For the Record, Op. 327: Philippe Quint, Ariel Quartet

April 4, 2025, 2:35 PM · Welcome to "For the Record," Violinist.com's weekly roundup of new releases of recordings by violinists, violists, cellists and other classical musicians. We hope it helps you keep track of your favorite artists, as well as find some new ones to add to your listening! Click on the highlighted links to obtain each album or learn more about the artists.

Violinist Philippe Quint.

Milestones
Philippe Quint, violin
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Andrew Litton conducting

Violinist Philippe Quint presents a world premiere recording of works written for him by three trailblazing women: Lera Auerbach, Errollyn Wallen, and celebrated Soviet-born composer Lora Kvint, the violinist’s mother, with whom he collaborates here for the first time. Quint explain the "milestones" as "a celebration of 30 years since my professional debut, 40 years of life in music...But these milestone moments aren’t mine alone. They’re shared by the three composers as well. For Errollyn, it’s her first Violin Concerto; for Lera, it’s her first large symphonic work commercially recorded; and for my mom, it’s her first major composition for violin." BELOW: Trailer for the album - Philippe talks about the works on the album.

Beethoven Complete String Quartets, Volume One
Ariel Quartet
Alexandra Kazovsky, violin
Gershon Gerchikov, violin
Jan Grüning, viola
Amit Even-Tov, cello

Formed when the members were just teenagers studying at the Jerusalem Academy Middle School of Music and Dance in Israel, the Ariel Quartet has a long history with the quartets of Beethoven. His String Quartet in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4 was the very first piece that the group tackled together as 13 year olds, and the members credit the work for hooking them on the genre, for life. The Ariel Quartet plans to release the complete Beethoven String Quartets over the next two years, culminating in 2027, the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s death. This first volume includes Beethoven’s Op. 18 string quartets. BELOW: Trailer for the album.

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