Since you are interested in String Quartets 1 & 2 / Testament, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
VALENTIN SILVESTROV
leggiero, pesante: String Quartet No. 1 and other chamber works Rosamunde Quartett / Anja Lechner (cello) / Silke Avenhaus (piano) [ ECM / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] "Silvestrov's own rendition of Hymn 2001 offers a fascinating glimpse into the performing style he has in mind - everything delivered in a shadowy undertone and heavily pedalled. It makes a fitting conclusion to a beautiful, yet far from... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert - Complete String Quartets Melos Quartett [ Deutsche Grammophon Collector's Edition / 6 CD Box Set - released 18/Jun/2005 ] "The Melos arean impressive body whose accounts of this repertoire are unmannered and on the whole sympathetic" (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
JOSEF HAYDN
The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross Rosamunde Quartett [ ECM Records / CD - released 3/Jun/2001 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1761-1800) - "The Rosamunde Quartet gives a historically informed account on modern instruments, which masterfully imbues each adagio movement with the sense of the text it follows." (GB 1001 Classical) |
WEBERN / SHOSTAKOVICH / BURIAN
String Quartet (1905) / String Qtet No 8 / String Quartet No. 4 Rosamunde Quartett [ ECM Records / CD - released 9/Sep/2000 ] Recorded December 1996 |
Rosamunde Quartett / Andreas Reiner : violin / Simon Fordham : violin / Helmut Nicolai : viola / Anja Lechner : violoncello / Dino Saluzzi : bandoneon
Kultrum - Music for bandoneon and string quartet [ ECM Records / CD - released 19/Dec/2008 ] Recorded March 1998 |