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Quatuor Voce - Bartók, Schulhoff & Janáček: Lettres intimes (2017)

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Quatuor Voce - Bartók, Schulhoff & Janáček: Lettres intimes (2017)

Quatuor Voce - Bartók, Schulhoff & Janáček: Lettres intimes (2017)
Classical | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 01:09:55 | 161 MB
Label: Alpha | Release Year: 2017

The Quatuor Voce, which recently celebrated its tenth anniversary, follows up its two recordings of Mozart with Juliette Hurel (ALPHA204) and Brahms with Lise Berthaud (ALPHA214) by inviting us on a journey to central Europe. The three works recorded here were written over a period of twenty years. Two of them allude to their composer’s love lives. Bartók’s First Quartet might be seen as Beethoven’s Quartet no.17.

The intense opening Lento is a lyric-dramatic movement that transposes an unhappy experience of love. No previous quartet had come so close to the Beethovenian ideal. Janáček’s Second Quartet reflects his love for Kamila Stösslová, and is a faithful mirror of emotions in all their spontaneous and constantly shifting authenticity. Schulhoff was one of the first Jewish composers to fall victim to Nazi barbarity. Inventive, omnivorously curious, he was a virtuoso pianist who performed both jazz and serial music. His Five Pieces consist of a suite of dances in different styles, successively Alla Valse viennese, Alla Serenata, Alla Czeca, Alla Tango milonga and Alla Tarantella.

TRACKLIST

01. String Quartet No. 1, Sz. 40: I. Lento
02. String Quartet No. 1, Sz. 40: II. Allegretto
03. String Quartet No. 1, Sz. 40: III. Allegro vivace
04. Five Pieces for String Quartet: I. Alla valse viennese (Allegro)
05. Five Pieces for String Quartet: II. Alla serenata (Allegretto con moto)
06. Five Pieces for String Quartet: III. Alla czeca (Molto allegro)
07. Five Pieces for String Quartet: IV. Alla tango milonga (Andante)
08. Five Pieces for String Quartet: V. Alla tarantella (Prestissimo con fuoco)
09. String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate letters": I. Andante
10. String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate letters": II. Adagio
11. String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate letters": III. Moderato
12. String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate letters": IV. Allegro