Sergey Taneyev: String Quartets, Vol. 3 – Quartets nos 5 & 7 / Carpe Diem Quartet Aug06
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Sergey Taneyev: String Quartets, Vol. 3 - Qu...

Sergey Taneyev’s String Quartet No. 7 in E flat major that opens the program on this Naxos CD was written in 1903. The opening movement is beautiful, and there is an almost Mozartean sophistication and elegance in its classical styling. In other aspects, such as the relaxed form and more...

Belyayev Project – Piano trios by Rimsky-Korsakov; Glazunov; Blumenfeld Jul05
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Belyayev Project - Piano trios by Rimsky-Kor...

The unifying thread that runs through the program on this Profil CD titled “The Belyayev Project”, performed by pianist Miki Aoki, violinist Andrey Baranov and cellist Alexey Zhilin, is that all of these pieces were initially published by Mitrofan Belyayev as part of the Belaieff...

Théodore Gouvy: Serenades for Flute and Strings, et al. / Markus Bronnimann, flute Jun25
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Théodore Gouvy: Serenades for Flute and Strings, e...

This is the second album to appear on Expedition Audio dedicated entirely to the music of Théodore Gouvy (1819-1898). The program of an earlier recommendation on the cpo label is made up of his orchestral music; this Toccata Classics recording offers three chamber serenades for flute with...

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Vocalise - Music for flute & piano / Ad...

A program of transcriptions and original works for flute and piano, Vocalise highlights the brilliant artistry of flautist Adam Walker on a new release from Opus Arte. The human voice in song is the inspiration for the selection of music on Vocalise. Three of the six works were conceived for...

Nixon: Piano Trio No. 1; Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 / London Piano Trio Jun04
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Nixon: Piano Trio No. 1; Mendelssohn: Piano Trio N...

This Guild CD of romantic piano trios performed by the esteemed London Piano Trio is not appearing here on Expedition Audio for the fine recording of the Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1. While there is no shortage of splendid versions of this work available, there are no available versions of...

C.F.E. Horneman & Asger Hamerik: String Quartets / Arild Quartet May22
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C.F.E. Horneman & Asger Hamerik: String Quart...

Making their debut appearance on CD is the Arild Quartet with this Dacapo disc of music for string quartet by two Danish composers, C.F.E. Horneman and Asger Hamerik. The Arild is made up of musicians holding important positions with the Royal Danish Orchestra and the Odense Symphony...