St Petersburg String Quartet
Glazunov:5 Novelettes/Quartet5 [ Delos / CD - released 9/Jul/2001 ] |
St Petersburg String Quartet
Shostakovich: Quartets 7 & 9 [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Apr/2001 ] |
SHOSTAKOVICH
String Quartets 5, 7 & 9 St Petersburg String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/May/2001 ] 'These are among the great interpretations that have been placed on disc … I do believe that this cycle could grow to some of the most impressive Shostakovich performances ever placed on disc' (Fanfare) |
DEBUSSY / RAVEL
String Quartets St Petersburg String Quartet [ Marquis / CD - released 30/Mar/2009 ] The critically acclaimed St. Petersburg Quartet, founded as the Leningrad Quartet, has won numerous international awards and concertized across North America, Europe, Japan and Australia. |
SHOSTAKOVICH
String Quartets 4, 6 & 8 St Petersburg String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Nov/2000 ] 'These are among the great interpretations that have been placed on disc' (Fanfare). |
SHOSTAKOVICH
String Quartets Nos 2 & 3 St Petersburg String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Nov/2000 ] 'Deserves an emphatic recommendation and makes one impatient for the ensemble's next Shostakovich disc' (BBC Music Magazine) |
SHOSTAKOVICH
String Quartet no.1, Piano Quintet & Piano Trio no.2 St. Petersburg String Quartet with Igor Uryash (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Nov/2004 ] "With a suburb recording to boot, this release provides an extremely fitting conclusion to the St Petersburg's excellent Shostakovich cycle. I have no hestitation in recommending the performance of the First Quartet." ***** Five Stars (Pick of the... |
LYELL CRESSWELL
Cresswell: Landscapes of the Soul & Piano Concerto Stephen De Pledge (piano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Hamish McKeich, with the New Zealand String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Mar/2014 ] Lyell Cresswell, one of New Zealand's most distinguished composers, is represented on this recording by three examples of his mastery of the orchestral sound world. His Piano Concerto is cast in seven movements, written in memory of his fellow... |
Jake HEGGY / Gene SCHEER
Here / After - Songs of Lost Voices Steven Costello, Joyce DiDonato, Nathan Gunn, Talise Trevigne, Carol Wincenc (flute), The Alexander String Quartet [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 21/Oct/2013 ] "Though Heggie's thematic ideas might seem a bit commonplace on first hearing, listeners are advised to stay alert to each song's last note. Invariably, one is ambushed by the music's cumulative effect...Performances by longtime Heggie collaborators |
String Driven Thing
Keep Yer And An It [ Ozit / CD - released 6/Apr/2010 ] |
String Driven Thing
Live on the Foxtrot Tour (40th Anniversary Edition) [ Cargo / Ozit Records / CD - released 5/Mar/2012 ] |
String Driven Thing
Please Mind Your Head [ Ozit / CD - released 12/Apr/2010 ] |
VARIOUS
It Don’t Mean A Thing String Fever, Marin Alsop (leader) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] "[String Fever's] pioneering blend of jazz, pop and classical repertoire took critics and audiences by storm, breaking the boundaries between musical genres through remarkable versatility and a palpable sense of fun." |
String Quartets By Opera Composers
Leipzig String Quartet [ CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] |
The String-A-Longs
The Tex-Mex Teen Magic Of The String-A-Longs [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
The String-A-Longs
Wheels [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
The String-A-Longs
Wheels, Brass Buttons and Beyond [ Jasmine Records / CD - released 9/Sep/2022 ] The lilting, almost wobbly sounding 'Wheels', by THE STRING-A-LONGS, a worldwide hit and multi-million seller in 1961, remains one of the most irresistible Instro's of the R&R era. It inspired a raft of cover versions, a couple of which were also... |
JOHN TAVENER
Tavener: Ikon of Light (Reissue) The Tallis Scholars, Chilingirian String Quartet [ Gimell / CD - released 28/Jul/2017 ] "Perhaps the time is right for the musical establishment (and the record industry) to begin to recognize Tavener as one of our most gifted and important composers of choral music. I hope so, for a talent so prodigious and special as his appears all... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A / Clarinet Quintet in A Thea King (basset clarinet) / English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate / Gabrieli String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE 'Winning performances. Excellent recording' (Penguin Guide) |
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Boccherini: Guitar Quintets, Vol. 1 Zoltan Tokos (guitar) / Danubius String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2011 ] "The playing throughout is never less than first class." Gramophone |