Borromeo String Quartet
The Borromeo String Quartet is an American string quartet, in residence at the New England Conservatory since 1992. They have performed throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia, at numerous festivals and in many distinguished chamber music series. They are named after the Borromean Islands.
The ensemble was formed in 1989 by violinists Nicholas Kitchen and Ruggero Allifranchini, violist EnSik Choi, and cellist Yeesun Kim, who were then all young musicians at the Curtis Institute of Music. Kitchen and Kim are husband and wife. Violist Hsin-Yun Huang joined the ensemble in 1994 after Choi left to pursue other opportunities. Allifranchini and Huang left the ensemble in 2000 to be replaced, respectively, by William Fedkenheuer and Mai Motobuchi. In 2006, Fedkenheuer left to pursue other opportunities (is now a member of the Miró Quartet) and was replaced by violinist Kristopher Tong. In 2022, Mai Motobuchi was replaced by Melissa Reardon.
The quartet's recent disk, As It Was, Is, And Will Be (2011), on the GM/Living Archive label features the music of Béla Bartók, Mohammed Fairouz and Gunther Schuller.
The quartet was a prize-winner at the 1990 International String Quartet Competition in Evian, France. In 1991, their winning of the Young Concert Artists International Auditions also earned them concert appearances at the Kennedy Center and the 92nd Street Y. In September 1998 the Quartet was named recipient of Chamber Music America's prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award. Richard Dyer of The Boston Globe wrote that the Borromeo Quartet "combines every 20th-century virtuoso ensemble virtue with an old-world sense of color, character, and style". In 1999 the Quartet was made the ensemble in residence for the National Public Radio program Performance Today.
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Chamber Concerto No. 2 "Light Dances": I. Steps - The Music of Stephen Jaffe, Vol. 4 -
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Chamber Concerto No. 2 "Light Dances": II. Incipit - The Music of Stephen Jaffe, Vol. 4 -
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Chamber Concerto No. 2 "Light Dances": III. Dance Around the Light - The Music of Stephen Jaffe, Vol. 4 -
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String Quartet No. 2 "Aeolian and Sylvan Figures": I. Aeolian and Sylvan Figures, in a Dance - The Music of Stephen Jaffe, Vol. 4 -
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String Quartet No. 2 "Aeolian and Sylvan Figures": II. Muted Interlude - The Music of Stephen Jaffe, Vol. 4 -
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String Quartet No. 2 "Aeolian and Sylvan Figures": III. Scherzino Chickadee - The Music of Stephen Jaffe, Vol. 4 -
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String Quartet No. 2 "Aeolian and Sylvan Figures": IV. Homage to the Breath - The Music of Stephen Jaffe, Vol. 4 -
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String Quartet No. 2 "Aeolian and Sylvan Figures": V. Push Me Pull You - The Music of Stephen Jaffe, Vol. 4 -
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Sonata in 4 Parts: I. Fantasque - The Music of Stephen Jaffe, Vol. 4 -
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Sonata in 4 Parts: II. Breathing, Still, Undulating - The Music of Stephen Jaffe, Vol. 4 -
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Sonata in 4 Parts: III. Strutting - The Music of Stephen Jaffe, Vol. 4 -
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Sonata in 4 Parts: IV. Finale - The Music of Stephen Jaffe, Vol. 4 -
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String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: I. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo - Beethoven String Quartets Op. 131, Op. 130 + 133 -
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String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: II. Allegro molto vivace - Beethoven String Quartets Op. 131, Op. 130 + 133 -
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String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: III. Allegro moderato – Adagio - Beethoven String Quartets Op. 131, Op. 130 + 133 -
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String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: IV. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile - Beethoven String Quartets Op. 131, Op. 130 + 133 -
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String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: V. Presto - Beethoven String Quartets Op. 131, Op. 130 + 133 -
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String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante - Beethoven String Quartets Op. 131, Op. 130 + 133 -
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String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: VII. Allegro - Beethoven String Quartets Op. 131, Op. 130 + 133 -
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String Quartet No.13 in B-Flat Major, Op.130: I. Adagio ma non troppo – Allegro - Beethoven String Quartets Op. 131, Op. 130 + 133 -
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String Quartet No.13 in B-Flat Major, Op.130: II. Presto - Beethoven String Quartets Op. 131, Op. 130 + 133 -
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String Quartet No.13 in B-Flat Major, Op.130: III. Andante con moto ma non troppo. Poco scherzoso - Beethoven String Quartets Op. 131, Op. 130 + 133 -
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String Quartet No.13 in B-Flat Major, Op.130: IV. Alla danza tedesca. Allegro assai - Beethoven String Quartets Op. 131, Op. 130 + 133 -
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String Quartet No.13 in B-Flat Major, Op.130: V. Cavatina. Adagio molto espressivo - Beethoven String Quartets Op. 131, Op. 130 + 133 -
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Große Fuge in B-Flat Major, Op. 133 - Beethoven String Quartets Op. 131, Op. 130 + 133 -
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Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-Flat Major, K. 449 (Arr. for Piano & String Quintet): I. Allegro vivace - Mozart, Beethoven & Harbison: Works Featuring Piano -
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Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-Flat Major, K. 449 (Arr. for Piano & String Quintet): II. Andantino - Mozart, Beethoven & Harbison: Works Featuring Piano -
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Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-Flat Major, K. 449 (Arr. for Piano & String Quintet): III. Allegro ma non troppo - Mozart, Beethoven & Harbison: Works Featuring Piano -
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Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 (Arr. for Piano & Chamber Ensemble): I. Allegro moderato - Mozart, Beethoven & Harbison: Works Featuring Piano -
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Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 (Arr. for Piano & Chamber Ensemble): II. Andante con moto - Mozart, Beethoven & Harbison: Works Featuring Piano -
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Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 (Arr. for Piano & Chamber Ensemble): III. Rondo. Vivace - Mozart, Beethoven & Harbison: Works Featuring Piano -
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4 More Occasional Pieces: No. 3, Anniversary Waltz - Mozart, Beethoven & Harbison: Works Featuring Piano -
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Fantasia in C Minor, K. 396 (Completed M. Stadler for Piano) - Mozart, Beethoven & Harbison: Works Featuring Piano -
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Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-Flat Major, K. 449 (Arr. for Piano & String Quintet): I. Allegro vivace - Mozart, Beethoven & Harbison: Works Featuring Piano -
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Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-Flat Major, K. 449 (Arr. for Piano & String Quintet): II. Andantino - Mozart, Beethoven & Harbison: Works Featuring Piano -
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Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-Flat Major, K. 449 (Arr. for Piano & String Quintet): III. Allegro ma non troppo - Mozart, Beethoven & Harbison: Works Featuring Piano -
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Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 (Arr. for Piano & Chamber Ensemble): I. Allegro moderato - Mozart, Beethoven & Harbison: Works Featuring Piano -
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Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 (Arr. for Piano & Chamber Ensemble): II. Andante con moto - Mozart, Beethoven & Harbison: Works Featuring Piano -
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Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 (Arr. for Piano & Chamber Ensemble): III. Rondo. Vivace - Mozart, Beethoven & Harbison: Works Featuring Piano -
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4 More Occasional Pieces: No. 3, Anniversary Waltz - Mozart, Beethoven & Harbison: Works Featuring Piano -
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Fantasia in C Minor, K. 396 (Completed M. Stadler for Piano) - Mozart, Beethoven & Harbison: Works Featuring Piano -
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