Parnassus Classical CDs and Records

Colorado String Quartet – Two Brahms String Quartets
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PACD 96007 The first of our Colorado Quartets CDs is a disc of the two Brahms String Quartets, Op. 51. This recording was made in Holland in 1991 but has never been published before.

PACD96024 The Colorado String Quartet returns to Parnassus with its second CD for the label. These recordings of Schubert’s famous “Death and the Maiden” Quartet and Mendelssohn’s last String Quartet, Op. 80, were made especially for Parnassus in 1997. the stunning intensity of these performances will impress all listeners, even those who thought the already knew everything the Schubert work has to offer.

PACD96034/5
The Colorado String Quartet celebrates its 20th anniversary with newly-recorded performances of Beethoven String Quartets. The new recording marks the recorded debut of violist Marka Gustavsson with the Colorado Quartet. These performance include all repeats marked by Beethoven in his scores, extending their playing time so that the four works are on two well-filled discs.

PACD96034/5
A 3 CD set continues the Colorado Quartet’s exploration of Beethoven’s Quartets. 25th Anniversary Anniversary Release — Quartet in F minor, Op. 95; Quartet in B flat, Op. 130; Quartet in E flat major, Op. 127; Quartet in C sharp minor, Op. 131; Quartet in A minor, Op. 132; Quartet in F major, Op. 135

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PACD 96048/9

Upcoming Colorado Quartet events
Sunday, February 26th, 2012 at 4 pm
New Britain, CT program to include Brahms piano quintet with David Westfall

Thursday, March 8th, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts, University of Connecticut, Storrs
Beethoven op. 18 #6, op. 95, op. 59 #1

Sunday, March 25th, 2012 at 3 pm
Virginia Tech University
Beethoven op. 18 #6, op. 95, op. 59 #1

Parnassus Records Classical CDs are distributed in the U.S. by Qualiton Imports Ltd.; in Italy by La Tosca, and in the U.K. and elsewhere by Alto Distribution. If you cannot find them at your favourite record store, please ask for them and please take a moment to tell us