Discography

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    Discography

    Parallel 40 (2024) 7 Mountain Records

    Menorca Tonada de Treure Aigo/Tonada d’Espigola; Toc de fabiol arr. Pau Marquès i Oleo
    Sardinia Sa Brunedda – Traditional arr. Alessandro Simonetti/Belinfante Quartet
    Italy (Naples) Alessandro Scarlatti Sonata a Quattro No. 3: i. Fuga
    Albania Ioannis Koukouzelis Ainete ton Kyrion (Praise the Lord from Heaven)
    Greece Nikos Skalkottas Five Greek Dances for Strings – i. Epirotikos
    Turkey Ahmet Adnan Saygun String Quartet No. 1 – iii. Allegretto 
    Armenia Komitas Fourteen Pieces on Themes of Armenian Folk Songs xi. Festive Song
    Azerbaijan Shafiga Akhundova Prologue to Galin Gayasi (Maiden Rock) arr. Belinfante Quartet
    Turkmenistan Baýram Hudaýnazarov – Ýylgaýlar halk sazyna konsertino (Concerto to Folk Music) arr. Belinfante Quartet
    Uzbekistan Polina Medyulyanova – New Initiation 
    Kyrgyzstan Atai Ogonbaev Mash Botoy arr. Belinfante Quartet
    China Tan Dun Eight Colors for String Quartet i. Peking Opera – viii. Red Sona
    North Korea Arirang (trad. Korean) – improvisation
    Japan Joe Hisaishi String Quartet No. 1 i. Encounter 
    United States (California) Terry Riley Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector
    Portugal (Coimbra) Carlos Paredes Canção Verdes Anos arr. Belinfante Quartet
    Spain Francisco Tárrega Recuerdos de la Alhambra arr. Belinfante Quartet
    Menorca A la Vora de la Mar arr. Pau Marquès i Oleo
    Bonus track: Turkmenistan Nury Halmämedov Gyzlaryň aýdymy  (The Song of the Girls)

    Ellipse (2022) 7 Mountain Records

    B. Britten – String Quartet no. 2 in C major
    I. Allegro calmo senza rigore
    II. Vivace
    III. Chacony

    J. Playford / A. Klaassens – Neere the Church Doore
    I. Neere the Church Doore
    II. Newcastle
    III. Kemp’s Jig
    IV. Mill-Field
    V. Open the Doore to Three
    VI. Jenny Pluck Pears
    VII. Mundesse
    VIII. Newcastle remix

    B. Britten – Three Divertimenti
    I. March
    II. Waltz
    III. Burlesque

    C. Shaw – Plan & Elevation
    I. The Ellipse
    II. The Cutting Garden
    III. The Herbaceous Border
    IV. The Orangery
    V. The Beech Tree

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    Into Eternity (2023) trptk

    Music by Marion von Tilzer

    Musicians: Marion von Tilzer, Bella Adamova, Maya Fridman, Belinfante Quartet, Jacobus Thiele & Michiel Hesselink

    1. Out of the Dark
    2. The Letter of Vilma Grunwald
    3. Hajej, můj andílku
    4. Song for Mira
    5. I Heard This In My Dream
    6. The Day the Light Came
    7. Girl Finds a Bright Spot in a Dark World
    8. Into Eternity
    bUY

    Digital Releases

    Joseph Bologne: String Quartet No.4 in C Minor. Released 2021

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    Henriëtte Bosmans: Strijkkwartet. Released 2021

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    Bosmans (1895 – 1952) was a pianist and Frieda Belinfante’s partner in The Netherlands. She is one of the great Dutch composers of the C.20th.

    Remembrance (2022) Yellow Octopus

    eforez, Efthymios Stavropoulos, Belinfante Quartet

    1. The little bird that knew my name
    2. Institutionalised Prayer
    3. The Umbrella
    4. Holding 1000 drachmas as tight as possible
    5. The most dedicated person I know
    6. His spinach obsession
    7. The lego master
    8. My favourite perfectionist
    9. Brand new microenvironment
    10. Accepting the new city
    11. A second father
    12. Complete freedom