Smetana: String Quartets Nos 1 & 2 - Vinyl Edition - Supraphon: SU41721 - Vinyl Record

The PHQ understand absolutely the plasticity of Smetana’s vision and convey it unerringly, unshrinkingly – and in some ways even more convincingly than the Talich, which is saying something.... — Gramophone Magazine More…

Release Date: 20th Nov 2015
Catalogue No: SU41721
Label: Supraphon

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Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor 'From My Life'

Pavel Haas Quartet

Smetana: String Quartet No. 2 in D minor

Pavel Haas Quartet

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Recorded at the Domovina Studio, Prague, November 29-30 and December 6-7, 2014.

“The recording captures the quartet as if they were in your living room ... This is the kind of disc that makes record reviewing the best job in the world.” Gramophone Awards.

“These performances set a new standard and reveal so much of what makes these quartets unique.” BBC Music Magazine.

“This is extraordinarily bold playing – and they truly capture the sense that Smetana is writing symphonic quartet music.” Gramophone

“In their native repertoire they are well nigh incomparable.” The Sunday Times

Gramophone Award 2015, BBC Music Magazine Award 2016

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The PHQ understand absolutely the plasticity of Smetana’s vision and convey it unerringly, unshrinkingly – and in some ways even more convincingly than the Talich, which is saying something. This is extraordinarily bold playing – and they truly capture the sense that Smetana is writing symphonic quartet music.

3rd May 2015

In their native repertoire they are well nigh incomparable. I have not heard an account of “From My Life”...that prepares us so starkly, in its turbulent opening Allegro vivo appassionato, for its tragic outcome...And it’s hard to imagine a more compelling or harrowing take on the less frequently programmed D minor quartet

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