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Live performance of Schubert's Erlkönig D.328, with Simon Wallfisch, baritone
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Britten's Endgame | CRUX PRODUCTIONS
The Fitzwilliam Quartet plays String Quartet no. 3, 'Recitative and Passacaglia' by Benjamin Britten in this film by John Bridcut
Linn Records
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Schubert: Late String Quartets
Bruckner: String Quintet and Quartet
Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge
Haydn: The Seven Last Words
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet
Bruckner: String Quintet and Quartet
Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge
Haydn: The Seven Last Words
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet
Period Instruments
The Fitzwilliam play on both period and modern instruments.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Allegretto from Shostakovich Quartet No 14
Lucy Russell & Jonathan Sparey (violins), Alan George (viola), Nicola Tait Baxter (cello)
Lucy Russell & Jonathan Sparey (violins), Alan George (viola), Nicola Tait Baxter (cello)
The FSQ made its name in the 1970s as the first group to record Shostakovich's complete string quartets. 50 years later, Shostakovich continues to feature prominently in the group's repertoire.
New Music
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UWE STEINMETZ: ABSOLUTELY!
Divine Art Records The creation of German Saxophonist and composer Uwe Steinmetz, fuses Jazz and Classical as well as new and old with original compositions by Uwe Steinmetz and improvisations over music by Purcell and Bach played by the FSQ, Steinmetz and Grammy-winning Jazz violinist Mads Tolling. |
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JOHN RAMSAY: STRING QUARTETS 1-4
Divine Art Records John Ramsay's Romantic 'post-modernist' music is pure self expression: passionate and driven and, at the opposite end of the spectrum, heartfelt and mournful. |
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MICHAEL BLAKE: STRING QUARTETS 1, 2
PIANO QUINTET South African composer Michael Blake captures the sound-world of traditional African musics in string quartets and a piano quintet. |