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Mendelssohn: Symphony no 1 & 5, etc / Gollej, Fauth, et al

1 CD / MD&G / 2008-01-08

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"; Symphony no 5 in D major, Op. 107 "Reformation"; Ruy Blas Overture, Op. 95; Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 11
Performers: Fauth, Gerald; Gollej, Olga; Moosdorf, Matthias; Seidel, Andreas

When a few musicians take on the task of a whole orchestra, the composer's excellence and the arranger's fine touch are brought to light -...continue...

SCENE Hommage à Stravinsky / Ensemble Avantgarde

1 CD / MD&G / 2007-10-23

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Pieces (3) for String Quartet
Performers: Büning, Tilman; Bauer, Ivo; Moosdorf, Matthias; Seidel, Andreas
Ensemble: Leipzig String Quartet

Stravinsky was a composer who would write out whatever piece of music he was inspired to compose no matter what the forces required or how...continue...

Beethoven: String Quartets Op 18 no 3 & 6 / Leipzig Quartet

1 CD / MD&G / 2002-10-22

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 6 in B flat major, Op. 18 no 6; Quartet for Strings no 3 in D major, Op. 18 no 3
Performers: Büning, Tilman; Bauer, Ivo; Moosdorf, Matthias; Seidel, Andreas
Ensemble: Leipzig String Quartet

Mozart: String Quartets KV 458 & 465 /Leipzig String Quartet

1 CD / MD&G / 2002-07-23

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet for Strings no 17 in B flat major, K 458 "Hunt"; Quartet for Strings no 19 in C major, K 465 "Dissonance"
Performers: Büning, Tilman; Bauer, Ivo; Moosdorf, Matthias; Seidel, Andreas
Ensemble: Leipzig String Quartet

Beethoven: String Quartets Op 127 & 132 / Leipzig Quartet

1 CD / MD&G / 2002-03-26

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fugue for String Quintet in D major Op. 137; String Quartet No. 15 in A minor ("Heiliger Dankgesang"), Op. 132
Performers: Büning, Tilman; Bauer, Ivo; Moosdorf, Matthias; Seidel, Andreas
Ensemble: Leipzig String Quartet

"These are excellent readings of the quartets Opus 127 and 132 recorded in a rather live studio. This quartet takes II of Opus 127 at...continue...

Mendelssohn: Complete String Quartets Vol 1 /Leipzig Quartet

1 CD / MD&G / 2001-11-20

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Quartet for Strings no 2 in A minor, Op. 13; Quartet for Strings no 1 in E flat major, Op. 12
Performers: Büning, Tilman; Bauer, Ivo; Moosdorf, Matthias; Seidel, Andreas
Ensemble: Leipzig String Quartet

A. Romberg: String Quartets Vol 2 / Leipzig Quartet

1 CD / MD&G / 2001-03-27

Works: Andreas Romberg: String Quartet in B minor, Op. 30/1; String Quartet in G minor, Op. 16/2; String Quartet in A minor, Op. 2/2
Performers: Büning, Tilman; Bauer, Ivo; Moosdorf, Matthias; Seidel, Andreas
Ensemble: Leipzig String Quartet

I often wade through many linear feet of CDs to come up with one album that is half as pleasing as this one. This is...continue...

A. Romberg: String Quartets Vol 1 / Leipzig Quartet

1 CD / MD&G / 2000-05-23

Works: Andreas Romberg: String Quartet in F major, Op. 1/3; String Quartet in G minor, Op. 1/2; String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 1/1
Performers: Büning, Tilman; Bauer, Ivo; Moosdorf, Matthias; Seidel, Andreas
Ensemble: Leipzig String Quartet

"First-rate performances from the cultivated Leipzig Quartet." ***** -Wigmore, BBC Magazine...continue...

Beethoven: String Quartets Op 74, Op 59 no 3 / Leipziger

1 CD / MD&G / 1999-06-22

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 10 in E flat major, Op. 74 "Harp"; Quartet for Strings no 9 in C major, Op. 59 no 3 "Razumovsky"
Performers: Büning, Tilman; Bauer, Ivo; Moosdorf, Matthias; Seidel, Andreas
Ensemble: Leipzig String Quartet

"These performances seem to have everything: They are rhythmically powerful and yet intriguingly sensitive; they are tonally ravishing; they are in turn zestful and Romantic,...continue...

Beethoven: String Quartet Op 131 and 135 / Leipzig Quartet

1 CD / MD&G / 1998-07-21

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 16 in F major, Op. 135; Quartet for Strings no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131
Performers: Büning, Tilman; Bauer, Ivo; Moosdorf, Matthias; Seidel, Andreas
Ensemble: Leipzig String Quartet

Berio: Chamber Music - Serenata I, etc / Avantgarde

1 CD / MD&G / 1998-06-16

Works: Luciano Berio: Serenata I, for flute & 14 instruments; Sequenza IV, for piano; O King, for voice, flute, clarinet, violin, cello & piano; Sequenza IXa, for clarinet; Linea, ballet for 2 pianos, vibra...
Performers: Buning, Tilman; Christof, Josef; Klein, Kerstin; Kreher, Matthias; Moosdorf, Matthias; Nitzsche, Winfried; Schleiermacher, Steffen; Stopora, Stefan
Ensemble: Ensemble Avantgarde

Schubert: Complete String Quartets Vol 9 / Leipzig Quartet

1 CD / MD&G / 1998-01-20

Works: Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 11 in E major, D. 353 (Op. posth. 125/2); String Quartet No. 2 in C major (fragment), D. 32; Overture for string quintet in C minor, D. 8; String Quartet No. 10 in ...
Performers: Bauer, Ivo; Buning, Tilman; Moosdorf, Matthias; Rohde, Hartmut; Seidel, Andreas; Streichquartett, Leipziger
Ensemble: Leipziger Streichquartett

"With this ninth volume, the estimable Leipzig String Quartet...reaches the conclusion of what may well constitute a landmark undertaking: the first truly complete, integral recording...continue...

