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Shostakovich: String Quartets Vol 3 / Mandelring String Quartet

1 Super Audio CD / Audite / 2008-03-12

Works: Dmitri Shostakovich: Quartet for Strings no 5 in B flat major, Op. 92; Quartet for Strings no 7 in F sharp minor, Op. 108; Quartet for Strings no 9 in E flat major, Op. 117
Performers: Glassl, Roland; Schmidt, Bernhard [Cello]; Schmidt, Nanette; Schmidt, Sebastian
Conductors:
Ensemble: Mandelring String Quartet

In the string quartets on this recording (Nos. 5, 7 and 9) Shostakovich not only interpreted the achievements of his great role model Beethoven into...continue...

Brahms, Dessof: String Quartets / Mandelring String Quartet

1 CD / Audite / 2007-08-22

Works: Johannes Brahms: Quartet for Strings no 2 in A minor, Op. 51/2; Felix Dessoff: Quartet for Strings in F major, Op. 7
Performers: Schetzbach, Michael; Schmidt, Bernhard [Cello]; Schmidt, Nanette; Schmidt, Sebastian
Conductors:
Ensemble: Mandelring String Quartet

Although now forgotten, Felix Otto Dessoff shared much in common, in musicality and personality, with Brahms. As a conductor, he premiered Brahms' Symphony No. 1...continue...

Brahms, Herzogenberg: String Quartets / Mandelring Quartet

1 CD / Audite / 2007-07-11

Works: Johannes Brahms: Quartet for Strings no 3 in B flat major, Op. 67; Heinrich Herzogenberg: Quartet for Strings in G minor, Op. 42 no 1
Performers: Glassl, Roland; Schmidt, Bernhard [Cello]; Schmidt, Nanette; Schmidt, Sebastian
Conductors:
Ensemble: Mandelring String Quartet

Herzogenberg and his wife Elisabet were at the center of musical life with the Gewandhaus and Leipzig Bach Society as its focus. Their circle included...continue...

Shostakovich: String Quartets, Vol II / Manderling Quartet

1 Super Audio CD / Audite / 2007-04-18

Works: Dmitri Shostakovich: Quartet for Strings no 3 in F major, Op. 73; Quartet for Strings no 6 in G major, Op. 101; Quartet for Strings no 8 in C minor, Op. 110
Performers: Schetzbach, Michael; Schmidt, Bernhard [Cello]; Schmidt, Nanette; Schmidt, Sebastian
Conductors:
Ensemble: Mandelring String Quartet

With his 8th String Quartet, composed in Dresden in 1960, the 53-year old Shostakovich offers a shattering insight into his personal life and its struggles....continue...

Schubert: String Quartets Vol 3 / Mandelring Quartett

1 Super Audio CD / Audite / 2006-07-01

Works: Franz Schubert: Quartet for Strings no 15 in G major, D 887/Op. 161; Quartet for Strings no 9 in G minor, D 173
Performers: Glassl, Roland; Schmidt, Bernhard [Cello]; Schmidt, Nanette; Schmidt, Sebastian
Conductors:
Ensemble: Mandelring String Quartet

In his two 'String Quartets' in g-minor and G-Major Schubert, in the space of eleven years, strode across the entire cosmos of his quartet writing:...continue...

Schubert: String Quartets Vol 2 / Mandelring Quartet

1 Super Audio CD / Audite / 2005-03-01

Works: Franz Schubert: Quartet for Strings no 13 in A minor, D 804/Op. 29 no 1 "Rosamunde"; Quartet for Strings no 11 in E major, D 353/Op. 125 no 2
Performers: Glassl, Roland; Schmidt, Bernhard [Cello]; Schmidt, Nanette; Schmidt, Sebastian
Conductors:
Ensemble: Mandelring String Quartet

Brahms, Gernsheim: String Quartets / Mandelring Quartet

1 CD / Audite / 2004-09-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Quartet for Strings no 1 in C minor, Op. 51/1; Friedrich Gernsheim: Quartet for Strings no 2 in A minor, Op. 31
Performers: Schetzbach, Michael; Schmidt, Bernhard [Cello]; Schmidt, Nanette; Schmidt, Sebastian
Conductors:
Ensemble: Mandelring String Quartet