Recordings
The quartet has worked extensively to record works by Russian composer Sergei Taneyev; a CD of Taneyev's String Quartets Numbers 1 and 3 is available under the Naxos label. The second volume of Taneyev, featuring String Quartets Numbers 2 and 4, has most recently been released for digital download on the Naxos website. Physical CDs will be made available in March 2011. In the summer of 2009, CDSQ recorded "Montana" and "Entangled Banks," both composed by violist Korine Fujiwara, for an upcoming CD. "Songs Without Words," composed by Bruce Wolosoff for the quartet, was successfully recorded earlier in 2009 and has been made available for digital download on Naxos's website. Physical CDs of the recording will be released in December 2010.
A huge honor for the Carpe Diem String Quartet: they received nominations for the 2009 Grammy Awards in four categories: Best Classical Album, Best Chamber Music Performance, Best New Artist, and Best Engineered Album- Classical.
Recently, the quartet has released a number of CDs:
- Positive Energy, a varied collection of popular pieces classical and otherwise
- Montana by Korine Fujiwara
- Songs without Words by Bruce Wolosoff
- Live at BoMA by Willy Porter and Carpe Diem String Quartet
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