Shanghai Quartet
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The Shanghai Quartet a string quartet
that formed in 1983. The quartet is made up of four members: first violinist Weigang Li, second violinist Yi-Wen Jiang, violist Honggang Li, and cellist Nicholas Tzavaras. The group’s tours have included North America
, South America
, Japan
, China
, Australia
, New Zealand
, and Europe
. Among their performances, the Shanghai Quartet has developed a long list of performance collaborators including Yo-Yo Ma
, David Soyer
, Eugenia Zukerman
, Sharon Isbin
, Ruth Laredo
, Arnold Steinhardt
, and Chanticleer
.
. In 1984 the quartet was selected by the Ministry of Culture (China) to compete at the Portsmouth International Quartet Competition in England
where they won 2nd prize. The group then left China in 1985 to study at Northern Illinois University
with the Vermeer Quartet
until 1987. The Shanghai Quartet made its New York debut in 1987 at Town Hall. In 1989 they became the quartet-in-residence at the University of Richmond
. In 2003 the quartet became Distinguished Visiting Artists of the school’s Modlin Center for the Arts, giving concerts during the Great Performances season from September to May. They then were established as artists-in-residency at the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University
in New Jersey
where they are currently located. The four members are also visiting guest professors at the Shanghai Conservatory and Central Conservatory of Music
in China
where they share in master-classes what they have learned in America.
and began studying the violin at age five under the instruction of his parents. He began formal music education at the Shanghai Conservatory when he was 14 years old. In 1981 he studied at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music
through an exchange program they had with the Shanghai Conservatory. Upon finishing his studies in 1985, Weigang became an assistant violin professor at Shanghai. He then left china to study at Northern Illinois University
. From 1987 to 1989 he studied at the Juilliard School
and was a teaching assistant to the Juilliard Quartet. Weigang has been the first violinist for the Shanghai Quartet since its founding.
Weigang has been a soloist with the Asian Youth Orchestra
, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
, BBC Symphony Orchestra
, and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
. He appears in the film “From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China
”.
when he was only 17 years old. In 1981 Yi-Wen won first prize at the First China Youth Violin Competition and was then accepted to study music at the Central Conservatory in Beijing. In 1985 he left China for the United States to study at the St. Louis Conservatory. He also spent summers in Dallas taking master classes with Pinchas Zuckerman. In 1990 he went to Rutgers to work with Arnold Steinhardt
of the Guarneri Quartet
. Yi-Wen became the second violinist for the Shanghai Quartet in 1994 when past violist Zheng Wang left the ensemble and current violist Honggang Li switched from second violin to viola.
Yi-Wen has been a soloist with the Victoria Symphony
and Montreal Symphony. He has been appeared on NBC
and PBS
television specials. He has been on radio specials for National Public Radio, CPB-Beijing, WQXR
-New York, and KFUO
- St. Louis. Yi-Wen has won prizes at the Mae M. Whitaker and Montreal competitions and has collaborated with Alexander Scheider, Michael Tree
, Jaime Laredo, and Lynn Harrell
on performances. He has recorded for the label Red Corporation of China.
, he became a teaching assistant at the Juilliard School in New York City
. Honggang was the original second violinist for the Shanghai Quartet. When violist Zheng Wang left the group, they had trouble finding a replacement violist. Upon accepting Yi-Wen Jiang, who the Li brothers had already known, as the second violinist, Honggang learned to play the viola in order to complete the quartet.
Honggang has been a soloist with the Shanghai Philharmonic and the Shanghai Conservatory Orchestra. In 1987 he was given a prize at the Premio Paolo Borciani
Competition in Italy by Elisa Pegreffi.
in New York City
. He studied cello at the New England Conservatory and at the State University of New York Stony Brook. As a graduate student, he began a cello program for the Opus 118 Music Center in East Harlem. He is now an advisory board member for the program. Nicholas was previously on the faculty at the University of Richmond
and is currently the string department coordinator and cello professor at Montclair State University
. He became the cellist for the Shanghai Quartet in 2000 when past cellist James Wilson left the ensemble.
