The London String Quartet - 1917-1951 Recordings

Beethoven, Ludwig van, Bloch, Ernest, Brahms, Johannes, Bridge, Frank, Debussy, Claude, Dohnanyi, Ernst von, Elgar, Edward, Franck, Cesar, Haydn, Joseph, Kreisler, Fritz, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, Ravel, Maurice, Schubert, Franz, Schumann, Robert, Vaughan Williams, Ralph

London String Quartet

MACD-1253

The London String Quartet was Britain’s leading chamber ensemble for two decades and 2010 marked the centenary of its first concerts. Equally well known in America, this collection includes five programmes performed at the Library of Congress from 1943 to 1951, issued here for the first time. The collection includes well known works, as well as more obscure ones by Bridge, Kreisler and Foster.

Works:
• Beethoven: String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59 No. 3 'Rasumovsky No. 3'
• Beethoven: String Quartet No. 11 in F minor Op. 95 'Serioso'
• Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
• Bloch, E: Paysages (Landscapes)v Bloch, E: Pieces (5) for string quartet
• Brahms: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2
• Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 in B flat major, Op. 67
• Bridge: An Irish Melody, "Londonderry Air"
• Bridge: Three Idylls
• Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
• Dohnányi: String Quartet No. 2 in D flat major, Op. 15
• Elgar: String Quartet in E minor, Op. 83
• Foster, S: Beautiful Dreamer
• Foster, S: Camptown Races
• Foster, S: Gentle Annie
• Foster, S: I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
• Foster, S: O Susannah
• Foster, S: Old Black Joe
• Foster, S: Old folks at home
• Foster, S: Sweet Laura Lee
• Franck, C: String Quartet in D major
• Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 2 in D minor 'Fifths'
• Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 3 in C major 'Emperor'
• Kreisler: String Quartet in A minor
• McEwen: String Quartet No. 6 in A major 'Biscay'
• Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K465 'Dissonance'
• Ravel: String Quartet in F major
• Schubert: String Quartet No. 12 in C minor (fragment), D703 ‘Quartettsatz'
• Schubert: String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D804 'Rosamunde'
• Schumann: String Quartet No. 3 in A major, Op. 41 No. 3
• Toch: String Quartet No. 12, Op. 70
• Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge

CD x 8

Music & Arts

19/09/2011

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