Messages Quartet - Messages (2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Messages Quartet has been founded in 2014 and in just a year won the Second Prize, Silver Medal and a Special Award for interpretation of Shostakovich’s Quartet in the Second International Competition of Chamber Music in Plovdiv (Bulgaria, X 2015). The Quartet has also been recognized by the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage and in February 2016 awarded a grant under “Young Poland” Scholarship Programme, thanks to which in 2017, the debut record of the ensemble containing the recording of string quartets by Szymon Laks was released by the record company DUX. The album received excellent reviews in the French, German, British, American and Polish press. This newest release showcases music from Stanislaw Moniuszko, Andrzej Panufnik, and Krzysztof Penderecki.

Tracklist:
01. String Quartet No. 2 "Messages" (20:21)
02. String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor: I. Allegro agitato (5:06)
03. String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor: II. Andantino (3:37)
04. String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor: III. Scherzo. Vivo (3:32)
05. String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor: IV. Finale. Allegro assai (3:47)
06. String Quartet No. 3 "Pages of an Unwritten Diary" (17:43)

Personnel:
Messages Quartet:
Małgorzata Wasiucionek, violin
Oriana Masternak, violin
Maria Shetty, viola
Beata Urbanek-Kalinowska, cello