Browse: Janáček - String Quartet No. 2 'Intimate Letters'
Composer: Leoš Janáček (1854–1928)Genres:
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 reproach... — 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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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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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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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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Building a Library, January 2000, First Choice
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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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Music of genius played with exceptional skill and understanding. — More…
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These are highly strung performances, not always comfortable but alive. — More…
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