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Live performance of Schubert's Erlkönig D.328, with Simon Wallfisch, baritone

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

Period Instruments

The Fitzwilliam play on both period and modern instruments. 
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Dmitri Shostakovich

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Allegretto from Shostakovich Quartet No 14
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 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.
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