1 CD / Analekta /
2009-11-10
Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70; Quatuor à cordes No. 1 in D major, Op. 11
Ensemble:
I Musici de Montreal
Recording information: Église Saint-Matthieu de Beloeil (12/03/2008-12/05/2008)....continue...
1 CD / Analekta /
2009-11-10
Works: Traditional: Fà nyé mama; Matthias Maute: Gypsy Pieces; Georg Philipp Telemann: Grillensymphonie; Gypsy Sonata in D minor, TWV 42; Modéré; Presto; Gigue, for violin solo; Concerto...
Ensemble:
Caprice Ensemble
Ensemble Caprice, under the artistic direction of Matthias Maute and Sophie LariviEre, is renowned for its innovative interpretations of baroque music. Originally formed in Germany...continue...
Recording information: Église Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec (03/22/2009-03/24/2009)....continue...

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live /
2009-11-10
Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet for Strings in D minor, Op. 9 no 4/H 3 no 22; Quartet for Strings in C major, Op. 50 no 2/H 3 no 45; Quartet for Strings in G major, Op. 76 no 1/H 3 no 75; String Quartet ...
The Doric String Quartet is now firmly established as one of the outstanding quartets of their generation. In 2008 they won 1st prize in the...continue...
Recording information: Wigmore Hall, London (01/15/2009)....continue...
2 CD / Berlin Classics /
2009-11-10
Works: Vincenzo Galilei: Couterpoint for two guitars; Luis de Narváez: Seys libros del Delphin; Isaac Albéniz: Cantos de Espagna, Op. 232; Suite espagñola, Op. 47; Antonio Vivaldi: Sonate in ...
Performers:
Feldmann, Klaus; Feldmann, Rainer; Funke, Christian; Haupt, Eckart; Ragossnig, Konrad; Richter, Barbara; Rost, Jurgen; Rost, Monika; Rumstig, Dieter; Schreier, Peter

1 CD / Challenge Classics /
2009-11-10
Works: Peter Tiehuis: Gustav on the rocks; Piet Souer: Into ecstasy; Luigi Boccherini: Guitar quintet in D major, G 448; Leonardo Amuedo: Beyond reminiscence-universal; Arturo Ramón: Rumba de tuti; Ver...
Performers:
Amuedo, Leonardo; Eddy Koopman; Hagen, Axel; Mancuso, Silva; Meulendijk, Bert; Ramon, Arturo; Schultz, Jim; Tarenskeen, Olaf; Tiehuis, Peter; Udo Demandt; Van Der Grinten, Maarten
The most original guitar & string quartet compositions since 1805! These are not solo guitar pieces with string backgrounds, but are real dialogues between the...continue...

1 CD / Avie /
2009-11-10
Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in D minor, Op. 49; Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in C minor, Op. 66
Performers:
Trio Jean Paul
"Speaking of trios, there's one from Germany that may well be setting a new gold standard for technical fluency and expressive impact. Trio Jean Paul...continue...
Recording information: Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal, Köln (01/2009)....continue...
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1 CD / Gramola /
2009-11-10
Works: Claude Debussy: Quartet for Strings in G minor, Op. 10; Friedrich Gulda: Quartet for Strings in F sharp minor; Giacomo Puccini: Crisantemi "Elegy"
Recording information: Franz Liszt Zentrum, Raiding, Burgenland (06/24/2008); Franz Liszt Zentrum, Raiding, Burgenland (06/25/2008)....continue...

1 Super Audio CD / Praga /
2009-11-10
Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Trio for Piano and Strings no 2; Bergerettes for Violin, Cello and Piano; Trio for Piano and Strings no 3; Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 "Cinq pièces brèves"
Ensemble:
Kinsky Trio Prague
Bohuslav Martinu wrote no less than ten works for trio with keyboard, including four in the classic formation of piano, violin and cello, spread out...continue...
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players. Recording information: Martinu Hall, Prague (06/19/2008-09/04/2008); Martinu Hall, Prague (01/24/2009-02/15/...continue...

