Tchaikovsky & Borodin: String Quartets No. 2

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With this release, the Heimbach series continues its record of excellence, and these fine performances of two gems of the Russian string quartet repertoire deserve the attention of all lovers... — Fanfare, May/June 2020 More…

Release Date: 11th Oct 2019
Catalogue No: AVI8553101
Label: Avi Music
Length: 65 minutes

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Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 in D major

Work length27:54

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Barbara Buntrock, Byol Kang, Julian Steckel, Anna Reszniak

I. Allegro moderato

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II. Scherzo. Allegro

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III. Andante

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IV. Finale. Andante - Vivace

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Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 22

Work length37:30

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Byol Kang, Antje Weithaas, Timothy Ridout, Tanja Tetzlaff

I. Adagio. Moderato assai

Track length12:44

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II. Scherzo. Allergo giusto

Track length6:24

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III. Andante ma non tanto

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IV. Finale. Allegro con moto

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The first of two live releases from the famous chamber music festival SPANNUNGEN (June, 2018). The focus of this album is Russian String quartets, namely those by Borodin and Tchaikovsky, performed by a variety of performers including Antje Weithaas, Byol Kang and Julian Steckel. Many Russian instrumental works of the 19th century were based on a programme, and the same holds true of Alexander Borodin's Second String Quartet. Here the underlying subject was the great love he felt for his wife Ekaterina. In 1877, the composer (who was also a doctor and a chemist) travelled to Heidelberg, where he had met her 16 years earlier. In letters he described to her how he was returning to the spots they had visited together, and added: "I would give anything to have you here at my side." Borodin finished writing the D Major Quartet on a date that was likewise symbolic: on 10 August 1881, their twentieth anniversary. (from the liner notes by Mathias Corvin) Tchaikovsky managed to make ends meet by teaching, until his concert overture The Tempest (1873) drew widespread attention to his talent as a composer. In high spirits after that resounding success, Tchaikovsky euphorically wrote his Second String Quartet in the course of one night in January 1874. This work is even more elaborate and mature than the more well-known First String Quartet, with which he had attempted to supplement his meager professor's salary in 1871. He certainly had less trouble composing the Second Quartet: "I regard it as my best work; no other piece has poured forth from me so simply and easily. I wrote it almost in one sitting." Musical connections with Mozart's string quartets are already evident in the first movement. (from the line notes Pedro Obiera) Artists: Borodin Byol Kang - violin Anna Reszniak - violin Julian Steckel - cello Barbara Buntrock viola Tchaikovsky Antje Weithaas violin Byol Kang - violin Timothy Ridout - viola Tanje Tetzlaff - cello

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May/June 2020

With this release, the Heimbach series continues its record of excellence, and these fine performances of two gems of the Russian string quartet repertoire deserve the attention of all lovers of chamber music.

Tchaikovsky & Borodin: String Quartets No. 2

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