Search Results: Quartet collectable
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: String Quartets no 2, 3, 7, 8 & 12 Borodin Quartet [ Virgin de Virgin / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2005 ] "this set provides an inexpensive way of acquiring a nice cross-section of Shostakovich's quartets without having to buy a whole cycle." (Classics Today) |
SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tippett: String Quartets Nos. 1 - 4 (recorded in 1990) The Britten Quartet [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] In his String Quartets, the most challenging and complicated musical form,Tippett draws inspiration from the late quartetsof Beethoven, particularly in hisfugal writing, and the intricate and complex textures of the 4 voices. |
ANDRZEJ PANUFNIK / ROZANNA PANUFNIK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Messages: Chamber Music for Strings Brodsky Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Dec/2014 ] 2014 marks the centenary of Polish-British composer Andrzej Panufnik. Here the Brodsky Quartet joins in this year of reminiscence and celebration with Messages, a recording of works both by Andrzej and his daughter Roxanna Panufnik. |
CHARLES IVES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ives: The String Quartets The Lydian String Quartet [ Centaur / CD - released 5/May/1990 ] Since its formation in 1980, the Lydian String Quartet has embraced the full range of the string quartet repertory with curiosity, virtuosity and dedication to the highest artistic ideals of music making. In its formative years, the quartet studied... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: String Quartets Nos.3 & 4 Cherubini Quartet [ EMI Encore / CD - released 12/Feb/2007 ] "The Cherubini Quartet consistently play with both warmth and intensity...with a light touch they bring out the mercurial charm of Mendelssohn." (*** Penguin Guide) |
STRAVINSKY / SCHNITTKE / ROSLAVETS / SMIRNOV / FIRSOVA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stravinsky, Schnittke, Roslavets, Smirnov, Firsova: Music For String Quartet Chilingirian Quartet [ Conifer Classics / CD - released 20/Feb/1995 ] Originally recorded April & June 1994 |
HUGH WOOD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wood: String Quartets Nos. 1 - 4 Chilingirian Quartet [ Conifer Classics / CD - released 1/Jan/1995 ] "The Chilingirians play this music, written for them in 1992-3, with understanding and commitment - qualities that apply equally to the other quartets on the disc." Classical-music.com |
ERNEST CHAUSSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Music (Incls Poeme Op 25 & Piano Trio in G minor) Chilingirian Quartet with Pascal Devoyon (piano), Philippe Graffin (violin) and Charles Neidich (clarinet) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Aug/2006 ] 'It is truly like hearing it for the first time, at least in this performance, which is far more than just technically superb' (American Record Guide) |
JOHN IRELAND / DEREK BOURGEOIS / PERCY GRAINER / JOSEPH HOROVITZ / GUSTAV HOLST
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: British Masters Volume 2 City of London Wind Ensemble, Geoffrey Brand, with Christian Lindberg (trombone) & City of London Brass Quartet [ LDR / CD - released 24/Jul/1989 ] Recorded at Henry Wood Hall, London on July 7th and 8th 1989 |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Six Quartets for flute, clarinet, horn and bassoon Consortium Classicum [ MDG / CD - released 15/Feb/1986 ] Recording: September 1985 |
J.B. SINGELEE / PIERRE DUBOIS / CLAUDE PASCAL / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pascal/Singelee/Dubois: Saxophone Quartets Copenhagen Saxophone Quartet [ Scandinavian Classics / CD - released 30/Jan/2012 ] International Release Date: 2002 |
GUILLAUME LEKEU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lekeu: Unfinished Quartet / Sonata in F for cello and piano Daniel Blumenthal (piano) Thanos Adamopoulos (violin) Christophe Desjardins (viola) Gilbert Zanlonghi (cello) [ Koch Schwann / CD - released 16/May/1991 ] The Cello Sonata - that's where they shine. That second movement, the Largo, Zanlonghi just bleeds into the strings. Blumenthal's chords underneath are perfect - supportive but never smothering. (Bandcamp) |
HECTOR VILLA-LOBOS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Villa-Lobos: String Quartets Nos. 1, 8, & 13 Danubius Quartet [ Marco Polo / CD - released 2/Feb/1992 ] "I love to write quartets. One could say that it is a mania." Villa-Lobos made this confession, quoted by Pierre Vidal, in Paris in the spring of 1958. He had completed his seventeenth and final quartet the year before. |
Dave Brubeck Quartet
The Quartet [ Lester Recording / CD - released 23/Oct/1989 ] Bass - Eugene Wright Drums - Joe Morello Keyboards - Darius Brubeck Piano - Dave Brubeck Saxophone - Paul Desmond |
The Dave McKenna Quartet, with Zoot Sims (saxophone)
The Dave McKenna Quartet - featuring Zoot Sims [ Chiaroscuro / CD - released 25/Jul/1994 ] Prior to his longtime association with the Concord label, pianist Dave McKenna's four Chiaroscuro albums (of which this CD brings back the second) did a great deal to make the veteran mainstream pianist known to the general jazz public. AllMusic |
RICHARD STRAUSS / GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: R. Strauss: String Quartet / Verdi: String Quartet in E minor The Delme Quartet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 22/Jan/2004 ] 'An eminently recommendable issue' (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
ROBERT SIMPSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Simpson: String Quartet No 9 (32 variations and fugue on a theme of Haydn) Delme String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Feb/1986 ] 'When it comes to recordings of British string quartets there've been few more impressive achievements than Hyperion's Robert Simpson cycle' (BBC Record Review) |
ROBERT SIMPSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Simpson: String Quartet No 2 & No 5 Delme String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD ] 'When it comes to recordings of British string quartets there've been few more impressive achievements than Hyperion's Robert Simpson cycle' (BBC Record Review) |
GABRIEL FAURE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Faure: Piano Quartets Nos 1 & 2 Domus [ Hyperion / CD - released 19/Sep/2003 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER "Domus have the requisite lightness of touch and subtlety, and just the right sense of scale and tempo." Rosette Penguin Stereo Guide |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / ALFRED SCHNITTKE / PYTOR TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich / Schnittke / Tchaikovsky: String Quartets Duke Quartet [ Collins / CD - released 1/Jan/1995 ] "..their Shostakovich and Schnittke is outstanding, and the Collins sonics are first rate." Classical-Music |
