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Encores - Bach, Haydn, et al / Leipzig String Quartet

1 CD / MD&G / 2006-07-25

Works: Franz Schubert: Quartet for Strings no 12 in C minor, D 703/Op. posth "Quartettsatz"; Hugo Wolf: Intermezzo for string quartet in E flat major; Johann Sebastian Bach: Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich...
Performers: Rohde, Hartmut
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Ensemble: Friedrich Wilhelm Rodding

"Here are the "usual suspects": the Schubert Quartettsatz (Quartet 12), which works as a brilliant opening for the program, a beautiful reading of the Beethoven...continue...

Ives: Complete Muic for String Quartet / Leipzig Quartet

1 CD / MD&G / 2003-01-21

Works: Charles Ives: A Set of 3 Short Pieces, for string quartet, double bass & piano, S. 84 (K. 2B16); Fugue in C major; Adagio sostenuto; Largo Risoluto no 1, for string quartet & piano, S. 74 (K. 2B14); ...
Performers: Goritzki, Ingo; Kwak, Yeon-Hee; Schleiermacher, Steffen

"Several pieces here involve other instruments, including a marvellous depiction of Hallowe'en night, with its ribbons of scales in different keys rudely interrupted by thwacks...continue...