Tag Archives: Strings
British Music for Strings III
Collection of string works by female British composers, Romantic to modern. Play!
Dancing on Glass
Varying, nice string chamber pieces by women composers, all contemporary.
Imagenes
Nice mix of contemporary works for string trio, also modern and baroque together. Play!
Playing on the Edge
The Sirius Quartet performs these new works that can be abrupt, but still gracious. Play!
Quadrants
Very interesting contemporary string quartets. Smart’s jazzy and beautiful. Play most!
Ullman, Krasa, Schulfhoff, Haas
Bennewitz Quartet performs works by these Czech composers, all perished by the Nazis. Intense, sad, nice.
Borodin, Weinberg, Shostakovich
String quartets by 3 composers performed by the Dragon Quartet, from the Romantic and modern eras. Weinberg’s String Quartet No. 5 in B fl maj. particularly lovely. Play!
Debussy and Ravel–Strings Quartets
The Jerusalem Quartet performs two string quartets, both recognizable and wonderful, by Ravel and Debussy. Play!
Songs & Dances
American works for ensemble with strings, flute or oboe. Play!
Dvorak, Janacek, Martinu–String Works
Beautiful Slavic works for string orchestra. Dvorak’s well known. Play!
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