Breton String Quartet
Halffter: Chamber Mus Vol.3 [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Jun/2011 ] |
PHILIP GLASS
Complete String Quartets / Suite from BENT for string quartet Brooklyn Rider (string quartet) [ Orange Mountain Music / 2 CD - released 14/Apr/2011 ] Brooklyn Rider is a New York based string quartet quickly rising on the classical music scene. Its members frequently perform with Yo-Yo Ma and his Silk Road Ensemble, the chamber orchestra The Knights, and have performances this season at Lincoln... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Late Quartets (13-15) & Piano Quintet D.667 'Trout' The Budapest String Quartet [ Praga Digitals / 2 CD - released 27/Oct/2017 ] Collected on one disc, this is the central part of the Schubert spirit legacy (1934-1962) of the Budapest's four last string quartets. Three are played on the Stradivari instruments from the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Collection and recorded live at... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / ANTONIN DVORAK
Brahms/Dvorak: Piano Quintets Clifford Curzon (piano) / Budapest String Quartet [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 29/Aug/2005 ] These recordings were the first and last of four that Curzon and the Budapest Quartet made in 1950-53 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven Quartets, Vol. 1: Late String Quartets Calidore String Quartet [ Signum / 3 CD - released 3/Feb/2023 ] "[Their Beethoven performance's] were shockingly deep. I've never heard a quartet so young get so inside this ultimately inscrutable music" - LA Times The Calidore Quartet return to Signum Classics for the first installment of their Beethoven... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
String Quartets Nos. 1 & 3 Emperor String Quartet [ BIS / CD - released 30/Sep/2013 ] On this second disc of the Emperor Quartet's survey of Britten's music for string quartet, Alla marcia appears as an interlude between the first and the last of Britten's three published string quartets. |
BERKELEY / MCCABE / WILLIAMS
Into the Ravine Carducci String Quartet [ Signum / CD - released 9/Dec/2013 ] This first release on Signum from one of the UK's most dynamic string quartets, the Carducci Quartet demonstrate their passion and commitment to bringing contemporary repertoire to a wider audience. On this recording they are joined by oboist... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 1, 2 & 7 Carducci String Quartet [ Signum / CD - released 22/Mar/2019 ] "These are athletic, upfront performances, clear in texture, forthright in tone and bold in articulation…But there's greater flexibility and a sly wit at work in the First Quartet." Gramophone |
PHILIP GLASS
Glass: String Quartets Nos. 1 - 4 Carducci String Quartet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] This disc features the first four of his five quartets, ranging from the uncharacteristic yet fascinating sound-world of the First, through the compact dimensions of the subsequent two (themselves derived from theatre and film scores). |
PHILIP GLASS
Glass: String Quartet No 5 / Suite from Dracula / String Sextet Carducci String Quartet, with Cian O'Duill (viola) & Gemma Rosefield (cello) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] Philip Glass' Fifth String Quartet is the most substantial of his five quartets and the most traditional, using formal structures and expressive contrasts which go far beyond minimalism. While maintaining Glass' unmistakeable personal style, this is... |
SERGEY IVANOVICH TANEYEV
Taneyev: Complete String Quartets Vol 1: Nos. 1 & 3 Carpe Diem String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Nov/2007 ] "A fascinating disc. The music of Sergei Taneyev is fully worthy of investigation. A reputation for academicism has dogged this composer so that over time his works have been completely overshadowed. He is much better known for being the teacher of... |
TANEYEV
Complete String Quartets Volume 2 - Nos. 2 and 4 Carpe Diem String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] The Carpe Diem String Quartet's first volume of Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev's string quartets (Nos. 1 & 3 - 8570437) gained critical accolades both for the revival of this important repertoire and for the ensemble's sensitive and assured... |
BRUCE WOLOSOFF
Wolosoff: Songs without Words (18 Divertimenti for String Quartet) Carpe Diem String Quartet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2011 ] |
JONATHAN LESHNOFF
Leshnoff: Chamber Music Carpe Diem String Quartet / Stephen Miahky (violin), Jerome Simas (clarinet) & Joshua Nemith (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2012 ] Jonathan Leshnoff is one of the most exciting voices in contemporary American music, and his lyricism is accompanied by vibrant expressive qualities. |
Catch-Pop String-Strong
Catch-Pop String-Strong - Catch-Pop String-Strong [ Col Legno / CD - released 18/Sep/2017 ] |
JONATHAN LESHNOFF
Leshnoff: Violin Concerto / Distant Reflections / String Quartet No. 1 Charles Wetherbee (violin) / Carpe Diem String Quartet / Baltimore Chamber Orchestra / Markand Thakar [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] Named by the Baltimore Sun as an 'Artist to Watch', New Jerseyborn Jonathan Leshnoff is swiftly gaining international recognition. This disc shows three facets of his musical personality: the Violin Concerto, praised as 'remarkably assured,... |
Zimro
A Broken Concert Tour: Music of the New Jewish School for Sextet Chen Halevi (clarinet), Vogler String Quartet, Jascha Nemtsov (piano) [ Hanssler / CD - released 28/Apr/2008 ] |
SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT
Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra and other orchestral and choral works Christ Church Cathedral Choir / The Choir of St. John's College / English String Orchestra; William Boughton (conductor) [ Nimbus / CD - released 25/Oct/2003 ] "This release contains temptations that put it well ahead of its rivals." - Nicholas Williams, BBC Music Magazine |
SAARIAHO / CAGE / MADERNA
In Due Tempi Cikada String Quartet [ ECM New Series / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] "Behind the notes the Cikadas' deeply committed playing reveals glimpses of a dramatic personality that could only be Italian in its lyrical warmth. Riveting stuff." BBC Music Magazine |
FRANZ & CARL DOPPLER
Doppler: Flute Music Vol 12 Claudi Arimany (flute), Arts String Quartet [ Capriccio / CD - released 8/Jan/2021 ] This is the final volume in Cappricio's 12-album edition of Doppler's complete music for flute(s), including a number of arrangements. Flautist Claudi Arimany, who devised the project, presents works by composers that are dedicated to Franz Doppler,... |