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Asian Music for String Quartet
A collection of music by Asian composers
New Zealand String Quartet

CD
Featuring works by Zhou Long, Chinary Ung, Tan Dun, Gao Ping, and Toru Takemitsu
November 2012 Naxos Classical Catalogue no 8.572488
Producer: Norbert Kraft & Bonnie Silver
Engineer: Norbert Kraft

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Asian Music for String Quartet

Zhou Long - Song of the Ch'in

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01	Song of the Ch'in	08:57

Chinary Ung - Spiral III

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02	Spiral III	10:01

Gao Ping - Bright Light and Cloud Shadows

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03	Bright Light and Cloud Shadows	11:33

Toru Takemitsu - A Way a Lone

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04	A Way a Lone	11:50

Tan Dun - 8 Colors

Track listing
05	No. 1. Peking Opera	01:56
06	No. 2. Shadows	01:11
07	No. 3. Pink Actress	01:44
08	No. 4. Black Dance	01:46
09	No. 5. Zen	03:49
10	No. 6. Drum and Gong	00:55
11	No. 7. Cloudiness	02:38
12	No. 8. Red Sona	01:48

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Notes from a Journey
New Zealand String Quartet

CD
Music by John Psathas, Jack Body, Ross Harris, Gareth Farr and Michael Norris
December 2010 Atoll CD Ltd ACD 118
Producer: Wayne Laird

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01	Abhisheka	10.00

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02	Variation 25	10.40

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03	Long Gi Yi (China)	2.23
04	Ramandriana (Madagascar)	5.05
05	Ratschenitsa (Bulgaria)	2.48

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06	Quidlivun The Land of the Moon	5.08
07	Xibalbá The Place of Fear	5.05
08	Niflheim The House of Mists	5.25
09	Oka Lusa Hacha Black Water River	5.13

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10	He Poroporoaki A farewell	6.00

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Mendelssohn - String Quartets, Vol. 1
Nos. 1, 4 and 6
New Zealand String Quartet

CD
March 2008 Naxos Classical Catalogue no 8.570001
Producer: Norbert Kraft & Bonnie Silver
Engineer: Norbert Kraft

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01	Allegro vivace assai	7.26
02	Allegro assai	4.27
03	Adagio	8.08
04	Finale: Allegro molto	5.37
05	Adagio non troppo - Allegro non tardante	7.39
06	Canzonetta: Allegretto - Piu mosso	4.11
07	Andante espressivo	4.29
08	Molto allegro e vivace	8.00
09	Allegro assai appassionato	10.48
10	Scherzo: Allegro di molto	3.52
11	Andante	6.16
12	Presto agitato	6.59

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Mendelssohn - String Quartets, Vol. 2
Nos. 2 & 5
New Zealand String Quartet

CD
October 2009 Naxos Classical Catalogue no 8.570002

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01	Capriccio in E Minor; Op. 81, No.3	6:02
02	String Quartet No.2 in A minor; Op. 13	30:32
03	Fugue in E flat major, Op 81, No. 4	5:53
04	String Quartet No.5 in E flat major; Op. 55, No.3	35:46

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Mendelssohn - String Quartets, Vol. 3
No. 3 & Op. 0
New Zealand String Quartet

CD
May 2010 Naxos

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Track listing Scherzo In A Minor Op. 81 No. 2 String Quartet in E flat major, Op. '0'
01	String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 44 No. 1	31:44
02	Andante (Tema con Variazioni) in E major, Op. 81 No. 1	6:12
03	Scherzo In A Minor Op. 81 No. 2	3:54
04	String Quartet in E flat major, Op. '0'	26:50

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Gillian Whitehead - Puhake ki te rangi
Richard Nunns, New Zealand String Quartet, Alexa Still and Tuhonohono

CD and DVD
2008 Atoll CD Ltd, ACD 107
Producer: Wayne Laird
Engineers: 1. Keith Warren & Graham Kennedy
2. & 3. Paul McGlashan 4. Keith Warren