Nicholas has toured with “Musicians from Marlboro” and Madonna
. He has made appearances on MTV
, VH1
, David Letterman
, and at the White House
to perform for President Bill Clinton
. He has recorded for labels including Delos, BIS Records
, Camerata, and New Albion. He has appeared in the academy award nominated documentary “Small Wonders
” and in the major motion picture “Music of the Heart
” with Meryl Streep
.
Zheng Wang, violist 1983-1994.
Kathe Jarke, cellist 1986-1990.
James Wilson, cellist 1990-2000.
String quartet
A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string players – usually two violin players, a violist and a cellist – or a piece written to be performed by such a group...
that formed in 1983. The quartet is made up of four members: first violinist Weigang Li, second violinist Yi-Wen Jiang, violist Honggang Li, and cellist Nicholas Tzavaras. The group’s tours have included North America
North America
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, South America
South America
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, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
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, and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. Among their performances, the Shanghai Quartet has developed a long list of performance collaborators including Yo-Yo Ma
Yo-Yo Ma
Yo-Yo Ma is an American cellist, virtuoso, and orchestral composer. He has received multiple Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Arts in 2001 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011...
, David Soyer
David Soyer
David Soyer was an American cellist.He was born in Philadelphia and began playing the piano at the age of nine. At 11, he started the cello. One of his first teachers was Diran Alexanian. Later on he studied with Emanuel Feuermann and Pablo Casals...
, Eugenia Zukerman
Eugenia Zukerman
Eugenia Rich Zukerman is an American flutist, writer, and journalist. An internationally renowned flute virtuoso, Mrs Zukerman has been performing with major orchestras and at major music festivals internationally for more than three decades...
, Sharon Isbin
Sharon Isbin
Sharon Isbin is a widely-recorded American classical guitarist, recording artist, concertizer, and the founder of the Guitar Department at the Juilliard School.-Early life and education:...
, Ruth Laredo
Ruth Laredo
Ruth Laredo was an American classical pianist.She became known in the 1970s in particular for her premiere recordings of the 10 sonatas of Scriabin and the complete solo piano works of Rachmaninoff, for her Ravel recordings and in the last 16½ years before her death for her series in the...
, Arnold Steinhardt
Arnold Steinhardt
Arnold Steinhardt , is an American violinist, best known as the first violinist of the Guarneri String Quartet....
, and Chanticleer
Chanticleer
- Fiction :*A rooster appearing in fables about Reynard The Fox**The Nun's Priest's Tale, a version of Chanticleer and the Fox told in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales**By metonymy, any rooster**A character in the movie Rock-a-Doodle played by Glen Campbell...
.
History
The group was formed in 1983 at the Shanghai Conservatory in ChinaChina
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
. In 1984 the quartet was selected by the Ministry of Culture (China) to compete at the Portsmouth International Quartet Competition in England
England
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where they won 2nd prize. The group then left China in 1985 to study at Northern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University is a state university and research institution located in DeKalb, Illinois, with satellite centers in Hoffman Estates, Naperville, Rockford, and Oregon. It was originally founded as Northern Illinois State Normal School on May 22, 1895 by Illinois Governor John P...
with the Vermeer Quartet
Vermeer Quartet
The Vermeer Quartet was a string quartet founded in 1969 at the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont and active until 2007.With performances in practically every major city in North and South America, Europe, the Far East, and Australia, the Vermeer Quartet achieved an international stature as one of...
until 1987. The Shanghai Quartet made its New York debut in 1987 at Town Hall. In 1989 they became the quartet-in-residence at the University of Richmond
University of Richmond
The University of Richmond is a selective, private, nonsectarian, liberal arts university located on the border of the city of Richmond and Henrico County, Virginia. The University of Richmond is a primarily undergraduate, residential university with approximately 4,000 undergraduate and graduate...
