Special offer. Smetana: String Quartets Nos 1 & 2 - Vinyl Edition
Pavel Haas Quartet
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th April 2015
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Winner - Chamber
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2015, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Winner - Chamber
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2015
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....
Special offer. Smetana: String Quartets Nos 1 & 2 - Vinyl Edition
Pavel Haas Quartet
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Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 13th April 2015
-
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Winner - Chamber
-
Gramophone Magazine, May 2015, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Winner - Chamber
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2015
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....
About
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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Awards and reviews
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Presto Recording of the Week13th April 2015
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Gramophone MagazineMay 2015Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the YearWinner 2015
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
