Janáček - String Quartet No. 2 'Intimate Letters'
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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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…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... — 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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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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Janáček: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 & Sonata for Violin and Piano
RecommendedPrazák Quartet (string quartet), Václav Remeš, Sachiko Kayahara
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Building a Library, April 2023, Recommended Recording
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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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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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Another superb album from our 2018 Awards newcomer . Who knew quartets by Glass and Janáček could complement each other as well as they do in this eclectic concept album? — More…
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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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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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Building a Library, January 2000, First Choice
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