Recordings

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"Despite all our hours of practise as individuals, and as an orchestra, the re-occurring question we are asked after every concert is: "What was that last piece, and have you recorded it?" - the last piece having been an improvisation (sometimes a bit of fun and often a sort of musical prayer). This fact, although highly amusing in one sense, is a testimony to the effect of spontaneous and "live" music making. A gift from us directly to each audience. Unfortunately spontaneous improvisations are very difficult to record - the emphasis in recording today being clinically clean, immaculate and highly edited work - however we thought the audience's interest sufficient a carrot to persuade us to have a go! Our CDs represent therefore a handful of improvisations with as near as possible live performances of some of our favourite string repertoire. A minimum of editing has taken place, even to the extent that musicality and feeling were stronger priorities than perfection of sound or intonation."