Raphael Quartet

Chilingirian Quartet - Edvard Grieg: String Quartets (1999) Reissue 2007

Chilingirian Quartet - Edvard Grieg: String Quartets (1999) Reissue 2007
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 299 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 149 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: Helios/Hyperion | # CDH55299 | Time: 01:04:26

Franz Liszt, writing about Grieg's String Quartet No 1, declared: 'It is long time since I have encountered a new composition, especially a string quartet, which has intrigued me as greatly as this distinctive and admirable work by Grieg'. Grieg himself said that his quartet '… aims at breadth; to soar, and above all at a vigorous sound for the instruments for which it is written.' In 1891, Edvard Grieg started his second quartet, but sadly lacked inspiration and time to finish the last two movements. Levon Chilingirian of the Chilingirian Quartet has studied the original manuscripts of the first two movements (which have many clarifying instructions added by Julius Röntgen in preparation for their printing by C F Peters in 1908) and prepared the third and fourth movements especially for this recording. This is therefore a first recording of the completed String Quartet No 2.
Raphael Ensemble - Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence; Arensky: Quartet (2013)

Raphael Ensemble - Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence; Arensky: Quartet (2013)
EAC Rip | Flac (Tracks + cue + log) | 262 MB | MP3 320Kbps CBR | 144 MB | 1 CD | Full Scans
Genre: Classical | Label: Helios | Catalog Number: 55426

Tchaikovsky’s virtuoso string sextet ‘Souvenir de Florence’ is one of the most popular works in the string chamber music repertoire. It has been recorded here with Arensky’s Quartet Op 35 which was dedicated to the memory of Tchaikovsky.
Raphaël Feye & Karski Quartet - Boccherini: String Quartets (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Raphaël Feye & Karski Quartet - Boccherini: String Quartets (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 64:32 minutes | 1,12 GB
Classical | Label: Evil Penguin Classic, Official Digital Download

Raphael Feye and the Karski Quartet have collaborated on an exhilarating new album, paying a tribute to Luigi Boccherini's string quintets. These selected quintets showcase the composersexceptional ability to craft melodies that are both elegant and emotionally resonant while maintaining a graceful interplay between the instruments. To enhance the recording's excitement, the musicians decided to vary the distribution of the parts, ensuring each piece possesses a unique and distinct character.
Raphaël Feye & Karski Quartet - Boccherini: String Quartets (2023)

Raphaël Feye & Karski Quartet - Boccherini: String Quartets (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 299 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 162 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:04:32
Classical | Label: Evil Penguin Classic

Raphael Feye and the Karski Quartet have collaborated on an exhilarating new album, paying a tribute to Luigi Boccherini's string quintets. These selected quintets showcase the composersexceptional ability to craft melodies that are both elegant and emotionally resonant while maintaining a graceful interplay between the instruments. To enhance the recording's excitement, the musicians decided to vary the distribution of the parts, ensuring each piece possesses a unique and distinct character.
Raphaël Sévère & Prazak Quartet - Brahms & Hindemith: Clarinet Quintets (2015) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Raphaël Sévère & Prazak Quartet - Brahms & Hindemith: Clarinet Quintets (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 57:30 minutes | 0.97 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet

Only 30 years separate the clarinet quintets of Brahms and Hindemith; yet these are not just two artists' temperaments, not two different concepts, not two distinct aesthetics. What separates them is the world of harmony and that of established disorder.
Raphaël Imbert - Songbook (Live à La Gare) (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Raphaël Imbert - Songbook (Live à La Gare) (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 71:03 minutes | 1,41 GB
Jazz | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

Dive into the heart of Raphael Imbert and his quartet's musical universe with this captivating album recorded live in the legendary Parisian jazz and electro venue la Gare - le Gore.
Raphaël Imbert - Songbook (Live à La Gare) (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Raphaël Imbert - Songbook (Live à La Gare) (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 71:03 minutes | 1,41 GB
Jazz | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

Dive into the heart of Raphael Imbert and his quartet's musical universe with this captivating album recorded live in the legendary Parisian jazz and electro venue la Gare - le Gore.
Tippett Quartet, Emma Johnson, Raphael Wallfisch, John Lenehan - Simpson: Chamber Music, Vol. 1 (2025) [24/44]

Tippett Quartet, Emma Johnson, Raphael Wallfisch, John Lenehan - Simpson: Chamber Music, Vol. 1 (2025)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 74:04 minutes | 653 MB
Classical | Label: Toccata Classics, Official Digital Download

Most of the chamber music of Robert Simpson (1921-97) was recorded by Hyperion in the 1980s and '90s, but there remained some gaps in that discography. The Robert Simpson Society has sponsored two albums to plug them, this first one including an early string quartet and two songs that came to light only after the composer's death. In later life Simpson used to say that poems good enough to set to music didn't need it - but these two youthful essays prove that he was already a master. Simpson wrote the D major string quartet as a student at Durham; an examiner described it as 'fearless'. The two mature works - vintage Simpson - bring his sense of symphonic momentum into the clarinet repertoire.
Tippett Quartet, Emma Johnson, Raphael Wallfisch, John Lenehan - Simpson: Chamber Music, Vol. 1 (2025) [24/44]

Tippett Quartet, Emma Johnson, Raphael Wallfisch, John Lenehan - Simpson: Chamber Music, Vol. 1 (2025)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 74:04 minutes | 653 MB
Classical | Label: Toccata Classics, Official Digital Download

Most of the chamber music of Robert Simpson (1921-97) was recorded by Hyperion in the 1980s and '90s, but there remained some gaps in that discography. The Robert Simpson Society has sponsored two albums to plug them, this first one including an early string quartet and two songs that came to light only after the composer's death. In later life Simpson used to say that poems good enough to set to music didn't need it - but these two youthful essays prove that he was already a master. Simpson wrote the D major string quartet as a student at Durham; an examiner described it as 'fearless'. The two mature works - vintage Simpson - bring his sense of symphonic momentum into the clarinet repertoire.
Quartet Sine Nomine, Raphaël Oleg - Johannes Brahms: String Quintets op. 88 and op. 111 (1997)

Quartet Sine Nomine, Raphaël Oleg - Johannes Brahms: String Quintets op. 88 and op. 111 (1997)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 253 Mb | Total time: 55:28 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Claves | # CD 50-9609 | Recorded: 1995, 1996

This is a very familiar and yet purely rhetorical question, as proven by the centenary anniversary of the composer’s death. Wherever you go you can find concerts of his works and events or exhibitions in tribute of the great German musician. Brahms was very fond of Switzerland, particularly of Thun and the region around its lake, often finding musical inspiration on his long hikes here. It is thus particularly appropriate that Claves honor this gentle man and giant composer by symbolically presenting him with two bouquets of flowers to accompany some of his most beautiful chamber music. French painter Bernard Cathelin (born in 1918) has kindly allowed us to use two of his paintings for the covers of these two compact discs. His exquisite pictures visually capture the perpetual youth and colors of Brahms’ music.