Widor, Maier & Amram: Piano Quartets New York Piano Quartet

• Charles-Marie Widor (1844 - 1937): Piano Quartet in A Minor, Op. 66:
• 1 Widor: Piano Quartet in A Minor, Op. 66: I. Allegro moderato 09:38
• 2 Widor: Piano Quartet in A Minor, Op. 66: II. Adagio 09:42
• 3 Widor: Piano Quartet in A Minor, Op. 66: III. Vivace 04:23
• 4 Widor: Piano Quartet in A Minor, Op. 66: IV. Allegro ma non troppo 09:06
• Amanda Maier (1853 - 1894): Piano Quartet in E Minor:
• 5 Maier: Piano Quartet in E Minor: I. Allegro 09:01
• 6 Maier: Piano Quartet in E Minor: II. Andante 06:11
• 7 Maier: Piano Quartet in E Minor: III. Presto con fuoco 04:19
• 8 Maier: Piano Quartet in E Minor: IV. Finale. Largo espressivo - Allegro vivace 09:07
• David Amram III (b. 1930): Portraits:
• 9 Amram III: Portraits 12:37
• Total Runtime 01:14:04

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“The players dig into the music with alacrity, the strings often employing juicy vibrato and slides to emphasise the composers’ expressive points. The artistry has the excitement that often transpires when something significant has been unearthed and savoured.” – Gramophone

Formed over a decade ago as the core ensemble of the New York Chamber Music Festival, the NEW YORK PIANO QUARTET — Metropolitan Opera Orchestra musicians Elmira Darvarova (violin), Ronald Carbone (viola), Samuel Magill (cello) and Linda Hall (piano) — has garnered a reputation for superlative performance and recordings of inexplicably neglected chamber music.

Their newest recording presents three chamber music rarities: piano quartets by Charles-Marie Widor, Amanda Maier, and David Amram, who celebrates his 96th birthday this year. The project, recorded in high definition audio at Oktaven Audio by acclaimed engineer Ryan Streber.

“They project diverse styles… with understanding and finesse.” – MusicWeb International

New York Piano Quartet:
Elmira Darvarova, violin
Ronald Carbone, viola
Samuel Magill, cello
Linda Hall, piano

Recorded in October 2025 at Oktaven Audio, Mount Vernon, New York
Recording Engineer: Ryan Streber
Editing Engineers: Ryan Streber and Calista Case
Mastering Engineer: Gene Gaudette
Produced by Elmira Darvarova and Gene Gaudette

New York Piano Quartet
Comprised of Metropolitan Opera musicians (violinist Elmira Darvarova, violist Ronald Carbone, cellist Samuel Magill and pianist Linda Hall), The NEW YORK PIANO QUARTET is the core ensemble of the New York Chamber Music Festival, appearing at prestigious venues, including Carnegie Hall. Their performances have been called “revelatory” and “stunning” by Fanfare Magazine, while their recordings were praised as “ultra-impassioned, vividly detailed” by Gramophone Magazine. Their recording of Alfred Schnittke's "Piano Quartet after Mahler" was hailed as the definitive version, and they have championed works by Gustav Mahler, Erich Korngold, Joseph Marx, Charles-Marie Widor, Amanda Maier, David Amram, Gernot Wolfgang, Wang Jie and José Serebrier (among many others), presenting a multitude of world premieres, American premieres and New York premieres. A CD album with world-premiere recordings of chamber works by René de Castéra (released by the French label Azur Classical), on which three of the New York Piano Quartet members appear, was selected by Music-Web International as Recording of the Month, and among the Records of the Year. The string players of the group - Elmira Darvarova, Ronald Carbone and Samuel Magill - participated in an album of José Serebrier's chamber music for which they recorded a number of never-before released works, and they also registered, for a different album, the world-premiere recordings of Eugene Ysaÿe's String Trios Op. 33 and 34, in their recently-discovered finalized versions.

"Ultra-impassioned, vividly detailed" - Gramophone

"Revelatory, stunning" - Fanfare

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