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Welcome to "For the Record," Violinist.com's weekly roundup of new releases of recordings by violinists, violists, cellists and other classical musicians. We hope it helps you keep track of your favorite artists, as well as find some new ones to add to your listening!
The Jasper String Quartet releases 'Insects and Machines' - Vivian Fung's String Quartets - on Sono Luminus, the premiere commercial recording of Fung's Quartets Nos. 1-4. The portrait album was recorded by the Jasper String Quartet (violinists J Freivogel and Karen Kim, violist Andrew Gonzalez, and cellist Rachel Henderson Freivogel).
Joseph Haydn, it’s generally agreed, invented the string quartet. And having done so, he re-invented it: again and again. Take his quartet Op. 20, No. 2, of 1772 – the first item in the Takacs Quartet’s recital last week at the Wigmore Hall. The cello propels itself forward and upward, then starts to warble like
Orava Quartet's dazzling second album has been worth the wait.
Hyderabad composer Vivek Venugopal aka Visita invokes fleeting moments of serenity, whimsy and nature on his latest work Opp. 9 & 13, which is created with musicians from Russia’s storied Bolshoi Theater.