] 'Marais' music is full of interest, and the strong contrasting characters of individual movements are well served by the Purcell Quartet' (Which CD) |
EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg: String Quartets 1 & 2 Chilingirian Quartet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] "The first quartet is a masterwork … on Hyperion's inexpensive Helios label the disc is well worth the outlay." (MusicWeb Jan 2008) |
ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI
La Folia Lynn Dawson (soprano) / The Purcell Quartet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 26/May/2007 ] 'My very favourite...their easy rapport and the stylishness of her singing are quite unforgettable, and Woolley's stunning performance...wants for nothing' (Gramophone) |
C.P.E. BACH
'La Folia' and other works Purcell Quartet / Robert Woolley (harpsichord) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 23/Apr/2007 ] "A delightful, expertly played, trip into the melodious world of C.P.E. Bach in all his variety and inventiveness" (MusicWeb April 2007) |
BRIDGE / ELGAR / WALTON
String Quartets The Coull Quartet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] 'Eloquent and sensitive performances of some of the finest British chamber works of our century' (BBC Music Magazine) |
LOUIS VIERNE
Symphony No 2 in E minor / Les Angalus Op 57 David Hill (Westminster Cathedral organ) / Gordon Jones (baritone) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] 'Lovers of French late-Romantic organ music are well served by this disc made in 1987 when David Hill was in charge of the music at Westminster Cathedral and brilliantly revivfied it' (BBC Music Magazine) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Favorite Encores for String Quartet (Incls Hoffstetter Serenade, Puccini Crisantemi & Wolf Italian Serenade) The Delme String Quartet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 11/Nov/2005 ] 'How many string quartets play encores? Those that don't should have a listen to the Delmé Quartet's highly entertaining selection. The playing is excellent.' (Classic CD) |
HOWELLS / DYSON
In Gloucestershire (String Quartet No. 3) / Three Rhapsodies Divertimenti (with Paul Barritt, violin) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 11/Nov/2005 ] 'Performances are exceptionally fine ... and the recording creates a pleasantly intimate atmosphere for the listener to discover these little-known gems' (The Good CD Guide) |
GURNEY / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Ludlow and Teme / On Wenlock Edge Adrain Thompson (tenor) Stephen Varcoe (baritone) Iain Burnside (piano) / The Delme String Quartet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 26/Jan/2005 ] 'I recommend this record to every serious collector of songs' (American Record Guide) |
FRANK BRIDGE
Piano Trios & Piano Quartet The Dartington Piano Trio (with Patrick Ireland, viola) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jun/2001 ] 'A very worthwhile reissue.' BBC-Music |