Eleven of the world’s most renowned string artists converge: violinists Carolin Widmann and Benjamin Beilman, bassist Nina Bernat, and the doubly dynamic Viano and Opus13 quartets! The World Premiere ...

Music@Menlo's venerable chamber music festival is winding down, but there is one more impressive program on its lineup for two performances. This year's iteration has presented music composed for duos ...

Concerto for Violin, Piano and Strings Polina Leschenko, Piano Australian Chamber Orchestra Felix Mendelssohn, Composer Richard Tognetti, Violin Octet for strings Soloists of the Australian Chamber ...

Listen to the opening of Felix Mendelssohn’s Octet, as played by Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky and friends on the irresistible recording they made in 1961 at the old Elvis-haunted RCA studios ...

I remember the first time I heard Felix Mendelssohn’s Octet. I was caught up in a swirl of overlapping melodies jumping around the intensely resonant group of eight string instruments. I think you'll ...

Enescu wasn’t sure that his massive String Octet of 1900 was a chamber work at all. He was happy for it to be performed by larger forces, and when you listen to this recording from the Queen Elisabeth ...