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Spohr: String Quartets, Vol. 15, Nos. 19, 22 & 3 / Concertino String Quartet, New Budapest Quartet

1 CD / Marco Polo / 2012-02-28

Works: Louis Spohr: Quartet for Strings no 19 in A major ("Quatuor brillant no 4"), Op. 68; Quartet for Strings no 22 in D minor, Op. 74/3

Spohr was a prolific quartet composer, his body of work forming an important collection. His Quartet No. 19 is the fourth of his Quatuors brillants,...continue...

Spohr: String Quartets (Complete), Vol. 14

1 CD / Marco Polo / 2011-01-25

Works: Louis Spohr: Quartet for Strings no 31 in A major, Op. 132; Quartet for Strings no 36 in G minor, WoO 42 (Op. 157); Potpourri on themes by Mozart for violin & string trio in B major, Op. 24

Louis Spohr composed string quartets throughout his career, the String Quartet No. 36 being his last completed large-scale work, composed in 1857 and modeled on...continue...
Recording information: Studio No. 1 of the Russian State TV and Radio Company (11/15/2009-12/20/2009)....continue...

Spohr: String Quartets Vol 13 / Concertino String Quartet

1 CD / Marco Polo / 2009-03-31

Works: Louis Spohr: Quartet for Strings no 9 in F minor, Op. 29/3; Quartet for Strings no 17 in G major, Op. 58/3

Louis Spohr's string quartets combined the Classical finesse of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven with the early Romantic innovations of the 'Quatuor brilliant', in which the...continue...

Spohr: String Quartets Complete, Vol 12 / Dima Quartet

1 CD / Marco Polo / 2007-10-30

Works: Louis Spohr: Quartet for Strings no 33 in G major, Op. 146; Quartet for Strings no 35 in E flat major, WoO 41 (Op. 155); Potpourri on themes from Gaveaux's "Le petit matelot" for violin & string trio...

A great violinist in his own right, Louis Spohr was accepted during his lifetime as one of the most important violinist-composers of early German Romanticism....continue...

Spohr: String Quartets Vol 10 / Concertino String Quartet

1 CD / Marco Polo / 2005-04-19

Works: Louis Spohr: Quartet for Strings no 24 in G major, Op. 82/2; Quartet for Strings no 25 in A minor, Op. 82/3

Spohr: String Quintets Vol 3 / New Haydn Quartet, Papp

1 CD / Marco Polo / 1995-10-05

Works: Louis Spohr: String Quintet no 3 in B minor, Op. 69; String Quintet no 4 in A minor, Op. 91

"These two quintets, written at starkly different times in Spohr's life, reflect his attitudes. Both are lyrical, rich with rhythms and key changes...[Quintet No. 4]...continue...