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Ravel & Debussy: String Quartets

Talich Quartet: Jan Talich, Roman Patocka (violins), Vladimir Bukac (viola) & Petr Prause (cello)

Ravel & Debussy: String Quartets

Awards:

supreme performances...the interpretations are so organically and seamlessly imagined…The subtlety, beauty and sinew of the playing are simply amazing

Ravel & Debussy: String Quartets

Talich Quartet: Jan Talich, Roman Patocka (violins), Vladimir Bukac (viola) & Petr Prause (cello)

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This release includes a digital booklet

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Awards:

supreme performances...the interpretations are so organically and seamlessly imagined…The subtlety, beauty and sinew of the playing are simply amazing

About

This new recording devoted to quartets by Debussy and Ravel, bearing the Slavic accent of Prague's Talich Quartet, is truly marvellous. The album represents a new phase in the quartet’s career that will highlight the sheer versatility of this talented group, so proud of its illustrious roots.

NEW RECORDING 2012

Contents and tracklist

I. Animé et très décidé
Track length6:16
Assez vif et bien rythmé
Track length3:58
III. Andantino, doucement expressif
Track length7:38
IV. Très modéré
Track length7:19
I. Allegro moderato
Track length7:55
II. Assez vif. Très rythmé
Track length6:28
III. Très lent
Track length8:16
IV. Vif et agité
Track length4:34

Awards and reviews

  • Gramophone Magazine
    November 2012
    Editor's Choice

November 2012

supreme performances...the interpretations are so organically and seamlessly imagined…The subtlety, beauty and sinew of the playing are simply amazing

November 2012

The second movement scatters pizzicato notes across the stave in a virtuosic display, but it’s the aggression of the quartet’s leader, Jan Talich Jnr, in the bowed recitative phrases which impress.

November /December 2012

Fresh light brought to a familiar coupling of French quartets … the Talich Quartet somehow manage to cover all bases, playing with an exquisite sensitivity to phrase and instrumental balance … two highly accomplished performances
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