Janáček - String Quartet No. 1 'The Kreutzer Sonata'
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Chamber » Quartets » String Quartets
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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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Building a Library, April 2023, Also Recommended
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…totally compelling and warmly recorded performances… — More…
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Building a Library, September 2012, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Chamber
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2008, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2008, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, April 2023, Also Recommended
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their success at dramatising the storieswithout-words of both quartets is much aided by exceptionally vivid studio engineering, achieved by Thore Brinkmann at Potton Hall. — More…
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Building a Library, April 2023, Also Recommended
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These are highly strung performances, not always comfortable but alive. — More…
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Building a Library, April 2023, Also Recommended
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Janácek changed his mind a great deal, especially about the Second Quartet, on the way from composition to performance and even after that. Most records use the scores published in Prague respectively... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2023, Also Recommended
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The Janacek Chamber Orchestra is 11 or 12 players strong, but sounds larger. It produces a rich tone, with evident enthusiasm for the varied textures that all the composers require in different... — More…
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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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Building a Library, April 2023, Also Recommended
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Janácek: Chamber & Orchestral Works
RecommendedA 5 CD box to mark the 150th anniversary of Janácek's birth
Paul Crossley (piano), Gabrieli String Quartet, Kenneth Sillito (violin) Paul Crossley (piano), Eva Urbanová (soprano), Marta Benackova (mezzo-soprano), Vladimir Bogachov (tenor), Richard Novák (bass), Thomas Trotter (organ)
London Sinfonietta and Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker,...
a very useful and inexpensive way of acquiring a lot of Janacek...Chailly's strong and refined reading of the Glagolitic Mass makes a splendid finale for this set, with fine detail brought out... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2005, Modern Choice
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