Brodsky Quartet: Petits Fours: Favourite Encores

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the Brodsky Quartet blow the musical cobwebs off some of the most cherishable miniatures in the repertoire...so swaggeringly sensual is the Brodsky's Playera (Sarasate), so alluringly suave their... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 30th Jan 2012
Catalogue No: CHAN10708
Label: Chandos
Length: 65 minutes

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Sarasate: Spanish Dances, Op. 23: I. Playera

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Excerpt, Falla: Siete Canciones populares españolas

Work length4:37

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VII. Polo

Track length1:17

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V. Nana

Track length3:20

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Sarasate: Spanish Dances, Op. 23: II. Zapateado

Work length3:41

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Elgar: Chanson de Matin, Op. 15 No. 2

Work length3:12

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Elgar: La capricieuse, Op. 17: La Capricieuse, Op. 17

Work length4:10

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Elgar: Chanson de Nuit, Op. 15 No. 1

Work length4:15

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Dvořák: 8 Humoresques, Op. 101, B. 187: VII. Poco lento e grazioso in G-Flat Major

Work length3:25

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Schumann: Album für die Jugend, Op. 68: No. 30, Sehr langsam

Work length3:17

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Kreisler: Caprice Viennois, Op. 2

Work length4:22

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Brodsky Quartet, Robert Smissen

Mendelssohn: Sechs Gesänge, Op. 34: II. Auf Flugeln des Gesanges (On Wings of Song)

Work length3:41

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Godowsky: Triakontameron, 30 Moods and Scenes in Triple Measure: XI. Alt-Wien

Work length2:45

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Excerpt, Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15

Work length6:16

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Brodsky Quartet, Philip Edward Fisher

I. Von fremden Landern und Menschen (Of Foreign Lands and People)

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II. Curiose Geschichte (A Strange Story)

Track length1:15

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VII. Traumerei (Dreaming)

Track length3:05

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Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61: VI. Vif

Work length0:48

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Ravel: Violin Sonata in G Major, M. 77: Blues

Work length5:29

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Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges Suite, Op. 33a: III. March

Work length1:42

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Shostakovich: Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano: I. Prelude

Work length2:49

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Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 2: VII. Waltz

Work length3:36

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Brodsky Quartet, Philip Edward Fisher

Debussy: Beau soir, L. 6, CD 84

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Chandos Records signed an exclusive contract with the Brodsky Quartet in time for the celebrations of its fortieth anniversary in 2012.

Formed in 1972, the Brodsky Quartet quickly emerged at the forefront of the international chamber music scene. It has performed more than 2000 concerts and made more than fifty highly acclaimed recordings. This is the Quartet’s first release on Chandos, and includes many of the encores it has performed over the years, notable for their novelty and diverse range of styles and emotions. All the pieces have been arranged by past or current members of the Quartet, and together form an entertaining and original collection.

The Quartet has enjoyed many successful collaborations over the years, and regularly works with artists such as Elvis Costello, Sting, Anne Sofie von Otter, Martin Roscoe, Michael Collins, Tunde Jegede, Dawn Upshaw, and Björk. Its boundless energy and tremendous enthusiasm have led it in many artistic directions, from the classic quartet repertoire of Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, and Tchaikovsky, to the very cutting edge of contemporary music and styles. Its passion to embrace ‘all good music’ has been the driving force behind its success and has kept its approach fresh and its enthusiasm high since its formation.

One recurring characteristic of the performances of the Quartet is its inclusion of guest artists, who take the group away from the standard string quartet repertoire. This will be reflected in two further recordings to be released on Chandos in 2012: A CD of works by Debussy, with the multi-award-winning pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet in the Piano Trio and the harpist Sioned Williams and double-bass player Chris Laurence in the Deux Dances for harp and strings; and a disc of American songs with the bass-baritone Sir Willard White.

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April 2012

the Brodsky Quartet blow the musical cobwebs off some of the most cherishable miniatures in the repertoire...so swaggeringly sensual is the Brodsky's Playera (Sarasate), so alluringly suave their Caprice viennois (Elgar), in which they are joined by gifted viola player Robert Smissen, that it becomes hard to imagine these pieces played any other way - or any better.

June 2012

What is so striking about the playing of the Brodsky Quartet throughout is their brimming love for the music, with some ravishing shading down to the most hushed pianissimos. All this is caught in wonderfully rich and transparent sound, a credit to the Chandos engineers.

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