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BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bartok: The 6 String Quartets Emerson String Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 15/Feb/1988 ] "Intense and passionate … one of the most exciting chamber music recordings of recent years" Gramophone |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY / ALEXANDER BORODIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1 / Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 Emerson String Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Jul/1986 ] Recorded: April 1984 |
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FRANK BRIDGE / WILLIAM WALTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bridge/Walton:String Quartet Endellion String Quartet [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 5/Nov/1991 ] "The Endellion Quartet keep the blend of lyricism and turbulence that makes Bridge so very English and expressionist in excellent balance." (Gramophone) |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: String Quartets Op.54 Nos 1 - 3 Endellion String Quartet [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 5/Nov/1988 ] "the Endellion's playing is nearly always beyond reproach, and this contrasting array of Haydn's quartet styles and personalities is no exception. They bring out with very simply clarity all of Haydn's humour." (Gramophone) |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: String Quartets Op.74 Nos 1 - 3 Endellion String Quartet [ Virgin Ultraviolet / CD - released 5/Nov/1990 ] "the Endellion's playing is nearly always beyond reproach, and this contrasting array of Haydn's quartet styles and personalities is no exception. They bring out with very simply clarity all of Haydn's humour." (Gramophone) |
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GABRIEL FAURE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Faure: Piano Quartet No. 2 (with works by Francaix & Dutilleux) Esbjerg Ensemble [ Scandinavian Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] Esbjerg Ensemble performs classical chamber music with an uncompromising sense of quality, and is recognised for its innovative and versatile programming. |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: String Quartets Op.33 1 - 3 / Op.1 No. 3 Weller Quartet [ Decca / CD - released 12/Apr/1992 ] "The Haydn quartets (are) most beautifully played... buoyant and colourful." ClassicalNet |
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HUGO WOLF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wolf: Quartet in D minor / Italian Serenade Fine Arts Quartet [ Hanssler Classic / CD - released 2/Feb/2001 ] "...the Fine Arts group makes more of the music's unexpected rhythmic twists and turns, and elsewhere casts all caution by the wayside...A silver-toned, scampering rendition of Wolf's witty and concise Italian Serenade makes a delightful encore." C.T |
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ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Korngold: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 Flesch Quartet [ ASV / CD - released 5/Jun/1996 ] "..here is an accessible and inspired CD of the first two (quartets) and a strong pair of performances satisfying in themselves...If you enjoy chamber music you will relish these recordings and should snap them up without delay." MusicWeb |
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KAROLY GOLDMARK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Goldmark: String Quartet in B-flat major Op. 8 / String Quintet in A minor Op. 9 Fourth Dimension String Quartet [ ASV / CD - released 1/Sep/1999 ] "What an amazingly responsive, fine-tuned, and utterly flexible ensemble they are. A major addition to the chamber catalog." ClassicsToday 10/10 |
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LEOS JANACEK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Janacek: String Quartets Nos 1 & 2 [with Smetana - String QuartetNo. 1] Gabrieli String Quartet [ Decca / CD - released 1/Nov/1991 ] "They have authority and imagination and they are as faithful to the score as I can judge … I admire the way they succeed in sustaining magic without inflating the rhetoric and over-emphasizing the bizarre." Gramophone |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 130 & Op. 133 'Grosse Fugue' Gewandhaus Quartett [ NCA New Classical Adventure / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] Recorded: - Andreaskirche, Berlin, November 1997 |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 59, Nr. 1 Gewandhaus Quartett [ NCA New Classical Adventure / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] Recorded: June 2002,, Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche Leipzig |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 95 & Op. 127 Gewandhaus Quartett [ NCA New Classical Adventure / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] Recorded: May 1996, Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche Leipzig |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 59 No 3 & Op. 95 Gewandhaus Quartett [ NCA New Classical Adventure / CD - released 20/Oct/2002 ] Recorded: - Andreaskirche, Berlin, November 1997 |
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JUAN CRISOSTOMO de ARRIAGA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arriaga: String Quartets Nos. 1 - 3 Guarneri Quartet [ Philips / CD - released 22/Sep/2011 ] "There can be no doubt of the Guarneri's wholehearted involvement in, and eloquent presentation of these remarkable quartets - their enjoyment of No. 2's set of variations, for example, is evident and infectious." (Gramophone) |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Complete Viola Quintets Vol 1 Guarneri Quartet, with Ida Kavafian & Steven Tenenbom (violas) [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 1/Jun/1988 ] Recorded live at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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GYORGY LIGETI / WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI / ALFRED SCHNITTKE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ligeti: String Quartets No 1 / Lutoslawski: String Quartet / Schnittke: Kanon in memoriam I. Stravinsky Hagen Quartett [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 12/Jul/1991 ] "A convincing journey through an attractive, multifaceted score" Gramophone [on the Ligeti] |
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W. A. MOZART / J. C. BACH / J. M. HAYDN /
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chamber music for Oboe and Strings Heinz Holliger (oboe & English horn)) with Antonio Salvatore (violin) Massimo Paris (viola) Vito Paternoster (cello) & Lucio Buccarella (bass) [ Denon Recorded and Pressed in Japan / CD - released 12/Dec/1983 ] Recorded in november 1979, Nippon Columbia Studio 1, Tokyo (JAP). |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV / PAUL HINDEMITH / WILLIAM WALTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE; Prokofiev:Hindemith/Walton: String Quartets Hollywood String Quartet [ Testament / CD - released 2/Feb/1994 ] Recorded in Hollywood, Melrose Studio:1950 and 1951 |