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Composer: Leoš Janáček (1854–1928)
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…what is immediately striking about the present performance is its boldness and originality in terms of tempo contrasts, rhythmic emphasis and textural variety. Not only the playing beyond reproach... — More…
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Building a Library, September 2012, First Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2006, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Winner - Chamber
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2007, Best Newcomer
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Janacek: String Quartets
RecommendedGunter Teuffel (viola d‘amore), Gunter Teuffel (viola)
Mandelring Quartet
For Janacek collectors, this is of course an enthralling disc, and one to engage the attention of anyone gripped by the passionate, even violent interactions of Janacek's life and his music — More…
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Building a Library, September 2012, Also Recommended
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Korngold: Piano Quintet in E Major, Op. 15 – Janáček: String Quartet No. 2, JW VII/13 'Intimate Letters' Ivo Kahánek (piano), Miloš Vacek (violin), Richard Kružík (violin), Jan Řezníček (viola), Břetislav Vybíral (cello)
Janáček String Quartet
The virtuosity on display here is quite astonishing. The longstanding Janáček Quartet is joined by fellow Czech pianist Ivo Kanánek for Korngold’s Quintet, before paying tribute to their namesake... — More…
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The main interpretative obstacle in the First Quartet is how to gauge the progression of its first three movement so the finale is a culmination without obliterating that went before. The Belcea... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, May 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Janacek: The Kreutzer Sonata & Intimate Letters (arr. for string orchestra)
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Terje Tønnesen
Nervous systems go haywire when confronted with committed performances of Janacek's two quartets. Imagine the impact, then, when both are carefully and selectively arranged for string orchestra...That... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2017, Orchestral Choice
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For a moment or two in the Smetana one might think that the Takács Quartet's almost Olympian objectivity wouldn't suit music that often seems to well up so directly from the heart. In fact it's... — More…
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Janáček: String Quartet No. 2, Pohádka & Concertino
Victor Julien-Laferrière (cello), Guillaume Bellom (piano), Maxime Tomba (horn), Jonas Vitaud (piano), Omer Bouchez (violin), Élise Liu (violin), Yung-Hsin Lou Chang (viola), Amaury Viduvier (clarinet), Rafaël Angster (bassoon)
Quatuor Hermès
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There is much to admire here from the excellent Jerusalem Quartet. In Smetana's First Quartet there is the fine opening viola melody...The slow movements of the Janacek quartets are also carefully... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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