SCHUBERT / BEETHOVEN
String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D. 887, Op. 161 / String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135 New Orford String Quartet [ Bridge Records / CD - released 25/Oct/2011 ] |
ZHOU LONG / TAKEMITSU / GAO PING / UNG / TAN DUN
Asian Music for String Quartet New Zealand String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2012 ] This programme brings together aesthetic and musical elements of East and West. |
BELA BARTOK
Bartok - Complete String Quartets New Zealand String Quartet [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 21/Sep/2009 ] Dramatic and heartfelt performances from the 1990s, now reissued on Atoll. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: String Quartets Nos 1 & 2 New Zealand String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2016 ] Brahms's two String Quartets, op.51, were the first he published but, completed in his 40th year, are very much mature masterpieces. He was very conscious of the tradition that lay behind the quartet genre, and the spirits of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven... |
BEETHOVEN
'Rasumovsky' Quartets Opus 59 No's 2 & 3 New Zealand String Quartet [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 25/Jul/2002 ] Eagerly awaited recording by the New Zealand String Quartet |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: String Quartets, Vol. 3 - Nos. 3 & String Quartet in E flat New Zealand String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 20/May/2010 ] Praised by Gramophone for the "deep feeling" of its playing on Volume 1 (8570001) the New Zealand String Quartet here completes its recording of all the Mendelssohn Quartets. |
VIVALDI / ALBINONI / MARCELLO / BELLINI / CIMAROSA
Five Italian Oboe Concertos Nicholas Daniels (oboe & director) / Peterborough String Orchestra [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] 'Nicholas Daniel's playing, beautifully controlled and judiciously ornamented, makes it easy to listen again to a choice selection' (Fanfare, USA) |
ARNOLD BAX / GERALD FINZI / RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
British Oboe Quintets Nicholas Daniel (oboe, cor anglais); Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 21/Sep/2021 ] The legendary British oboist Leon Goossens inspired all the composers represented on this recording, and they wrote all but one of the pieces for his oboe, on which he premièred the works by Delius, Bax, Bliss, and Finzi featured here. |
RUED LANGGAARD
String Quartets: Volume 1 Nightingale String Quartet [ Dacapo / CD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] "it soon becomes clear that this composer doesn't think like anyone else. The ideas can be lively, beautiful, touching, at times more than a little weir." (BBC Music Magazine Awards 2013: Chamber Finalist) |
RUED LANGGAARD
String Quartets: Volume 2 Nightingale String Quartet [ Dacapo / CD - released 1/Jul/2014 ] Rued Langgaard's string quartets are passionate works from the eccentric composer's youth. This recording series presents all 9 quartets together for the first time in the distinctly dramatic interpretation of the prizewinning Nightingale String... |
RUED LANGGAARD
String Quartets Volume 3 Nightingale String Quartet [ Dacapo / CD - released 15/Dec/2014 ] "Thei Langaard cycle is bringing this maverick composer the kind of broader recognition he always deserved, and their playing on this final volume lives up to the sky-high standards they have led us to expect." Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 |
JULIUS RONTGEN
Röntgen: The Late String Trios Offenburg String Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] "Composed during the 1920s, these late fruits of Rontgen's prolific chamber output are resourceful and nostalgic in style. These performances would benefit from a wider dynamic range." (BBC Music) |
KENNETH FUCHS
Fuchs: String Quartet No. 5, 'American', Falling Canons & Falling Trio Delray String Quartet / Christopher O'Riley (piano) / Trio21 [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 29/Apr/2013 ] Kenneth Fuchs is one of America's leading composers and his music is performed worldwide. String Quartet No. 5 is an exciting, large-scale work that explores the contrapuntal possibilities of a single 'American' theme. |
Orford String Quartet
Beethoven: String Qrt Op 18 [ Delos / CD ] |
Oslo String Quartet
20Thc Norwegian String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 31/Jan/2000 ] |
Oslo String Quartet
Grieg:string Quartets [ Naxos / CD ] |
NIELSEN
String Quartets Vol.2 (Nos.1 & 2) Oslo String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Oct/2002 ] "Contains powerful, original, and invigorating musical thought..." Fanfare |
WILHELM STENHAMMAR
Stenhammar: String Quartets Nos. 3 - 6 Oslo String Quartet [ CPO Records / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 21/Sep/2011 ] On its wonderfully harmonious and homogeneous new Surround recording of Stenhammar's Quartets Nos. 3-6 the Oslo String Quartet impressively demonstrates that he merits much greater representation in today's concert world than is currently the case. |
Oslo String Quartet/Kraggerud
Svendsen: String Quartet [ Cpo / CD - released 1/Sep/2003 ] |
Papua New Guinea String Bands With Bob Brozman
Songs of the Volcano [ Riverboat / CD - released 25/Feb/2008 ] |