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Keel Road

August 26, 2024, 6:00 am

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Danish String Quartet

This release is the latest chapter in the Danish String Quartet’s exploration of northern folk and traditional sources. Their previous album in this genre, Last Leaf, was a resounding success with press and public and ranked high amongst albums of the year at NPR, The New York Times and Gramophone. Amid the traditional pieces, the album includes compositions by members …

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Bruckner & Klose String Quartets

August 19, 2024, 6:00 am

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Quatuor Diotima (former ensemble-in-residence at University of Chicago) celebrates the bicentennial anniversary of Anton Bruckner with a recording of his String Quartet in C minor, Rondo in C minor and, new to the library, the Theme with Variations in E-Flat, alongside the String Quartet in E-Flat from his pupil Friedrich Klose. Bruckner wrote these pieces as composition exercises, yet they …