. In 2003 the quartet became Distinguished Visiting Artists of the school’s Modlin Center for the Arts, giving concerts during the Great Performances season from September to May. They then were established as artists-in-residency at the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University
Montclair State University
Montclair State University is a public research university located in the Upper Montclair section of Montclair, the Great Notch area of Little Falls, and Clifton, New Jersey. As of October 2009, there were 18,171 total enrolled students: 14,139 undergraduate students and 4,032 graduate students...
in New Jersey
New Jersey
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where they are currently located. The four members are also visiting guest professors at the Shanghai Conservatory and Central Conservatory of Music
Central Conservatory of Music
The Central Conservatory of Music is the national leading music school in Beijing, China.Founded in 1950, the Conservatory offers courses to both Chinese nationals and foreign students, and caters for all levels from primary up to postgraduate programmes...
in China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
where they share in master-classes what they have learned in America.
Weigang Li
Weigang Li is a native of ShanghaiShanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
and began studying the violin at age five under the instruction of his parents. He began formal music education at the Shanghai Conservatory when he was 14 years old. In 1981 he studied at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, formerly the California Conservatory of Music, founded in 1917, is a music school, with an enrollment of about 400 students. It was launched by Ada Clement and Lillian Hodgehead in the remodeled home of Lillian's parents on Sacramento Street. It was called the...
through an exchange program they had with the Shanghai Conservatory. Upon finishing his studies in 1985, Weigang became an assistant violin professor at Shanghai. He then left china to study at Northern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University is a state university and research institution located in DeKalb, Illinois, with satellite centers in Hoffman Estates, Naperville, Rockford, and Oregon. It was originally founded as Northern Illinois State Normal School on May 22, 1895 by Illinois Governor John P...
. From 1987 to 1989 he studied at the Juilliard School
Juilliard School
The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...
and was a teaching assistant to the Juilliard Quartet. Weigang has been the first violinist for the Shanghai Quartet since its founding.
Weigang has been a soloist with the Asian Youth Orchestra
Asian Youth Orchestra
The Asian Youth Orchestra was founded by Yehudi Menuhin & Richard Pontzious. Their inaugural concerts were conducted in August 1990 by Yehudi Menuhin. Sergiu Comissiona is their conductor laureate and Richard Pontzious, artistic director and conductor...
, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra is an influential orchestra in China. The music director is Long Yu.It was founded in 1879 as Shanghai Public Band, one of the earliest orchestras in Eastern Asia. It was renamed to Shanghai Municipal Council Symphony Orchestra in 1922. Starting in 1919, an Italian...
, BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra
The BBC Symphony Orchestra is the principal broadcast orchestra of the British Broadcasting Corporation and one of the leading orchestras in Britain.-History:...
, and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is a broadcasting symphony orchestra based in Glasgow, Scotland. One of five full-time orchestras maintained by the British Broadcasting Corporation , it is the oldest full-time professional orchestra in Scotland...
. He appears in the film “From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China
From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China
From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China is a 1980 documentary film about Western culture breaking into China produced and directed by Murray Lerner. It portrays the famous violinist and music teacher Isaac Stern as the first American musician to collaborate with the China Central Symphony Society...
”.
Yi-Wen Jiang
Yi-Wen Jiang was born in Beijing, China and began studying violin at age six with his father. He gave his concerto debut at the Central Opera House in BeijingBeijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
when he was only 17 years old. In 1981 Yi-Wen won first prize at the First China Youth Violin Competition and was then accepted to study music at the Central Conservatory in Beijing. In 1985 he left China for the United States to study at the St. Louis Conservatory. He also spent summers in Dallas taking master classes with Pinchas Zuckerman. In 1990 he went to Rutgers to work with Arnold Steinhardt
Arnold Steinhardt
Arnold Steinhardt , is an American violinist, best known as the first violinist of the Guarneri String Quartet....
of the Guarneri Quartet
Guarneri Quartet
The Guarneri Quartet was an American string quartet founded in 1964 at the Marlboro Music School and Festival. During the quartet's early years the members were in residence at Harpur College in upstate New York....
. Yi-Wen became the second violinist for the Shanghai Quartet in 1994 when past violist Zheng Wang left the ensemble and current violist Honggang Li switched from second violin to viola.
