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Episode 39 – Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt of Dover Quartet / Beethoven Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1
On this episode of Classical Chicago, Cedille President Jim Ginsburg joins Dover Quartet violist Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt in conversation about the quartet’s new series of Beethoven string quartets. Beethoven Complete String Quartets, Volume I kicks off the emerging 3-volume series with the composer’s theatrical Opus 18 quartets.
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The Pacifica Quartet presents The Korngold Collection, a landmark recording of Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s complete string quartets and rarely heard chamber works tracing the composer’s extraordinary evolution from prodigy of post-imperial Vienna to pioneering film composer in Hollywood
Acclaimed concert violinist Rachel Barton Pine, sought-after pianist Orion Weiss, and the multiple Grammy Award-winning Pacifica Quartet join forces for their new album French Impressions: Chamber Music by Chausson & Tailleferre, celebrating captivating works by French composers Ernest Chausson and Germaine Tailleferre, whose chamber music deserves greater attention on recordings.
Selections come in order of birth date, from Viktor Ullmann’s (Jan. 1) bracing “Schnitterlied” (Reaper’s song) to the sublime finale of Franz Schubert’s (Jan. 31) last piano sonata — a cross-section that demonstrates the breadth of Cedille Records’ catalog.
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