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01	Puhake ki te rangi - Richard Nunns with the New Zealand String Quartet	15.50
02	Hineraukatauri - Richard Nunns with Alexa Still	10.08
03	Hinetekakara - Richard Nunns with Tuhonohono and Aroha Yates-Smith	14.55
02	Hineputehue - Richard Nunns with the New Zealand String Quartet	18.30

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01	Richard Nunns introduces the Puhake instruments	2.40
02	Puhake ki te rangi performance - Richard Nunns with the New Zealand String Quartet	16.34

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Bartók - The Complete String Quartets
New Zealand String Quartet

Two CD set
2009 Atoll CD Ltd. ACD 119
Originally issued as CD Manu 1551/3 (1998 Ode Records)
Producer: Tom Rolston
Engineers: Martin Williams, Keith Warren
Digital editing and mastering: Wayne Laird

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Track listing (CD1)
1-4	String Quartet No 1, Sz. 40(Opus 7) (1009)
5-7	String Quartet No. 3 Sz. 85 (1927)
8-12	String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102 (1934)

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1-3	String Quartet No 2, Sz. 67(Opus 7) (1915-17)
4-8	String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91 (1928)
9-12	String Quartet No. 6, Sz. 114 (1939)

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Alban Berg - String Quartet Opus 3
Alban Berg - Lyric Suite
Hugo Wolf - Italian Serenade
New Zealand String Quartet

CD
June 2007 Naxos Classical Catalogue no 8.557374
Producer: Wayne Laird
Engineer: Paul McGlashan

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01	Langsam	10.13
02	Massige Viertel	11.31

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03	I. Allegretto giovale	3.02
04	II. Andante amoroso	5.46
05	III. Allegro misterioso	3.23
06	IV. Adagio appassionato	5.41
07	V. Presto Delirando	4.39
08	VI. Largo desolato	5.58

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09	Italian Serenade	6.56

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Székely - Quartet
Dvořák - Quartet in Eb major; Opus 51
New Zealand String Quartet

CD
2003 Atoll CD Ltd, ACD 703
In Eb major Opus 51
Producer: Wayne Laird
Engineer: Keith Warren

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01	Moderato ma non troppo	4.33
02	Presto	2.14
03	Molto moderato	2.16
04	Andante sostenuto	6.44
05	Largamento, quasi cadenza	2.04
06	Presto grazioso, come usa danza	0.46
07	Allegro appassionato	1.03
08	Molto vivace, con brio	8.15

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09	Allegro ma non troppo	11.18
10	Dumka: Andante con moto; Vivace	7.50
11	Romanze: Andante con moto	7.05
12	Finale: Allegro assai	6.57

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Beethoven 'Rasumovsky' Quartets
Opus 59 Nos 2 & 3
New Zealand String Quartet

CD
2002 Atoll CD Ltd, ACD 402
Producer: Wayne Laird
Engineer: Mike Clayton

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01	Allegro	13.35
02	Molto adagio	12.56
03	Allegretto	7.52
04	Finale Presto	5.33

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05	poco Adagio/Allegro	11.06
06	Adante con moto	10.46
07	Menuetto	5.25
08	Allegro molto	6.06

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Gareth Farr - Owhiro: Works for String Quartet
New Zealand String Quartet

CD
February 2000 Morrison Trust, MMT 2019
Producer: Murray Khouri
Continuum Engineer: Richard Hulse

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01	Owhiro	19.49
02	Mondo Rondo	4.16
03	Mumbo Jumbo	3.51
04	Mambo Rambo	3.40
05	Frenzy	9.11

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Debussy & Ravel String Quartets
New Zealand String Quartet

CD
October 1999 Atoll CD Ltd, ACD 399
Producer: Wayne Laird
Engineer: Sam Negri

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01	Animé et très décidé	6.22
02	Assez vif et bien rytmé	3.48
03	Andantino	7.50
04	Très modéré, en animant	7.21

