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Recordings
NEW RELEASE: MAY 2016
FRANCK Piano Quintet – DEBUSSY String Quartet
Hyperion Records
Takács Quartet – Hyperion CDA68061
César Franck (1822-1890)
Piano Quintet in F minor M7 [37'14]
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
String Quartet in G minor L91 [25'10]
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Click here for complete Gramophone review (May 2016) »
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OCTOBER 2015 RELEASE
Janáček & Smetana String Quartets
Hyperion Records
Takács Quartet – Hyperion CDA67987
Bedŕich Smetana (1824-1884)
String Quartet No 1 in E minor 'From my life' [27'02]
Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)
String Quartet No 1 'The Kreutzer Sonata' JW VII/8 [18'37]
String Quartet No 2 'Intimate letters' JW VII/13 [25'49]
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The new Hyperion CD of the Takács Quartet performing Smetana's Quartet No. 1 and Janáček's Quartet No. 1 (The Kreutzer Sonata) and Quartet No. 2 (Intimate Letters) has already received high praise from The London Guardian.
APRIL 2015 RELEASE
Dmitri Shostakovich:
Piano Quintet & String Quartet No 2 —
Hyperion Records
Takács Quartet, Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
String Quartet No 2 in A major Op 68 [35'11]
Piano Quintet in G minor Op 57 [35'15]
Hyperion CDA67987
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Released on the Hyperion label in March, 2015: the Takács Quartet performing the Shostakovich Piano Quintet with pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin and the Shostakovich String Quartet No. 2.
APRIL 2014 RELEASE
Johannes Brahms:
String Quintets —
Hyperion Records
Takács Quartet, Lawrence Power (viola)
String Quintet No 1 in F major Op 88 [26'47]
String Quintet No 2 in G major Op 111 [30'09]
Hyperion CDA67900.
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Here the Takacs Quartet collaborates with Britain's greatest living viola player, Lawrence Power, who has proved himself a remarkable chamber musician. "It was in the G major string quartet..that the Takacs players again hit special heights, achieving near-miracles of balance and interplay, with Geraldine Walther and guest Lawrence Power delivering a masterclass of contrasting by complimentary viola playing". – London Guardian
NOVEMBER 2013 RELEASE
Benjamin Britten:
String Quartets Nos 1, 2 & 3 —
Hyperion Records
Gramophone "Editor's Choice for November, 2013
Takács Quartet
String Quartet No 1 in D major Op 25
String Quartet No 2 in C major Op 36
String Quartet No 3 Op 94
Hyperion CDA68004 . Link to information and sound clips
NOVEMBER 2012 RELEASE
Franz Schubert: String Quintet & String Quartet D703 —
Hyperion Records
Takács Quartet
String Quintet in C major D956
String Quartet in C minor 'Quartettsatz' D703
Hyperion CDA67864 . Link to information and sound clips
NOVEMBER 2011 RELEASES
Joseph Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 71 — Hyperion Records
Takács Quartet
String Quartet in B flat major Op 71 No 1
String Quartet in D major Op 71 No 2
String Quartet in E flat major Op 71 No 3
Hyperion CDA67793. Link to information and sound clips
Joseph Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 74 — Hyperion Records
Takács Quartet
String Quartet in C major Op 74 No 1
String Quartet in F major Op 74 No 2
String Quartet in G minor 'Rider' Op 74 No 3
Hyperion CDA67781. Link to information and sound clips
NOVEMBER 2009 RELEASE
Schumann: String Quartet & Piano Quintet — Hyperion Records
Takács Quartet, Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)
Schumann: String Quartet in A Major Op. 41 No. 3
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E Flat Major, Op. 44
Hyperion CDA67631. Link to information and sound clips
