Slavonic Archive
TANEYEV: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 4 = Quartet No. 9; Quartet No. 6 – Carpe Diem String Q. – Naxos
The Carpe Diem String Quartet extends its gratifying traversal of Sergey Taneyev’s chamber music. TANEYEV: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 4 = Quartet No. 9 in A Major; Quartet No. 6 in B-flat Major, Op. 19 – Carpe Diem String Quartet – Naxos 8.573470, 65:42 (12/11/15) ****: The Carpe Diem String Quartet – Charles Wetherbee and […]
PART: Peace upon you; Morning Star; The Woman With The Alabaster Box; The Deer’s Cry; Virgencita; Solfeggio; Zwei Beter; Tribute to Caesar; Summa; Memento; Alleluja-Tropus; Da pacem, Domine – Polyphony/ Stephen Layton – Hyperion
Simply one of the best Part albums ever made.
DVORAK: Symphony No. 8 in G Major; Ten Legends – Bournemouth Sym. Orch./ Jose Serebrier – Warner Classics
Jose Serebrier extends his affectionate survey of Dvorak with an effective pairing of both modest and grandly symphonic works.
RACHMANINOV: The Transcriptions = of works by RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, KREISLER, MUSSORGSKY, SCHUBERT, BIZET, BACH, Etc. – Howard Shelley, p. – Helios
Howard Shelley imbues virtuosity of expression and salon intimacy on these Rachmaninov transcriptions, extending through the composer’s creative life.
GLAZUNOV: String Quartet No. 3 in G Major, “Slavonic”; Idyll; String Quartet No. 4 in A Minor – Zemlinsky Q./ Christoph Ess, horn – Praga
The Zemlinsky Quartet reinvigorates the Glazunov chamber music legacy with three melodious works that warrant more familiarity.
DVORAK: String Sextet in A Major; Terzetto for 2 Violins and Viola; Terzetto for 2 Violins and Viola – Matthias Lingenfelder & Jens Oppermann, v./Stewart Eaton & Christian, Altenburger, viola/P. Demenga & Andreas Arndt, celli – Tacet
Eminently balanced and intoned with razor-sharp accuracy, these 2010 renditions of Dvorak’s largest chamber work and “household” trios prove enduring.
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