THIS fascinating new disc from the revered Fitzwilliam String Quartet with guest violist James Boyd almost reconciles the strands of what I call “the Bruckner problem”. The Austrian is a “love him or ...

The Goldner String Quartet judges the Elgar idiom persuasively, finding that blend of sensibility and muscularity, wistful meditation and optimistic motivation. The main works are the E minor String ...

When I first heard the Verus String Quartet, it was at the ARD International Music Competition in 2008, where the then-two year old ensemble had impressed me throughout – especially with their ...

The snatch of ambient noise before this set’s first item, coupled with the Gabrieli Players’ performance, could convince the unwary that this is a handsomely scrubbed up historical recording. Elgar’s ...

In his later years, American composer Morton Feldman wrote long compositions.\n\ Really, really long compositions. Piano and String Quartet ... Feldman fans have been waiting for a recording of String ...

The Paris-based Quatuor Diotima mark their 20th anniversary with a clutch of new recordings. The centrepiece is this very fine set devoted to the Second Viennese School, which is perhaps the best ...

A string quartet paying tribute to the high energy, high velocity Mahavishnu Orchestra of the early 1970s? An oxymoronic concept perhaps, but Veinnese radio.string.quartet's Celebrating The Mahavishnu ...

Coming in at No 3 behind Beethoven’s Choral Symphony and Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto, Schubert’s C major String Quintet of 1828 has long been a favourite on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, ...

The Danish String Quartet returned to Carnegie Hall with its Doppelgänger project, pairing Schubert’s String Quintet and a premiere by Adès. By Joshua Barone The group returned to Zankel Hall for the ...

The performance of the Hummel Grand Concerto for bassoon from 1805 here is just superb. French-born Sophie Dervaux (née Dartigalongue, just like the armagnac) is principal bassoon in the Vienna ...

The Hampton String Quartet are known for their inventive arrangements of classic rock tunes, like "Whole Lotta Love" by Led Zeppelin. But on their latest CD they offer new takes on old holiday ...