Schubert: Complete String Quartets Vol 8 / Leipzig Quartet

1 CD / MD&G / 1997-10-21

Works: Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 5 in B flat major (fragment), D. 68; String Quartet No. 4 in C major, D. 46; Komische Ländler (4) for 2 violins in D major, D. 354
Performers: Bauer, Ivo; Buning, Tilman; Moosdorf, Matthias; Seidel, Andreas; Streichquartett, Leipziger
Ensemble: Leipziger Streichquartett

"...MDG's recorded sound is splendid, and these CDs are highly recommended. Indeed, the Leipzig Quartet's series, when complete, may well prove to be one of...continue...

Schubert: Complete String Quartets Vol 7 / Leipzig Quartet

1 CD / MD&G / 1997-08-19

Works: Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 7 in D major, D. 94; String Quartet No. 9 in G minor, D. 173; String Quartet No. 12 in C minor ("Quartettsatz"), D. 703
Performers: Bauer, Ivo; Buning, Tilman; Moosdorf, Matthias; Seidel, Andreas
Ensemble: Leipziger Streichquartett

Schubert: Complete String Quartets Vol 6 / Leipzig Quartet

1 CD / MD&G / 1997-03-18

Works: Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 3 in B flat major, D. 36; String Quartet No. 8 in B flat major, D. 112 (Op. posth. 168)
Performers: Bauer, Ivo; Buning, Tilman; Moosdorf, Matthias; Seidel, Andreas
Ensemble: Leipziger Streichquartett

Brahms: Clarinet Quintet, String Quartet no 2 / Leipzig

1 CD / MD&G / 1997-01-21

Works: Johannes Brahms: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor, Op. 115; Quartet for Strings no 2 in A minor, Op. 51 no 2
Performers: Bauer, Ivo; Buning, Tilman; Leister, Karl; Moosdorf, Matthias; Seidel, Andreas
Ensemble: Leipziger Streichquartett

"...Leister's tone colour is exquisite, tuning is so right one ceases to notice it, phrasing has all the undulations and points of interest of the...continue...

Beethoven: String Quartets / Leipziger Streichquartett

1 CD / MD&G / 1997-01-21

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 7 in F major, Op. 59 no 1 "Razumovsky"; Quartet for Strings in F major, Hess 34/Op. 14 no 1
Performers: Bauer, Ivo; Buning, Tilman; Moosdorf, Matthias; Seidel, Andreas
Ensemble: Leipziger Streichquartett

Feldman: Durations 1-V, Coptic Light / Morgan, et al

1 CD / CPO / 1997-01-01

Works: Morton Feldman: Durations 1, for alto flute, piano, violin & cello; Durations 2, for cello & piano; Durations 3, for tuba, violin & piano; Durations 4, for violin, cello & vibraphone; Durations 5, fo...
Performers: Angerhofer, Bernd; Christof, Josef; Moosdorf, Matthias; Seidel, Andreas; Stopora, Stefan
Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin ; Ensemble Avantgarde

"...All this music can be described as beautiful, but beautiful in an entirley non-banal sense. And that is Cage's legacy - rescuing beauty from our...continue...

Schubert: Complete String Quartets Vol 5 / Leipzig Quartet

1 CD / MD&G / 1996-11-19

Works: Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, D. 87 (Op. 125/1); String Quartet in C minor (one movement; String Quartet No. 6 in D major, D. 74
Performers: Bauer, Ivo; Buning, Tilman; Moosdorf, Matthias; Seidel, Andreas
Ensemble: Leipziger Streichquartett

Adorno, Eisler: Works for String Quartet / Leipziger

1 CD / CPO / 1996-11-01

Works: Hanns Eisler: String Quartet, Op. 75; Prelude and Fugue on the name of B-A-C-H, for string trio, Op. 46; Theodor W. Adorno: Studies (6) for string quartet; String quartet; Pieces (2) for string quart...
Performers: Bauer, Ivo; Buning, Tilman; Moosdorf, Matthias; Seidel, Andreas
Ensemble: Leipziger Streichquartett

Schubert: Complete String Quartets Vol 4 / Leipzig Quartet

1 CD / MD&G / 1996-09-24

Works: Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor ("Death and the Maiden"), D. 810; Minuet for string quartet in D major, D. 86; Minuets (5) and Trios (6) for string quartet , D. 89; German Dances (5)...
Performers: Bauer, Ivo; Buning, Tilman; Moosdorf, Matthias; Ockert, Christian; Seidel, Andreas
Ensemble: Leipziger Streichquartett