FINALIST GRAMOPHONE AWARDS 2009
Brahms: String Quartets, Opp. 67 & 51/1 — Hyperion Records
Takács Quartet
Brahms: String Quartet in B Flat Major, Op. 67
Brahms: String Quartet in C minor, Op. 51/1
Hyperion CDA67552. Link to information and sound clips
GRAMMY AWARD NOMINATION 2008
Brahms: String Quartet & Piano Quintet — Hyperion Records
Takács Quartet, Stephen Hough (piano)
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
Brahms: String Quartet in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2
Hyperion CDA67552. Link to information and sound clips
OTHER HYPERION RECORDINGS
Schubert: "Death & the Maiden" & "Rosamunde"
Takács Quartet
String Quartet No 14 in D minor 'Death and the Maiden', D810
String Quartet No 13 in A minor 'Rosamunde', D804
Hyperion CDA67585. Link to information and sound clips
DECCA RECORDINGS
Bartok: The Six String Quartets
1998 Gramophone Award Winner, Best Chamber Music Recording
1 DVDV 074 3141. Link to information and sound clips »
Beethoven:
The Early Quartets Op. 18 Nos. 1-6
2004 Japanese Recording Academy Award
String Quartet No.2 in G, Op.18 No.2
String Quartet No.3 in D, Op.18 No.3
String Quartet No.4 in C minor, Op.18 No.4
String Quartet No.5 in A, Op.18 No.5
String Quartet No.6 in B flat, Op.18 No.6
2 CDs 470 8482. Link to information and sound clips
Beethoven: The Middle Quartets
2002 GRAMMY Award Winner, Best Chamber Music Recording
2002 Gramophone Award Winner, Best Chamber Music Recording
2002 Japanese Recording Academy Award
2002 Chamber Music America Award
String Quartet No.7 in F, Op.59 No.1 - "Rasumovsky No. 1"
String Quartet No.10 in E flat, Op.74 - "Harp"String Quartet No.8 in E minor,
Op.59 No.2 — "Rasumovsky No. 2"
String Quartet No.9 in C, Op.59 No.3 - "Rasumovsky No. 3"
2 CDs 470 8472. Link to information and sound clips »
Beethoven: The Late Quartets
2005 BBC Music Magazine Record of the Year
2005 Gramophone Award, Chamber Music
2005 Classical Brits Award, Chamber Music
2005 Japanese Recording Academy Award
String Quartet No.12 in E flat, Op.127
String Quartet No.14 in C sharp minor, Op.131
String Quartet No.15 in A minor, Op.132
String Quartet No.16 in F, Op.135
String Quartet No.11 in F minor, Op.95 - "Serioso"
String Quartet No.13 in B flat, Op.130
3 CDs 470 8492. Link to information and sound clips »
Brahms: String Quartets & Piano Quintet
Takács Quartet, András Schiff
String Quartet No.1 in C minor, Op.51 No.1
String Quartet No.2 in A minor, Op.51 No.2
Piano Quintet in F minor, Op.34
String Quartet No.3 in B flat, Op.67
2 CDs 475 6525. Link to information and sound clips
Borodin
String Quartet No. 2 in D Major
452 239-2
Chausson
Concert for piano, violin and string quartet
Takács Quartet with Joshua Bell, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and Steven Isserlis
1 CD 475 6850. Link to information and sound clips
Dvořák
String Quartet Op. 96 "American" String Quartet Op. 105
Five Bagatelles, Op.
47430 077-2
Dvořák
String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 51
Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81 with Andreas Haefliger
289 66197-2
Haydn
String Quartets Op. 76, Nos. 1-3
421 360-2
Haydn
String Quartets Op. 76, Nos. 4 - 6
425 467-2
Haydn
String Quartets Op. 77, Nos. 1 and 2
String Quartet Op. 103
430 199-2
Mozart
String Quintet in C Major, K. 515
String Quintet in g minor, K. 516
Adagio and Fugue in c minor, K. 546 with Gyorgy Pauk
430 772-2
Schubert
Takács Quartet with Miklos Perenyi
String Quintet in C Major, D. 956
436 324-2
Schubert
Takács Quartet with Andreas Haefliger
String Quartet in G Major D. 887 Notturno
452 854-2
Smetana
String Quartet No. 1 in e minor
"From My Life"
452 239-2
ARTEK RECORDINGS
Schubert
Quartet in G Major, and works by Borodin & Smetana
Available through www.artekrecordings.com
