"A great ensemble . . .perfectly formed instrumental details are dropped into the pulse the way leaves drop onto the surface of the brook."
American Record Guide
 

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Muir String Quartet
with Mitchell Lurie, clarinet

Quintet for Clarinet and
String Quartet in B minor,
Op. 115
by Johannes Brahms

Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet in A Major,
K. 581
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

"a unique recording (featuring) exquisite musicianship. I must have a dozen recordings of these two works, but none of them can touch - let alone surpass - the unbridled musicality expressed here. Every turn of phrase, nuance and shading is just unbelievably beautiful."

American Record Guide

David Deveau, piano

Carnaval Op. 9
Kreisleriana Op. 16
by Robert Schumann

"Mr. Deveau's performance is clean, straightforward, extremely well-played and handsomely engineered; Deveau brings out the musical interconnections and mirrored voices with subtlety and taste."

American Record Guide

Muir String Quartet

String Quartet Op. 132
and Grosse Fugue
by Ludwig van Beethoven

"The Muir Quartet is now among the very best quartets playing, and this disc is a part of what I hope will be a legacy of great recording documenting and preserving its wondrous art."

American Record Guide

Muir String Quartet

String Quartet Op. 96
"American"
by Antonin Dvorak

String Quartet Op. Posth.
"Death and the Maiden"
by Franz Schubert

"A great ensemble . . .the Muir's Schubert seems continually refreshed. Perfectly formed instrumental details are dropped into the pulse the way leaves drop onto the surface of the brook."

American Record Guide

Muir String Quartet
with Mitchell Lurie, clarinet
and Michele Levin, piano

Quintet for Clarinet
and Strings, Op. 146
by Max Reger

Quartet for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano, (1938)
by Paul Hindemith

"Incisive performances . . . The Reger-Hindemith is a revelation."

Washington Post

Muir String Quartet

String Quartet, Op. 130
and
String Quartet, Op. 135
by Ludwig van Beethoven

"They keep (Beethoven's) music intensely alive, whether in the slow movements that all but stop time or in the whirlwind fugues, which are full of fury and true to the lavish markings on the scores."

Vancouver Sun

Michael Reynolds, cello

Complete Suites
for Solo Cello
by J.S. Bach

"Peaceful and full of quiet assurance . . . The minor key suites are replete with passion...Reynolds' tone is rich and gutsy."

American Record Guide

Muir String Quartet with
 Carol Wincenc, flute
 Luis Batlle, piano
 Douglas Webster, baritone
 Todd Seeber, double bass
 Nicholas Tulliez, harp

Performing works by
Hietor Villa-Lobos
"Assobio a Jato"
Samuel Barber
"Canzone, Dover Beach"
Howard Hansen
 "Serenade"
Lucas Foss
"For Toru"
Percy Aldridge Grainger
"Molly on the Shore"
Maurice Ravel
"Chansons Madecasses"

 

Yehuda Hanani, cello
 Michele Levin, piano

Sonata in A Minor, D.821 "Arpeggione"
and
Sonatina in D Major, Op. 137, No. 1, D.384
(arr by Yehuda Hanani)
by Franz Schubert

Stucke im Volkston,
in A Minor op. 102
and
Fantasie Stucke
by Robert Schumann

Kathleen Reynolds, bassoon
Mitchell Lurie, clarinet
Michelle Levin, piano
Dominic Donato, percussion
Terence Reynolds, horn
William Scharnberg, horn
Stacey Shames, harp

Performing works by
Francis Poulenc
"Trio pour piano, clarinette, et basson a Manuel de Falla"
Mikhail Glinka
"Sonate fur Fagott und Klavier"
"Trio Pathetique in d minor (1827)"
Jules Massenet
"Under the Linden Trees"
Reinhold Gliere
"Impromtu Op.35, No.9"
"Humoresque Op. 35, No. 6"
Paul Chihara
"The Beauty of the Rose is in its Passing"
Gabriel Faure
"Piece"
Jean-Michel Damase
"Aria op. 7 pour Fernand Mestres"


"Stylish, poignant...a strongly recommended listening experience. The Glinka trio stands with the best recorded versions available."

William Nichols

Muir String Quartet with
Maria Lambros, viola
Ilse-Mari Lee, cello

String Quartet in C Major,
K.465
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Italian Serenade
for String Quartet
by Hugo Wolf

Souvenir de Florence
for String Sextet
by Peter Illyich Tschaikovsky

 


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