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American Classics - Ives: String Quartets / Blair Quartet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-10-31

Works: Charles Ives: Fugue in C major; A Set of Short Pieces (3); Quartet for Strings no 2, for string quartet, S. 58 (K. 2A3)

"It's always good to have new recordings of Ives' two quartets (here including a bonus of the zany 'Scherzo for String Quartet'). They are wonderful...continue...

Chamber / American Festival of Microtonal Music

1 CD / Pitch / 2005-08-01

Works: Julian Carrillo: Preludio a Colon, for soprano, string quartet, flute, quartertone guitar & sixteenthtone harp; Lou Harrison: At the Tomb of Charles Ives, for trombone, 2 psalteries, 2 dulcimers, 3 h...
Performers: Bolotowsky, Andrew; Borden, Meredith; Suzuki, Michiyo
Conductors: Reinhard, Johnny
Ensemble: American Festival of Microtonal Music Ensemble

"Want to stretch your ears? This disc is one of the best introductions to the world of microtonal music. The program consists of six works,...continue...

Ives: Complete Muic for String Quartet / Leipzig Quartet

1 CD / MD&G / 2003-01-21

Works: Charles Ives: A Set of 3 Short Pieces, for string quartet, double bass & piano, S. 84 (K. 2B16); Fugue in C major; Adagio sostenuto; Largo Risoluto no 1, for string quartet & piano, S. 74 (K. 2B14); ...
Performers: Goritzki, Ingo; Kwak, Yeon-Hee; Schleiermacher, Steffen

"Several pieces here involve other instruments, including a marvellous depiction of Hallowe'en night, with its ribbons of scales in different keys rudely interrupted by thwacks...continue...

American Originals - Barber & Ives / Emerson String Quartet

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1993-01-19

Works: Charles Ives: Fugue in C major; A Set of 3 Short Pieces, for string quartet, double bass & piano, S. 84 (K. 2B16); Quartet for Strings no 2, for string quartet, S. 58 (K. 2A3); Samuel Barber: Quartet...
Performers: Drucker, Eugene; Dutton, Lawrence [Viola]; Finckel, David; Setzer, Philip
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Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet