CD of Original Works – Montana
Korine Fujiwara, composer
Carpe Diem String Quartet
2010 – Seize the Music
Fiddle Suite: Montana; Entangled Banks; Six Tasty Caprices for Solo Violin
Erberk Eryılmaz – Dances of the Yoğurt Maker
Music for String Quartet and Turkish Folk Percussion
Carpe Diem String Quartet
Erberk Eryilmaz, darbuka, davul, wooden spoons; piano
2021 – MSR Classics
World Premiere Recordings
Jonathan Leshnoff: String Quartet Nos. 3 & 4, Four Dances for String Quartet
Jonathan Leshnoff, composer
Carpe Diem String Quartet
2020 – MSR Classics
Four Dances for String Quartet
String Quartet No. 3, “The Miller-Kahn Quartet”
String Quartet No. 4
Jeff Midkiff: Music for Mandolin and String Quartet
Jeff Midkiff, composer/mandolin
Carpe Diem String Quartet
2018 – Seize the Music Records and Publishing
Quintet No. 1 for Mandolin and Strings, “From the Blue Ridge”
Quintet No. 2 for Mandolin and Strings
Run for Your Life!
Seize the Day Quartets by Richard Jordan Smoot
Richard Jordan Smoot, composer
Carpe Diem String Quartet
2011 – Sound Endeavors
Seize The Day for String Quartet
Khabiri Quartet for String Quartet
Quartet for Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano
Reza Vali: The Book of Calligraphy, 2 CD Set
Reza Vali, composer
Carpe Diem String Quartet
2015 – Albany
Disc 1: Calligraphy Nos. 1-6
Disc 2: Calligraphy Nos. 7-12
The Complete String Quartets of Sergei Taneyev, Volume 1
Sergei Taneyev, composer
Carpe Diem String Quartet
2007 – Naxos
String Quartet No. 1 in B-flat minor
String Quartet No. 3 in D minor
The Complete String Quartets of Sergei Taneyev, Volume 2
Sergei Taneyev, composer
Carpe Diem String Quartet
2011 – Naxos
String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 5
String Quartet No. 4 in A minor, Op. 11
The Complete String Quartets of Sergei Taneyev, Volume 3
Sergei Taneyev, composer
Carpe Diem String Quartet
2013 – Naxos
String Quartet No. 7 in E-flat Major
String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 13
The Complete String Quartets of Sergei Taneyev, Volume 4
Sergei Taneyev, composer
Carpe Diem String Quartet
2015 – Naxos
String Quartet No. 9 in A Major
String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat Major, Op. 19
The Complete String Quartets of Sergei Taneyev, Volume 5
Sergei Taneyev, composer
Carpe Diem String Quartet
2016 – Naxos
String Quartet No. 8 in C Major
String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 16
Positive Energy
Carpe Diem String Quartet
2011 – Seize the Music Records and Music
Sowash: Positive Energy
Mendelssohn: String Quartet, Op. 80
Spiritual, arr. Fujiwara: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Monti, arr. Fujiwara: Czardas
Piazzolla, arr. Wetherbee: Primavera
Piazzolla, arr. Wetherbee: Otono
Sowash: Seventeen
Wolosoff: Five O’Clock Shadow
Wolosoff: Car Wash
Wolosoff: Heels
Willy Porter: Live at BoMA
Carpe Diem String Quartet
2009 – Weasel Records
Moonbeam, Dishwater Blonde, Breathe, Big Yellow Pine, Paper Airplane, Hard Place, Watercolor
John Gunther: Trickster Tales for String Quartet and Saxophone
John Gunther, composer
Carpe Diem String Quartet
2017 – Mighty Fine Productions
Reza Vali: Longing
Carpe Diem String Quartet
CHARLES WETHERBEE, solo violin
DARIUSH SAGHAFI, santoor
DAVID KOREVAAR, piano
2019 – MSR Classics
World Premiere Recordings
Bruce Wolosoff: Songs Without Words – 18 Divertimenti for String Quartet
Bruce Wolosoff, composer
Carpe Diem String Quartet
2009 – Naxos
Jonathan Leshnoff: String Quartet No. 1, “Pearl German”
Jonathan Leshnoff, composer
Carpe Diem String Quartet
Charles Wetherbee, violin
2009 – Naxos
Violin Concerto
String Quartet No. 1
Jonathan Leshnoff: Chamber Music
Jonathan Leshnoff, composer
Carpe Diem String Quartet
2012 – Naxos
String Quartet No. 2, “Edelman”
Jeff Midkiff: Two Quintets for Mandolin & Strings
Jeff Midkiff, composer/mandolin
Carpe Diem String Quartet
2022 – Sheva Collection
Quintet No. 1 for Mandolin & Strings, “From the Blue Ridge”
Quintet No. 2 for Mandolin & Strings