Since you are interested in String Quartets 12 & 15, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
OCKEGHEM
Requiem Ensemble Organum / Les Pages de la Chapelle / Marcel Peres [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] In 1461 at the dawn of the Renaissance, Ockeghem composed the first polyphonic Requiem to have come down to us. In restoring the plainchant which would have accompanied it, Marcel Pérès adds further glory to a monument of purity and piety. |
BRAHMS
Piano Sonata No 3 Op 5 / Fantasien Op 116 / etc Jon Nakamatsu (piano) [ harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] Jon Nakamatsu, Gold Medal Winner at the 1997 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, presents three of brahms's finest piano works. "Nakamatsu is clearly a major talent" CD Now |
Melos Quartet
Sibelius - String Quartet. / Verdi - String Quartet. [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 20/Nov/2003 ] "The Melos Quartet are well up to the challenge; there are some moments of magnificent (almost orchestral) tonal splendour and complete intonational unanimity." (International Record Review) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert - Complete String Quartets Melos Quartett [ Deutsche Grammophon Collector's Edition / 6 CD Box Set - released 18/Jun/2005 ] "The Melos arean impressive body whose accounts of this repertoire are unmannered and on the whole sympathetic" (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Glory of Rostropovich: 80th birthday tribute Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) with various orchestras and accompanists [ Deutsche Grammophon / 8 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2007 ] BBC Music Magazine Orchestral Choice - May 2007 - - Deutsche Grammophon celebrates the 80th birthday and manifold talents of Mstislav Rostropovich, one of the truly charismatic artists of our age, with this comprehensive selection of his recordings... |
W.A. MOZART
Quintet for piano and wind instruments / Piano Quartet in G minor / Sonata for Two Pianos Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) / London Wind Soloists / Melos Quartet / Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Mozart Collection Vol 12 / CD - released 12/Dec/2005 ] The Piano Quartet features a rare appearance by Sir Georg Solti at the keyboard |