Yi-Wen has been a soloist with the Victoria Symphony
Victoria Symphony
The Victoria Symphony is a Canadian orchestra based in Victoria, British Columbia. It is considered by some to be Vancouver Island's premiere active performing arts organization. Currently directed by Tania Miller - one of North America's first female musical directors - the staff consist of both...
and Montreal Symphony. He has been appeared on NBC
NBC
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and PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
television specials. He has been on radio specials for National Public Radio, CPB-Beijing, WQXR
WQXR-FM
WQXR-FM is an American classical radio station licensed to Newark, New Jersey, and serving the New York City metropolitan area. It is the most-listened-to classical-music station in the United States, with an average quarter-hour audience of 63,000...
-New York, and KFUO
KFUO
KFUO may refer to:* KFUO , a radio station licensed to Clayton, Missouri, United States* KFUO-FM, a former radio station licensed to Clayton, Missouri, United States...
- St. Louis. Yi-Wen has won prizes at the Mae M. Whitaker and Montreal competitions and has collaborated with Alexander Scheider, Michael Tree
Michael Tree
Michael Tree is an American violist, born in Newark, New Jersey.-Biography:Michael Tree's principal studies were with Efrem Zimbalist on violin and viola at the Curtis Institute of Music...
, Jaime Laredo, and Lynn Harrell
Lynn Harrell
Lynn Harrell is an American classical cellist.-Biography:Harrell was born in New York City of musician parents; his father was the baritone Mack Harrell and his mother, Marjorie Fulton, was a violinist. At the age of eight he decided to learn to play the cello. When Lynn was 12, his family moved...
on performances. He has recorded for the label Red Corporation of China.
Honggang Li
Honggang Li began his musical studies playing the violin like his brother Weigang, the group’s first violinist. He first attended the Beijing Conservatory, then the Shanghai Conservatory where he became a faculty member in 1984. Later in the United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, he became a teaching assistant at the Juilliard School in New York City
New York City
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. Honggang was the original second violinist for the Shanghai Quartet. When violist Zheng Wang left the group, they had trouble finding a replacement violist. Upon accepting Yi-Wen Jiang, who the Li brothers had already known, as the second violinist, Honggang learned to play the viola in order to complete the quartet.
Honggang has been a soloist with the Shanghai Philharmonic and the Shanghai Conservatory Orchestra. In 1987 he was given a prize at the Premio Paolo Borciani
Premio Paolo Borciani
The International String Quartet Competition "Premio Paolo Borciani" was created in 1987 in Reggio Emilia, Italy, and is dedicated to their famous fellow citizen, founder and first violin of the . Twenty years later, the Premio has now become one of the most prestigious competitions of the world,...
Competition in Italy by Elisa Pegreffi.
Nicholas Tzavaras
Nicholas Tzavaras is the only American member of the Shanghai Quartet, having grown up in HarlemHarlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...
in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. He studied cello at the New England Conservatory and at the State University of New York Stony Brook. As a graduate student, he began a cello program for the Opus 118 Music Center in East Harlem. He is now an advisory board member for the program. Nicholas was previously on the faculty at the University of Richmond
University of Richmond
The University of Richmond is a selective, private, nonsectarian, liberal arts university located on the border of the city of Richmond and Henrico County, Virginia. The University of Richmond is a primarily undergraduate, residential university with approximately 4,000 undergraduate and graduate...
and is currently the string department coordinator and cello professor at Montclair State University
Montclair State University
Montclair State University is a public research university located in the Upper Montclair section of Montclair, the Great Notch area of Little Falls, and Clifton, New Jersey. As of October 2009, there were 18,171 total enrolled students: 14,139 undergraduate students and 4,032 graduate students...
. He became the cellist for the Shanghai Quartet in 2000 when past cellist James Wilson left the ensemble.
Nicholas has toured with “Musicians from Marlboro” and Madonna
Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
. He has made appearances on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
, VH1
VH1
VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...
, David Letterman
David Letterman
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, and at the White House
White House
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to perform for President Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
. He has recorded for labels including Delos, BIS Records
BIS Records
BIS Records is a record label founded in 1973 by Robert von Bahr. It is located in Åkersberga, Sweden.BIS focuses on classical music, both contemporary and early, especially works that are not already well represented by existing recordings....
