All New-Orford-Quartet articles
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Review
Brahms: Two String Quartets op.51
The Strad Issue: February 2016Description: Playing of warmth that gets to the heart of Brahms’s elusive quartetsMusicians: New Orford QuartetComposer: BrahmsBrahms’s op.51 string quartets synthesise Beethovenian structural integrity with Schubertian lyricism under high musical pressure. The resulting contrapuntal compression was to have a vital creative impact on ...
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Review
Hétu: Complete Chamber Music for Strings
The Strad Issue: June 2015Description: Chamber works by a French-trained Canadian composerMusicians: New Orford Quartet, Steven Dann (viola) Colin Carr (cello) Timothy Hutchins (flute)Composer: HétuThis vividly recorded CD gathers the complete chamber music for strings – spanning almost half a century – of Canadian composer Jacques Hétu ...