No one would deny the historical and musical significance of Chicago's Fine Arts Quartet. For WFMT in Chicago, Fine Arts gave many splendid radio broadcasts of chamber music in the early '50s through late '60s. Of course, the very idea of a string quartet broadcasting performances of chamber music on the radio now seems to belong to an incredibly ...
If you already know his broadly lyrical, brilliantly argued, and grandly epic symphonies; if your already know his brightly colored, warmly sentimental, and remarkably rhythmic ballets; and if you already know his richly textured, subtly shaded, and wildly virtuosic piano sonatas, the chamber music of the great Russian fin de sičcle composer ...
This disc is part of a series of recordings originally issued on the small, independent Orion label in the 1960s and 1970s -- years when big labels and big stars ruled the classical scene. Now that classical music is in the hands of small independents, fighting for its life (and perhaps emerging stronger as a result), Canada's Marquis label is ...
Naxos' Four American Quartets features four later twentieth century American string quartets, dating from 1948-1995, as performed by the Fine Arts Quartet, the same Fine Arts Quartet that has been around since 1946 and resident at the University of Wisconsin. Naturally, the lineup has changed completely from the original group, though until the ...
Mendelssohn is easy to identify. The tone is light and bright, the textures clear and clean, the tempos poised and alert, and the emotional content -- even in the darker and more passionate works -- always ultimately optimistic. And so it is here in this Naxos disc coupling Mendelssohn's two string quintets. Though the first in A major was written ...
There are many outstanding recordings of Fauré's two piano quintets available, and this 2009 Naxos disc by the Fine Arts Quartet with pianist Cristina Ortiz can take its place among the finest. The American chamber group plays with complete unanimity; though each musician is clearly an individual, in their more than 50 years together, the members ...
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