More By Artist: The String-A-Longs
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JACOB WEINBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Weinberg: Piano Concerto 2 / String Quartet Op. 55 / etc Jorge Federico Osorio (piano), Patrick Mason (baritone) / Bingham String Quartet, Barcelona Symphony, National Orchestra of Catalonia [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 3/Apr/2006 ] This compact disc features world premiere recordings of three works by JACOB WEINBERG (1879-1956), who was born in the Ukraine to a cultured, assimilated family and studied first at the Moscow conservatory and then in Vienna. |
JOHN PSATHAS
Psathas: Fragments Stephen Gosling (piano) Jeremy Fitzsimons (percussion) New Zealand String Quartet [ Trust / CD - released 18/Jun/2003 ] Like an injection of adrenalin direct to the heart of New Zealand classical music comes a new album of chamber music by John Psathas, featuring Jeremy Fitzsimons (percussion), Stephen Gosling (piano) and the New Zealand String Quartet. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tokyo String Quartet plays Beethoven [9 CD set] Tokyo String Quartet [ Sony Classical Masters / 9 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "I doubt whether quartet playing comes much better than in this Tokyo set of the Op. 18. Quite frankly I don't think that you can go far wrong with this set: the playing is unfailingly alive, sensitive and poised." (Gramophone) |
PHILIP GLASS
Glass: Piano Works (2LP) Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) / Siggi String Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon LP / 2 LP - released 31/Jul/2002 ] "Ólafsson's interpretations inhabit a unique, distinct and extraordinary world all their own...[he] possesses that rare gift of illuminating a familiar work in unexpected ways, revealing hidden depths and drawing out its best qualities." Gramophone |
ROSS HARRIS / HOROMONA HORO
Harris / Horo: Requiem for the Fallen Voices NZ / NZ String Quartet / Richard Greager (tenor) Horomona Horo (taonga puoro) [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 1/Aug/2017 ] Requiem for the Fallen honours the memory of soldiers who died in the First World War. |
DARIUS MILHAUD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Milhaud: String Quartets Nos 1 & 2 Arriaga String Quartet [ Discover / CD - released 10/Feb/1996 ] "..the Arriaga Quartet can be counted as a worthy advocate of these enjoyable works." Classical-Music.com |
ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Zemlinsky: String Quartets 3 & 4 Artis String Quartet [ Nimbus / CD - released 2/Feb/1999 ] "Once again the Artis responds with full bodied Viennese tone, but also quick-witted rhythmic spring. Given that they are also well recorded, with finely annotated notes, the Artis still rank very high in this repertoire and are worthy of serious... |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet & Orchestra / Quintet for Clarinet & String Quartet Benny Goodman (clarinet) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch / Budapest String Quartet [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 20/May/1986 ] Original recordings from 1956 (concerto) and 1938 |
EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: String Quartet / Piano Quintet Bernard Roberts (piano) / Chilingirian String Quartet [ EMI Classics for Pleasure / CD - released 23/Jun/1994 ] Classics recordings from EMI at budget price |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: String Quartets Nos. 1-16 (complete, inc. Grosse Fuge) Budapest String Quartet [ Sony Classical / 8 CD Box Set - released 5/Jul/2024 ] Founded 100 years ago in 1917, the Budapest Quartet was at the height of its success in the early 1950s, under the leadership of first violinist Joseph Roisman....Recorded in Stereo 1958-61. |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Nos 4 saisons [Four Seasons] Camille & Julie Berthollet (violin, cello, voice, piano) / String Ensemble of the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse [ Warner Classics / CD - released 24/Jan/2020 ] "We are so excited and thrilled to finally reveal this project, which we have been imagining and developing for months... «Nos 4 saisons», our four seasons! We heard The Four Seasons for the first time before we even knew how to talk, and the sound... |
ORLANDE de LASSUS / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / THOMAS ADES / JOHN DOWLAND
Between Two Worlds: Lassus, Beethoven, Adès & Dowland Castalian String Quartet [ Delphian / CD - released 29/Apr/2022 ] '..a series of intricately connected works, each performed with rare beauty and originality by a quartet working at the height of its powers.' BBC Music recording of the Month June 2022 |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Cypresses For String Quartet / String Quartet No. 13 Op. 106 Cypress String Quartet [ Avie / CD - released 18/Mar/2013 ] "...the eponymous Cypress Quartet play these arrangements with exquisite shading and a fine sense of nuance." BBC Music |
BEETHOVEN
The Early String Quartets, Op. 18 Cypress String Quartet [ Avie Records / 2 CD - released 1/May/2016 ] The Cypress String Quartet completes their cycle of the genre's greatest oeuvre with a two-album set of Beethoven's six ground-breaking quartets, Op. 18, alongside a reissue of their previously self-released recording of the late quartets. For the... |
EDMUND RUBBRA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rubbra: The Four String Quartets Sterling String Quartet [ Conifer Classics / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] "Highly recommended as accessible yet modern chamber music by a British composer." Review |
Danish String Quartet
Last Leaf [ ECM New Series / CD - released 22/Sep/2017 ] "This recording of sublime beauty consists of old hymns, such as Now Found is the Fairest of Roses (1732), and a variety folk songs, all exquisitely set for string quartet." AudAud Best of 2017 |
Danish String Quartet
Last Leaf (LP) [ ECM New Series / LP - released 22/Sep/2017 ] They are widely recognised as the most exciting young string quartet of the present moment, bringing new insights to contemporary composition and core classical repertoire. In parallel, they have also made surprising and impressive forays into the... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / J. S. BACH
Beethoven/Shostakovich/Bach: Prism I Danish String Quartet [ ECM New Series / CD - released 21/Sep/2018 ] For its third ECM release, the prize-winning Danish String Quartet inaugurates a series of five albums with the overarching title of Prism, in which the group will present one of Beethoven's late string quartets in the context of a related fugue by... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / ALFRED SCHNITTKE / J. S. BACH
Beethoven/Schnittke/Bach - Prism II Danish String Quartet [ ECM / CD - released 13/Sep/2020 ] "A revelatory connected soundscape in which Beethoven's introspection feels more unsettling than usual." BBC Music Chamber Choice November 2020 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / BELA BARTOK / J. S. BACH
Beethoven/Bartok/Bach - Prism III Danish String Quartet [ ECM New Series / CD - released 26/Mar/2021 ] "...they're thought-provoking, and often startlingly beautiful. And anyway, perhaps one shouldn't draw too close to the music." Gramophone |
