Sergey Taneyev’s String Quartet No. 7 in E flat major that opens the program on this Naxos CD was written in 1903. The opening movement is beautiful, and there is an almost Mozartean sophistication and elegance in its classical styling. In other aspects, such as the relaxed form and more...

Making their debut appearance on CD is the Arild Quartet with this Dacapo disc of music for string quartet by two Danish composers, C.F.E. Horneman and Asger Hamerik. The Arild is made up of musicians holding important positions with the Royal Danish Orchestra and the Odense Symphony...

February of 2013 marked the 250th anniversary of the birth of Bohemian composer Adalbert Gyrowetz (1763-1850). The string quartet form was central to Gyrowetz’ output as over sixty published works in the genre indicates, including sixteen that comprise his Opuses 1-3. This cpo release...

This Brilliant Classics CD contains the complete string quartets of Italian composer and violinist Pietro Nardini (1722-1793) performed by Quartetto Eleusi. Coming as they do from the time - from the decade actually - that the classical string quartet form as we know it emerged,...

Nostalgia - Lyrical Finnish Music for Strings is an exceptionally beautiful new release from Alba Records performed by the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra under Juha Kangas. Offering compositions by a mix of familiar names along with some that are little known, the music comes from about...

Inspired by paintings and photographs of the composer’s homeland, New Zealander Christopher Blake wrote the four works for string orchestra on this Atoll CD between 2000 and 2008. Performed by the Strings of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Young, these works are...