, Camerata, and New Albion. He has appeared in the academy award nominated documentary “Small Wonders
Small Wonders
Small Wonders is a 1995 documentary film directed by Allan Miller. The film follows a music teacher in East Harlem who teaches underprivileged children how to play the violin. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature....
” and in the major motion picture “Music of the Heart
Music of the Heart
Music of the Heart is a 1999 dramatic film. This film was produced by Craven-Maddalena Films and Miramax Films, and distributed by Buena Vista Distribution.The film stars Meryl Streep, Aidan Quinn, Gloria Estefan, and Angela Bassett...
” with Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep
Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep is an American actress who has worked in theatre, television and film.Streep made her professional stage debut in 1971's The Playboy of Seville, before her screen debut in the television movie The Deadliest Season in 1977. In that same year, she made her film debut with...
.
Former Members
Xing-Hua Ma, cellist 1983-1985.Zheng Wang, violist 1983-1994.
Kathe Jarke, cellist 1986-1990.
James Wilson, cellist 1990-2000.
Discography
| Year | Title | Label | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Grieg and Mendelssohn Quartets | Delos | Mendelssohn Quartet No.2 In A Major and Grieg Quartet In G Minor, Op.27 |
| 1994 | Spirit Murmur | Delos | Works by Alan Hovhaness including Three Bagatelles for String Quartet Op. 30, String Quartet No. 1 Op. 8, and Suite from String Quartet No. 2 |
| 1995 | Music for a Sunday Morning | Delos | Eugenia Zukerman and Anthony Newman, includes Ginastera Impresiones de la Puna, J.S. Bach Overture Suite No. 2 in B-Minor BWV 1067 |
| 1995 | Heigh-Ho Mozart (only tracks) | Delos | |
| 1996 | Mozart’s Last Two Quartets | Delos | Includes Quartet No. 22 B-Flat Major K. 589 and Quartet No. 23 in F Major K. 590 |
| 1997 | The Hovhaness Collection (only tracks) | Delos | |
| 1998 | Shanghai Quartet Plays Brahms | Delos | Arnold Steinhardt, includes Quartet no. 3 op. 67 Quintet no. 1 op. 88 |
| 1998 | Flowing Stream | Delos | Min Xiao-Fen, includes Zhou Long Chinese Folk Songs (arr.) and Poems from Tang |
| 2000 | Brahms Piano Quartets | Arabesque Recordings | Ruth Laredo, includes Quartet No. 1 in G Minor Op. 25, Quartet No. 3 in C Minor Op. 60, and Quartet No. 2 in A Major Op. 26 |
| 2001 | Shanghai Quartet performs Ravel and Bridge | Delos | Includes Maurice Ravel String Quartet in F Major, Frank Bridge Quartet in E Minor, and Frank Bridge Novelletten for String Quartet |
| 2002 | Chinasong | Delos | Includes traditional and popular Chinese folk songs arranged for string quartet by Yi-Wen Jiang. Also features flautist Eugenia Zukerman. |
| 2003 | Bright Sheng: Silent Temple | Bis | Includes New Music from Composer Bright Sheng for Piano Trio as well as music for piano, strings, and pipa, a traditional Chinese instrument. |
| 2004 | Beethoven: The Razumovsky Quartets | Delos | Includes Beethoven String Quartet No. 8 Op. 59, nr. 2 in E Minor, and No. 9 Op. 59 nr. 3 in C Major. |
| 2005 | Melinda and Melinda Soundtrack (only tracks) | Milan Records | Soundtrack for a Woody Allen Film, String Quartet No. 4 |
| 2005 | Dvorák: String Quartet No. 12 "The American"; Mendelssohn: String Octet | Camerata | |
| 2007 | Beethoven: String Quartets | CD Accord | |
| 2007 | Beethoven: String Quartets | Camerata | Op. 18, Nos. 1-3 |
| 2008 | Beethoven: String Quartets | Camerata | Op. 18, Nos. 4-6 |