Since you are interested in Tavener: Towards Silence, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
W.A. MOZART / BEETHOVEN
String Quartets (rec 1956) Amadeus Quartet [ Medici Masters / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] "it is striking that the relatively early performances show the Amadeus achieving a combination of focused intensity, delicacy and intellectual power that may surprise those who know them only from their later appearances" Stephen Johnson |
BARBER / BUCKLEY / BYRD / HILDEGARD / TALLIS / TAVENER / etc
Naked Byrd Two (Incls Lotti - Crucifixus) Armonico Consort, Christopher Monks (director) [ Signum / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] This recording is compiled from the Armonico Consort's Naked Byrd programmes, featuring music by composers who wore their hearts on their sleeves, and whose art saw their emotions laid bare, in an atmospheric concert where magical musical moments are... |
TCHAIKOVSKY / SHOSTAKOVICH
String Quartets (recorded in October, 1987) The Borodin Quartet [ Medici Arts / DVD - released 15/Nov/2010 ] "…these films of the Borodin Quartet in 1987 make the… valid point that maximum effect can be achieved with minimal physical effort. …it also captures one of the group's several golden ages, in this case with Mikhail Kopelman at the helm. Kopelman... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Songs of Cricket Cantabile - The London Quartet, with Chris Hatt and Alexander L'Estrange (pianos) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] "Brilliant moments - a droll psalm-chant recitation of the "rules" and an ingenious Pärt-style setting of a pleasingly circular explanation of the game ("Cricket Tea Towel") - show just what these singers can do." (The Independent) |