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Brahms: String Sextet, Quartet / Rohde, Bruns, Leipzig SQ

1 CD / MD&G / 2005-04-26

Works: Johannes Brahms: Sextet for Strings no 2 in G major, Op. 36; Quartet for Strings no 1 in C minor, Op. 51/1
Performers: Bruns, Peter; Rohde, Hartmut
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Ensemble: Leipzig String Quartet

Described as 'one of the towering and most versatile quartets of our time', the Leipzig String Quartet has been praised as 'sophisticated and imaginative' and...continue...

Mendelssohn: Complete String Quartets Vol 4 /Leipzig Quartet

1 CD / MD&G / 2004-05-25

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Octet for strings in E flat major, Op. 20; Quartet for Strings in E flat major
Performers: Rohde, Hartmut; Sanderling, Michael; Wollong, Matthias; Yu, Yamei
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Ensemble: Leipzig String Quartet

"This is a fine recording of the Octet. The Leipzig Quartet is joined by four musicians of equal caliber and like musical minds." - Fine,...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
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Ensemble: Leipzig String Quartet

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
These are performances of exceptional finesse and integrity. Such qualities are immediately apparent at the opening of No 6 where, amid the...continue...

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
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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; Quartet for Strings no 15 in A minor ("Heiliger Dankgesang"), Op. 132
Performers: Büning, Tilman; Bauer, Ivo; Moosdorf, Matthias; Seidel, Andreas
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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
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Ensemble: Leipzig String Quartet

A. Romberg: String Quartets Vol 2 / Leipzig Quartet

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

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

Brahms: String Sextet, String Quartet / Leipzig Quartet

1 CD / MD&G / 2000-06-27

Works: Johannes Brahms: Quartet for Strings no 3 in B flat major, Op. 67; Sextet for Strings no 1 in B flat major, Op. 18
Performers: Sanderling, Michael
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Ensemble: Leipzig String Quartet

"This reading of the sextet has a wonderful variety of textures, many degrees of shadow and light...This ensemble does a wonderful job with the rolled-chord...continue...

A. Romberg: String Quartets Vol 1 / Leipzig Quartet

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

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

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

Fanfare
Best of all, the young musical understanding to Beethoven¦s stylistically most advanced and emotionally ambiguous string quartet.
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