Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Quartet for Strings no 5 in B flat major, Op. 92; Quartet for Strings no 6 in G major, Op. 101; Quartet for Strings no 7 in F sharp minor, Op. 108; Quartet for Strings no 8 in C ...
This is the first installment in the Pacifica Quartet's highly anticipated, four-volume CD survey of the complete Shostakovich string quartets: The Soviet Experience: String Quartets...continue...
Recording information: Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Performi (07/24/2010-05/15/2011)....continue...
Works: Alexander Borodin: Quartet for Strings no 1 in A major; Igor Stravinsky: Concertino, for string quartet; Nikolay Myaskovsky: Quartet for Strings no 13 in A minor, Op. 86
This is the acclaimed Borodin String Quartet's second recording for Onyx, and features three works by three great Russian composers. Borodin's remarkable first quartet, with...continue...
Recording information: Gnessin State Musical College, Moscow (11/18/2009-11/20/2009)....continue...
Works: Nikolay Myaskovsky: Quartet for Strings no 13 in A minor, Op. 86; Quartet for Strings no 1 in A minor, Op. 33 no 1
"The Renoir Quartet maintains the standard. They are, indeed, a remarkably well-organized group, with perfectly matched bow strokes and tone colors, and complete unanimity of...continue...
Recording information: Saint-Marcel Lutheran Church, Paris, France (06/15/2009-06/17/2009)....continue...
Works: Nikolay Myaskovsky: Quartet for Strings no 13 in A minor, Op. 86; Dmitry Shostakovich: Quartet for Strings no 1 in C major, Op. 49; Quartet for Strings no 8 in C minor, Op. 110
Founded by experienced chamber musicians steeped in the standards and style of the classic Russian school, the Kopelman Quartet carries forward a rich inheritance of...continue...
Works: Nikolay Myaskovsky: Quartet for Strings no 12 in G major, Op. 77; Quartet for Strings no 13 in A minor, Op. 86
Performers:
Levinzon, Josef; Lutzky, Grigory; Ovcharek, Vladimir; Solovyev, Vissarion Conductors: Ensemble:
Taneyev String Quartet
Northern Flowers brings us this recording from their St. Petersburg Musical Archive, continuing the series of string quartets by Myaskovsky. The S.I. Taneyev Quartet debuted...continue...