1 Super Audio CD / Praga /
2009-11-10
Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet for Strings in E flat major, Op. 50 no 3/H 3 no 46; Quartet for Strings in F major, Op. 50 no 5/H 3 no 48 "Dream"; Quartet for Strings in D major, Op. 50 no 6/H 3 no 49 "F...
Ensemble:
Prazák String Quartet
The three string quartets of the Op.50 cycle performed here by the Prazak Quartet are both bright and full of humor. Haydn wrote sixty-eight quartets,...continue...
This is a Super Audio CD playable only on Super Audio CD players....continue...

8 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-10-27
Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in F major, Op. 18/1; String Quartet in G major, Op. 18/2; String Quartet in D major, Op. 18/3; String Quartet in C minor, Op. 18/4; String Quartet in A major, Op...
Beethoven's string quartets need no introduction. These recordings, previously issued across six individual releases, are here collected in a box set for less than half...continue...
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1 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-10-27
Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Piano Quartet, H 287; Quartet, H 315, for oboe, violin, cello and piano; Duo No. 2, H 371 in D major, for violin and cello; Piano Trio No. 3, H 332 in C major
Performers:
Caird, George
Ensemble:
Schubert Ensemble of London
The highlight of this chamber music survey is the Piano Quartet, one of the composer's finest chamber compositions, which Martinu wrote during his American years....continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, England (01/19/2009-01/21/2009)....continue...
1 CD / Cambria /
2009-10-27
Works: Jerome Moross: Sonatina for Clarinet Choir; William Grant Still: Quartet for Strings "Lyric"; Christmas in the Western World "Las Pascuas"; Sean Osborn: Quartet for 4 B-flat Clarinets; Christopher Di...
Performers:
Ford, Shannon; Kostraba, Greg; Ross, Elliot; Schempf, Kevin; Tipton, Chelsea II
Ensemble:
Toledo Clarinets

4 DVD Video / EuroArts /
2009-10-27
Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 3 in C major, Op. 72a; Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Concerto for Piano no 5 in E flat major, Op. 7...
Performers:
Barenboim, Daniel; Denoke, Angela; Fritz, Burkhard; Meier, Waltraud; Pape, Rene; Salminen, Matti; Seiffert, Peter; Stabell, Carsten
Ensemble:
Berlin State Opera Chorus; Juilliard String Quartet; Staatskapelle Berlin; Valencian Community Choir; Valencian Community Orchestra; West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Overture, symphony, concerto, chamber music, opera: this unique set of DVDs offers a representative overview of the works of one of the greatest of all...continue...
Run Time: 437 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9,
4:3, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 Subtitles: English, Germa...continue...
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1 CD / /
2009-10-27
Works: Anton Ferdinand Titz: Quartet for Strings in E flat major, Op. 1 no 6; String Quartet in F major (No.2 of the Trois Quatuors); String Quartet in C major (No.1 of the Trois Quatuors); Quartet for Stri...
Recording information: Grunewaldkirche Berlin (10/2008)....continue...
3 CD / Koch International /
2009-10-27
Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 13/3; String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18/1; Quartet for Strings no 2 in G major, Op. 18 no 2; Quartet for Strings no 4 in C minor, Op. ...
Beethoven's String Quartets Nos. 1-6, Opus 18, are grouped together as his "early" string quartets. They are thought to demonstrate his total mastery of the...continue...
Recording information: LeFrak Concert Hall, Queens College, New York (12/2007-01/2008)....continue...

1 CD / Naxos (USA) /
2009-10-27
Works: Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata for 2 Violins in A minor; Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello "Le Chimay"; Sonata for Cello solo, Op. 28
Performers:
Kraggerud, Henning; Monsen, Bard; Ree, Ole-Eirik; Tomter, Lars Anders
While Ysaye's 'Six Solo Violin Sonatas' remain his best known works, the Belgian virtuoso also composed other pieces which translate his thorough knowledge of the...continue...
Recording information: Lindemansalen, Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo, Norway (12/18/2007-12/22/2007)....continue...

1 CD / Naxos (USA) /
2009-10-27
Works: Michael Tippett: Quartet for Strings no 3; Quartet for Strings no 5
Completing their acclaimed survey of Tippett's string quartets, the young British quartet which has taken his name as their own here presents the composer's 'Third'...continue...
Recording information: St Silas the Martyr, Kentish Town, London (03/03/2009); St Silas the Martyr, Kentish Town, London (03/04/2009); St Silas the Martyr, Kentish Town, London (04/03/2009)....continue...

