Browse: Smetana (composer), Quartets
This page lists all recordings composed by Bedrich Smetana (1824–84).
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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.... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th April 2015
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2015, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2015
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Winner - Chamber
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Chamber Winner
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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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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.... — More…
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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
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Martha Argerich & Friends: Live from the Lugano Festival 2012
RecommendedMaria João Pires (piano), Martha Argerich (piano), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Lily Maisky (piano), Sascha Maisky (violin), Lyda Chen (viola), Mischa Maisky (cello), Nicholas Angelich (piano), Polina Leschenko (piano), Ilya Gringolts (violin), Nathan Braude (viola), Torleif Thedéen (cello), Nelson Goerner...
Several of the ensembles could have benefited from more sustained period of rehearsal, yet they still communicate vibrancy and the sheer enjoyment possible when fine musicians get together to... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th May 2013
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2013, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Includes an impassioned account of Haydn’s Seven Last Words (each movement sounding quite unlike its immediate neighbour, which isn’t always the case...Transfer engineers Ward Marston and Mark... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2023, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 'American', etc.
RecommendedHollywood String Quartet
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Building a Library, January 2003, Historic Choice
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Their performance of the first movement of Smetana’s autobiographical First Quartet is deeply satisfying, making the most of its drama without undermining its clarity of structure...There is... — More…
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there's no grand statement, or positivity here, and that's reinforced by the obsessive way that Sibelius turns around his limited material, and by the Dante Quartet's refusal to glamorise the... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2011, Chamber Choice
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