{"id":1919,"date":"2009-02-14T01:31:23","date_gmt":"2009-02-14T09:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=1919"},"modified":"2013-02-07T19:31:07","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T03:31:07","slug":"sony-re-releases-8-guarneri-quartet-gems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/02\/14\/sony-re-releases-8-guarneri-quartet-gems\/","title":{"rendered":"sony re-releases 8 guarneri quartet gems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sony Classical has released eight classic Guarneri Quartet albums (as mp3 downloads on both iTunes and Amazon.com) to honor the quartet&#8217;s farewell season, which concludes in June 2009.\u00c2\u00a0 Some of these have not been available (except on used LP) for years, and are a welcome addition to any chamber music aficionado&#8217;s collection.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brahms: String Quartets and Quintets (w\/ Pinchas Zukerman, viola)<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cm?t=dailyobservat-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B001QLJNDM&#038;md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;m=amazon&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mendelssohn &#038; Schumann Quartets<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cm?t=dailyobservat-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B001PYTNNK&#038;md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;m=amazon&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dvorak Quartets and Terzetto<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cm?t=dailyobservat-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B001PYO22C&#038;md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;m=amazon&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Schubert: Last Four Quartets<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cm?t=dailyobservat-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B001PYRQ66&#038;md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;m=amazon&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mozart: Three Late Quartets<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cm?t=dailyobservat-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B001PYO31W&#038;md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;m=amazon&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Italian Album: Verdi, Wolf &#038; Tchaikovsky <em>Souvenir de Florence<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cm?t=dailyobservat-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B001PYPVPE&#038;md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;m=amazon&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mozart, Beethoven &#038; Dvorak<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cm?t=dailyobservat-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B001R5WY9C&#038;md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;m=amazon&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bart\u00c3\u00b3k: The Six Quartets<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cm?t=dailyobservat-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B001PYO2EK&#038;md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;m=amazon&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony Classical has released eight classic Guarneri Quartet albums (as mp3 downloads on both iTunes and Amazon.com) to honor the quartet&#8217;s farewell season, which concludes in June 2009.\u00c2\u00a0 Some of these have not been available (except on used LP) for years, and are a welcome addition to any chamber music aficionado&#8217;s collection. 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