1 CD / Naxos (USA) /
2009-10-27
Works: Paul Hindemith: Quartet for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano; Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in B flat major; Easy Pieces (3) for Cello and Piano; Quintet for Clarinet, two Violins, Viola, and Cello...
Ensemble:
Berlin Spectrum Concerts
The chamber music pieces on this disc show how richly satisfying Hindemith's music can be. By turns passionate, deeply moving and humorous, each work that...continue...
Recording information: Siemens Villa, Berlin, Germany (03/10/2009-03/11/2009)....continue...

1 CD / CPO /
2009-10-27
Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata in G minor, BWV 1029; Sonata in D major, BWV 1028; Sonata in G major, BWV 1027; Sonata in G minor, BWV 527; Sonata in G major, BWV 525
Ensemble:
Cologne Camerata
All of the works on this release are arrangements - and in a twofold sense. First, the versions by Bach are arrangements of his own...continue...
Recording information: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (09/20/2006-09/23/2006)....continue...

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon /
2009-10-20
Works: Sergei Rachmaninov: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in G minor "Trio élégiaque"; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
Performers:
Lang Lang; Maisky, Mischa; Repin, Vadim
Lang Lang revisits giants of Russia's Romantic musical soul, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov, to reveal another side of his prodigious talent - his finesse as a...continue...
Recording information: Itzehoe, Theather Itzehoe (08/2009)....continue...
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1 CD / Challenge Records /
2009-10-13
Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Quartet for Strings no 1 in E flat major, Op. 12; Quintet for Strings no 1 in A major, Op. 18
Performers:
Moergastel, Edith van
Ensemble:
Matangi Quartet
Youthful freshness seems the trademark of this ensemble - Matangi plays Mendelssohn like the ink on the scores is still wet!...continue...
Recording information: Studio van Schuppen Veenendaal (08/13/2008-08/14/2008); Studio van Schuppen Veenendaal (08/18/2008-08/19/2008)....continue...

1 CD / Academy /
2009-10-13
Works: Friedrich Goldmann: Line/Splinter 2; Sonata for Piano; Trio for French Horn, Violin and Piano; Piano Pieces (4); Calmo, esitando un po'; Intermezzi (2) for Piano
Performers:
Beisse, Dirk; Kanajan, Chatschatur; Lehmann, Bjorn; Pate, Christiane; Vogel, Christian [Clarinet]; Yogev, Noam
The works by Friedrich Goldmann presented on this CD span a period of over 40 years - from the two Intermezzos for piano of 1963...continue...
Recording information: Konzertsaal der UdK Berlin Bundesallee (03/09/2007-03/10/2007)....continue...
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1 CD / Praga /
2009-10-13
Works: Bedrich Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor "From My Life"; Jean Sibelius: String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56 "Voces intimae"; Andante Festivo, JS 34a
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players. Recording information: Prague, Domovina Studio....continue...
1 CD / SOMM /
2009-10-13
Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord in D minor, BWV 1059; Musical Offering, BWV 1079; Trio Sonata for Organ no 3 in D minor, BWV 527
Performers:
Jackson, Nicholas
Ensemble:
Concertante of London
The Concertante of London is a baroque ensemble founded by the conductor Nicholas Jackson in 2002 whose players and singers are chosen from the cream...continue...
Recording information: St. George's Church, London (07/23/2007-07/25/2007)....continue...

1 CD / Alpha Productions /
2009-10-13
Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Trio Sonata for Organ no 1 in E flat major, BWV 525; Trio Sonata for Organ no 2 in C minor, BWV 526; Trio Sonata for Organ no 3 in D minor, BWV 527; Trio Sonata for Organ no 4 ...
Performers:
Alard, Benjamin
Born in 1985, Benjamin Alard is already one of the leading figures of the young baroque generation. In 2004 he won First Prize and the...continue...
Recording information: Eglise Saint-Louis en l'Ile, Paris (11/2008)....continue...
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