FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: String Quintet in C / String Quartet 'Quartettsatz' The Artemis Quartet, with Truls Mork, cello [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 10/May/2012 ] "This account of the Quartettsatz is blistering, taken at a swift tempo yet with every note very clear...I cannot imagine it being better performed than here by the Artemis." MuiscWeb |
GRIEG / BRAHMS / SCHUBERT / MOZART / RACHMANINOV / SCHUMANN / etc
Leif Ove Andsnes - The Warner Classics Edition 1990 - 2010 Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), with Christian Tetzlaff, Sarah Chang, Artemis Quartet & Ian Bostridge [ Warner Classics / 36 CD Box Set - released 7/Mar/2011 ] Leif Ove Andsnes is a leading pianist of his time, known for his exceptional musicianship and subtle touch, his considerable technical flair being unfailingly put at the service of his interpretations. |
Artemis
In Real Time [ Blue Note / CD - released 5/May/2023 ] Three years after the release of ARTEMIS' critically acclaimed self-titled debut album, the ensemble returns with a marvelous follow-up that highlights the improvisational strength of its members as well as their respective gifts as composers. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 3 Artemis Quartet [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] The Artemis Quartet pairs Brahms' intense first quartet with his lighter-spirited third quartet, both works that the Artemis' cellist, Eckart Runge, describes as "remarkable and multi-faceted". He says that "Brahms marries a Romantic spirit with the... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: String Quartets Op.59/1 & 95 Artemis Quartet [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 6/Dec/2005 ] The Artemis Quartet launch their new association with Virgin Classics with two popular quartets by Beethoven. |
GYORGY LIGETI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ligeti - String Quartets 1 & 2 / Vocal works Artemis Quartet / Barry Tuckwell Wind Quintet / Groupe Vocal de France, Guy Reibel [ EMI 20th Century Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] Lux Aeterna put Ligeti on the map for the wider public when Stanley Kubrick appropriated it for its unearthly effect in his film 2001, A Space Odyssey. But his music began firmly in his Hungarian roots, and bears a debt to Bartók and Kodály. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: String Quartets Op 18/1, Op 127 The Artemis Quartet [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 8/Nov/2010 ] "This is 21st Century Beethoven: contrasts and disjunctions vividly emphasised, supremely faithful to the outrageous demands Beethoven makes, precise in ensemble, accentuation and intonation, the resonances of early music brought to the fore in the... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: String Quartet Nos. 5, 7 & Piano Quintet Artemis Quartet, with Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 15/Mar/2019 ] "On their first Shostakovich disc, the playing is of the highest musical and technical quality. The quintet takes its place alongside celebrated accounts by Sviatoslav Richter and Vladimir Ashkenazy." Sunday Times |
ROBERT SCHUMANN / JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms/Schumann: Piano Quintets Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) / Artemis Quartet [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 13/Oct/2007 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2008 - Chamber - "Those who desire the Schumann and Brahms on one disc cannot do better than this supremely accomplished and excellently engineered release." (ClassicsToday 9/9) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Heroic Beethoven (LP) András Schiff, Stephen Kovacevich, Rudolf Buchbinder (piano) / Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt / Artemis Quartet / etc [ Warner Classics / 2 LP - released 22/May/2020 ] Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the towering heroes of music. As a composer, he became a transformational, sometimes revolutionary force. As a man of spirit and inspiration, he triumphed over deafness to produce a wealth of masterpieces. Over the... |
GYORGY LIGETI
Ligeti: String Quartets 1 & 2 Artemis Quartet [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 3/Oct/2005 ] |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: String Quartets Nos. 2, 3 & 6 Artemis Quartet [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] These glorious recordings radiate the emotional directness of all his best music, while capturing the questing spirit and tingling sensitivity of the Artemis's recent tour performances. |
SCHUBERT
String Quartets 'Rosamunde' & 'Death and the Maiden' Artemis Quartet [ Erato Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2012 ] "The Artemis enjoy growling, clashing, shivering, and the relentless energy of the last movements. Theirs is an impressive, vividly recorded approach." (BBC Music) |
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
The Sound of Piazzolla Gidon Kremer, Julia Zenko, Haracio Ferrer, Alison Balsom, Martha Argerich, Emmanuel Pahud, Daniel Barenboim, Artemis Quartet, etc [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 5/Jul/2017 ] "Violinist Gidon Kremer and a tight ensemble of colleagues show keen empathy for this symbolist allegory of an ambiguous, archetypal journey of the soul." --Thomas May on Maria de Buenos Aires |
BEETHOVEN
String Quartets Op.18/6, Op.130 & 133 Artemis Quartet [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 10/Jun/2010 ] "Certainly their account of Op. 130 must rank as one of the finest ever recorded, and their decision to perform the work with the Grosse Fuge as the rightful finale is fully vindicated by the overwhelming power and audacity of their interpretation."... |
Artemis Quartet/Argiris
Terzakis: Quartet 5/Liturgia [ Cpo / CD - released 3/Oct/2005 ] |