Diskography

NEOS Classics
Neos 30901
2009

String Quintets

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy - Max Bruch

String Quintet No. 1, Op. 18, A-major

String Quintet No. 2, Op. 87, E-flat major

Henschel Quartet
Roland Glassl, Viola

CD of the year 2009
Award Int. MusicWeb

Brilliant Classics
2009

Johannes Brahms

Songs Vol. 3

Ingeborg Danz, Alt
Helmut Deutsch, Piano
Roland Glassl, Viola

Amazon Download: No. 1: Gestillte Sehnsucht, Op. 91 No. 2: Geistliches Wiegenlied, Op. 91

CPO / SWR
2009

Hans Pfitzner

Quintet Op. 23 C-major

Sextet Op. 55 g-minor

Ulf Hoelscher, Violin
Mayra Salinas, Violin
Roland Glassl, Viola
Gustav Rivinius, Violoncello
Christoph Schmidt, Double Bass
Wolfgang Meyer, Clarinete
Ian Fountain, Piano

Classic today. com 01/09: "The wealth of ideas is as breathtaking as the always new sound combinations. The piano qintet op 23 is full of surprises and conrasts. 45 exciting minutes...."

AUDITE 92.545 SACD
2010 | Video |

Leoš Janáček

String Quartet No. 1
"Kreutzer Sonata"
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String Quartet No. 2
"Intimate Letters"
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String Quartet No. 2
"Intimate Letters"
(version with viola d'amore)

with Gunter Teuffel, viola d'amore

German Record Critics'
Prize 2011

"The Mandelring players bring a remarkable high-voltage intensity to all these quartets … They can be beautiful, certainly, in both quartets, but this is disquieting stuff, superbly played."
(The Strad)

AUDITE 92.574 SACD
2010

Robert Schumann

Piano Quartet E-Flat major, op. 47

Piano Quintet E-Flat major, op. 44

with Claire-Maire Le Guay, piano

"Le Guay and the Mandelring respond to its genius with obvious enjoyment."
(Sunday Times)

AUDITE 92.530 SACD
2009

Complete String Quartets VOL. 5

Dmitri Shostakovich

String Quartet No. 11

String Quartet No. 13

String Quartet No. 15

"If I were to shed all but two cycles (and of course I could never), I would keep the Borodin cycle on Melodiya and the Mandelring Quartet to cover my bases."
(Fanfare)

"This final volume of their Shostakovich cycle brings a major undertaking to an impressive conclusion.."
(Strings Magazine)

AUDITE 92.529 SACD
2009

Complete String Quartets VOL. 4

Dmitri Shostakovich

String Quartet No. 10

String Quartet No. 12

String Quartet No. 14

"The Mandelring Quartett, more than any other ensemble I've heard in these three quartets, brings out the music's essential equivocations. That they do so with a luxurious sound and with unanimity of intention is reason enough to welcome this release and its predecessors and to give it a strong vote as the Shostakovich cycle of choice." (International Record Review)Hier entsteht eine Gesamteinspielung der Werke, die Referenzstatus gewinnen wird.” (Fono Forum)

AUDITE 92.528 SACD
2008

Complete String Quartets VOL. 3

Dmitri Shostakovich

String Quartet No. 5

String Quartet No. 7

String Quartet No. 9

"I look forward to the completion of what will prove to be a landmark issue." (Audiophile Audition)”

AUDITE 92.527 SACD
2007

Complete String Quartets VOL. 2

Dmitri Shostakovich

String Quartet No. 3

String Quartet No. 6

String Quartet No. 8

"In this second volume of Shostakovich's Quartets the Mandelring Quartet makes it abundantly clear that it is building one of the outstanding cycles in today's catalogue"
(Strad Magazine)

AUDITE 92.526 SACD
2006

Complete String Quartets VOL. 1

Dmitri Shostakovich

String Quartet No. 1

String Quartet No. 2

String Quartet No. 4

"I may still go back to the Emersons sometimes for that adrenaline rush, but they’d no longer be my first choice. Amazing!"
(SA-CD.net)

AUDITE 97.504
2007

Brahms & Contemporaries VOL. 2

Johannes Brahms

String Quartet op. 67

Heinrich von Herzogenberg

String Quartet op. 42/1

"The performance of Brahms's third and last quartet, in B-flat, Op. 67, is one of the finest to come along in years … Their performance of the Herzogenberg quartet is filled with the kind of energy and belief that seems to say, "we delight in the discovery of this work." (American Record Guide)

AUDITE 92.552 SACD
2006

String Quartets Vol III

Franz Schubert

String Quartet D 887

String Quartet D 173

"With this performance I have found, particularly in the first and second movements, new insight and understanding at almost every turn. Like volume 2 of this series, the ensemble of the Mandelring Quartet is astonishing."
(SA-CD-net)

AUDITE 92.524 SACD
2005

String Quartets Vol II

Franz Schubert

String Quartet D 804
"Rosamunde"

String Quartet D 353

"The great A Minor Quartet is beautifully wistful, poetic, and expressive without being fussy, simple yet deeply felt; the finale is leisurely, graceful, and poised."
(Strings Magazine)

AUDITE 97.507
2003

String Quartets Vol I

Franz Schubert

String Quartet D 810
“Death and the Maiden”

String Quartet D 87

"The artists plunge into their interpretation, technically perfect in every detail, presenting Schubert as a warm-hearted, emotionally charged and sensitive man, whose bold ideas continually attract our attention.
Especially pleasing in this recording is the extremely sensitive treatment of the agogic, which shows the Mandelring Quartet to really be musicians of world class."
(Klassik.com)

CPO 777 151-2
2003

Vol IV

Georges Onslow

Nonet op. 77

Quintet op. 44

Ma'alot Quintet
Mandelring Quartet
Wolfgang Güttler

"I was impressed in particular by the Mandelring players’ precise attacks and intimate ensemble work in the Quintet’s opening movement and finale. They demonstrate a genuine affection for these pieces, and a belief in their ability to impress modern listeners."
(Fanfare)

CPO 999 793-2
2000

Vol III
Georges Onslow

String Quartet op. 8/1

String Quartet op. 50

String Quartet op. 46/2

"... the performances could heardly be bettered: rhythms are bracing, the slow movements are superbly sustained - the players finding more profundity in Onslow than one usually hears - and intonation is excellent."
(Strad Magazine)