This is a wonderfully played pairing of perhaps the two greatest of all French string quartets. Both are late scores - Franck's huge work was completed in 1889, the year before the composer's death, ...

Formed in 2016 and awarded a residency three years later as part of the Britten Pears Young Artist Programme at Snape Maltings, the Eusebius Quartet left a most favourable impression with their debut ...

In the analogue era, the single string quartets by Debussy and Ravel, composed in 1893 and 1903 respectively, were an obvious and common combination, comfortably filling one LP. These days, however, ...

THOUGH they are recorded in chronological order, there's a case for listening to Fauré's quartet first, if you are intent on a string quartet session. The two French composers, often seen as opposites ...

Ravel and Fauré each left a single quartet, not museum pieces but living arguments about line, colour and tact. Quartetto Noûs approach them like restorers who digitise a vintage photograph at high ...

This recording has sat unissued in RCA's vaults for 15 years, possibly because it was made too soon after Evgeny Kissin's recording of Rachmaninov's Third Concerto on the same label. Another likely ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by By Vivien Schweitzer Sometimes there is a moment in a concert when the music-making suddenly comes into focus. During the Emerson String Quartet’s ...

Beethoven, “The Middle String Quartets” performed by the Cypress String Quartet Opp. 59, 74 and 95 (Avie, three discs). What have long been called Beethoven’s “Middle Quartets” are the three quartets ...

The greater part of Frederica von Stade’s career is behind her, but the resplendent Bay Area mezzo-soprano continues to make public appearances that are judiciously chosen to showcase the beauty and ...