Since you are interested in Mendelssohn: String Quartets, Vol. 1 - Nos. 1, 4, 6, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
BRIGHT SHENG / ROSS EDWARDS / TORU TAKEMITSU / GILLIAN WHITEHEAD
Bright Tide Moving Between NZTrio [ Rattle Records / CD - released 14/Apr/2008 ] "…a miracle of synergy & synchronicity…" (William Dart, NZ Herald). "Dashing young & direct… violinist Justine Cormack, cellist Ashley Brown, & pianist Sarah Watkins have impressive crudentials - when they combine there are fireworks" (Kate Mead -... |
GILLIAN WHITEHEAD
Puhake ki te rangi Richard Nunns (taonga puoro) Alexa Still (flute) / New Zealand String Quartet [ Atoll / 2 CD/DVD - released 22/Dec/2007 ] "In 1989, I heard for the first time, in a presentation given by Richard Nunns, the sounds of the taonga puoro (singing treasures), which spoke to me very strongly of the spirituality of my Maori heritage. I began working with these instruments... |
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. |
ALBAN BERG / HUGO WOLF
Berg: String Quartet / Lyric Suite / Wolf: Italian Serenade New Zealand String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Jul/2007 ] The New Zealand String Quartet play masterpieces by Berg and Wolf |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: String Quartets, Vol. 2 - Nos. 2 & 5 New Zealand String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "The New Zealand Quartet clearly love this music, and their strong sense of internal balance allows them to bring out many telling details that often go unnoticed…" Gramophone Magazine, November 2009 |
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. |
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. |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Choral Music St Albans Abbey Girl's Choir, Lay Clerks of St Albams Cathedral Choir [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Nov/2012 ] "Best of all is the wonderful sonority of the eight-voice a cappella bookends, the Six Anthems and the setting of Psalm 43, Richte mich, Gott. And Winpenny's organ solo is of a comparable splendour." (Gramophone) |