Kreutzer Quartet
Appearance
The Kreutzer Quartet is a British string quartet.
With their selected programs they have given concerts in Italy, Germany, France, Holland, Serbia, Montenegro, Sardinia, the United States, Spain, Cyprus, Poland and Lithuania.[1]
A further focus is the critical examination of not only recordings of classical works, but above all of contemporary string quartets by Robert Gerhard, Michael Finnissy, Harrison Birtwistle, Gloria Coates, Michael Tippett and Hafliði Hallgrímsson. There exist recordings on the labels Metier, Naxos,[2] NMC Recordings,[3] Chandos, Guild and New Focus.[4]
Members
- Peter Sheppard Skærved (violin)[5]
- Mihailo Trandafilovski[6] and Gordon MacKay (violin) before
- Clifton Harrison and zuvor Morgan Goff (alto)
- Neil Heyde (Violoncello)[7]
Recordings
- Kreutzer Quartet (2002) – Gloria Coates: Streichquartett Nr. 1, 5, 6 (Naxos 8.559091)
- Kreutzer Quartet (2003) – Gloria Coates: Streichquartett Nr. 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8 (Naxos 8.559152)
- Kreutzer Quartet (2010) – Gloria Coates: Streichquartett Nr. 9, "Solo Violin Sonata", "Lyric Suite" for Klaviertrio (Naxos 8.559666)
- Kreutzer Quartet – Gloria Coates – Streichquartette Nr. 1–9 (3-CD-Box-Set) (Naxos 8.503240)
- Kreutzer Quartet (2008) – Thomas Simaku: Streichquartett Nr. 2 and 3, Soliloquy I–III (Naxos 8.570428)
- Tapestry – Chamber music by Elliott Schwartz (Metier msv 28537)
- Grieg and Finnissy – piano quintets (first recording); Roderick Chadwick (piano); Kreutzer Quartett (Metier msv 28541)
- Michael Finnissy – Second and third string quartets (NMC Recordings D180)
References
- ^ Profil des Kreutzer Quartet, Divine Art Recording Group
- ^ Kreutzer Quartet, Naxos Classical Music.
- ^ The Kreutzer Quartet on ArchiveBot, NMC Recordings.
- ^ Kreutzer Quartet at AllMusic
- ^ The Kreutzer Quartet on Archive], Peter Sheppard Skærved.
- ^ Kreutzer Quartet, Mihailo Trandafilovski.
- ^ Professor Neil Heyde – Head of Research Programmes, Royal Academy of Music.
External links
- Literature by and about Kreutzer Quartet in the German National Library catalogue