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The Fitzwilliam Quartet first drew international acclaim because of its performances and recordings from the 15 string quartets of Shostakovich. Having fulfilled the composer in his last years, the Fitzwilliam players became instrumental in attaining money for the Shostakovich quartets, getting the first ever to record them full (in a …

The King’s Performers are an entertaining six-man vocal ensemble that tours the world singing a number of repertory to appreciative listeners. The group was created in 1965 by some of the choral scholars from the Choir of King’s University, Cambridge. That they had made a decision to make an exclusive …

The progressive rock genre spawned many groups that became top-grossing arena acts — Green Floyd and Genesis are two — in addition to many who progressed directly into obscurity. Henry Cow had been one of the better known & most broadly traveled English rings from the intensifying era (though just …