05	Allegro moderato	8.22
06	Assez vif	6.17
07	Très lent	8.34
08	Vif et agité	4.54

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Recordings – view & buy

Asian Music for String Quartet A collection of music by Asian composers New Zealand String Quartet

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Asian Music for String Quartet

Zhou Long - Song of the Ch'in

Chinary Ung - Spiral III

Gao Ping - Bright Light and Cloud Shadows

Toru Takemitsu - A Way a Lone

Tan Dun - 8 Colors

Notes from a JourneyNew Zealand String Quartet

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John Psathas - Abhisheka

Ross Harris - Variation 25

Jack Body - Three Transcriptions

Michael Norris - Exitus

Gareth Farr, Richard Nunns - He Poroporoaki

Mendelssohn - String Quartets, Vol. 1 Nos. 1, 4 and 6 New Zealand String Quartet

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Mendelssohn - String Quartets 1, Nos. 1, 4 and 6

Mendelssohn - String Quartets, Vol. 2 Nos. 2 & 5 New Zealand String Quartet

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Mendelssohn - String Quartets, Vol. 2 - Nos. 2 & 5

Mendelssohn - String Quartets, Vol. 3 No. 3 & Op. 0 New Zealand String Quartet

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Mendelssohn - String Quartets, Vol. 3 - No. 3 & Op. 0

Gillian Whitehead - Puhake ki te rangi Richard Nunns, New Zealand String Quartet, Alexa Still and Tuhonohono

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Gillian Whitehead - Puhake ki te rangi - CD

Gillian Whitehead - Puhake ki te rangi - DVD

Bartók - The Complete String Quartets New Zealand String Quartet

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Bartók - The Complete String Quartets - CD1

Bartók - The Complete String Quartets - CD2

Alban Berg - String Quartet Opus 3 Alban Berg - Lyric Suite Hugo Wolf - Italian Serenade New Zealand String Quartet

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Alban Berg - String Quartet; Opus 3

Alban Berg - Lyric Suite

Hugo Wolf - Italian Serenade

Székely - Quartet Dvořák - Quartet in Eb major; Opus 51 New Zealand String Quartet

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Zoltán Székely - Quartet (1937)

Antonín Dvořák - Quartet in Eb major; Opus 51

Beethoven 'Rasumovsky' Quartets Opus 59 Nos 2 & 3 New Zealand String Quartet

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Beethoven - String Quartet; Opus 59 No 2

Beethoven - String Quartet; Opus 59 No 3

Gareth Farr - Owhiro: Works for String Quartet New Zealand String Quartet

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Gareth Farr - Owhiro: Works for String Quartet

Debussy & Ravel String Quartets New Zealand String Quartet

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Claude Debussy - String Quartet

Maurice Ravel - String Quartet

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Asian Music for String Quartet
A collection of music by Asian composers
New Zealand String Quartet

Notes from a Journey
New Zealand String Quartet

Mendelssohn - String Quartets, Vol. 1
Nos. 1, 4 and 6
New Zealand String Quartet

Mendelssohn - String Quartets, Vol. 2
Nos. 2 & 5
New Zealand String Quartet

Mendelssohn - String Quartets, Vol. 3
No. 3 & Op. 0
New Zealand String Quartet

Gillian Whitehead - Puhake ki te rangi
Richard Nunns, New Zealand String Quartet, Alexa Still and Tuhonohono

Bartók - The Complete String Quartets
New Zealand String Quartet

Alban Berg - String Quartet Opus 3
Alban Berg - Lyric Suite
Hugo Wolf - Italian Serenade
New Zealand String Quartet

Székely - Quartet
Dvořák - Quartet in Eb major; Opus 51
New Zealand String Quartet

Beethoven 'Rasumovsky' Quartets
Opus 59 Nos 2 & 3
New Zealand String Quartet

Gareth Farr - Owhiro: Works for String Quartet
New Zealand String Quartet

Debussy & Ravel String Quartets
New Zealand String Quartet