St. Lawrence String Quartet

St. Lawrence String Quartet

Band, *1989 CA
Classical

The St. Lawrence String Quartet is a Canadian string quartet, and one of Canada's premiere chamber ensembles. It was founded in 1989 and has served residencies at the Juilliard School, Yale University, the University of Toronto, the Hartt School, and Stanford University. In 1992 they won first prize in the Fourth Banff International String Quartet Competition and the Young Concert Artists International Auditions. They have also won a Juno Award and a Preis der Deutsches Schallplaten Kritik, for their EMI recording of Schumann Quartets.

Members

	Barry Shiffman vn
	Scott St. John vn, vl
	Marina Hoover vc
	Geoff Nuttall vn
	Lesley Robertson vl
	Christopher Costanza vc

Popular Tracks

Andante Cantabile on Tchaikovsky: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 3 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky & St. Lawrence String Quartet

Piano Quintet in E Major, Op. 15: I. Mäßiges Zeitmaß, Mit Schwungvoll Blühendem Ausdruck on Piano Quintet in E Major, Op. 15 by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, St. Lawrence String Quartet & Stephen Prutsman

String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 76 No. 4 "Sunrise": I. Allegro Con Spirito on Emperor Sunrise String Quartets Joseph Haydn Op. 76 by Joseph Haydn & St. Lawrence String Quartet

Piano Quintet in E Major, Op. 15: III. Finale. Gemessen, Beinahe Pathetisch on Piano Quintet in E Major, Op. 15 by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, St. Lawrence String Quartet & Stephen Prutsman

String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 76 No. 4 "Sunrise": II. Adagio on Emperor Sunrise String Quartets Joseph Haydn Op. 76 by Joseph Haydn & St. Lawrence String Quartet

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: II. Allegro molto on Shostakovich: Quartets by Dmitri Shostakovich & St. Lawrence String Quartet

String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 20 No. 5: I. Moderato on Haydn: Opus 20 by Joseph Haydn & St. Lawrence String Quartet

Allegro Non Troppo E Risoluto on Tchaikovsky: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 3 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky & St. Lawrence String Quartet

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: III. Allegretto on Shostakovich: Quartets by Dmitri Shostakovich & St. Lawrence String Quartet

String Quartet in C Major, Op. 76 No. 3 "Emperor": I. Allegro on Emperor Sunrise String Quartets Joseph Haydn Op. 76 by Joseph Haydn & St. Lawrence String Quartet

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Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Son Of Chamber Symphony / String Quartet	John Adams – International Contemporary Ensemble / St. Lawrence String Quartet	2011	Album
String Quartets 3, 7 & 8	Dmitri Shostakovich - St. Lawrence String Quartet	2006	Album
Awakening	Christos Hatzis - St. Lawrence String Quartet	2005	Album
Yiddishbbuk	Osvaldo Golijov – St. Lawrence String Quartet, Todd Palmer	2002	Album
Play Bach	Awadagin Pratt, St. Lawrence String Quartet	2002	Album
String Quartets 1 & 3	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - St. Lawrence String Quartet	2001	Album

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