Disco de Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: «Tchaikovsky: String Quartets, Vol.1»

- Título:Tchaikovsky: String Quartets, Vol.1
- Fecha de publicación:2000-07-18
- Tipo:Audio CD
- Sello discográfico:Naxos
- UPC:730099584722
- 1Str Qt No.1 in D, Op.11: Moderato E Semplice
- 2Str Qt No.1 in D, Op.11: Andante Cantabile
- 3Str Qt No.1 in D, Op.11: Scherzo: Allegro Non Tanto E Con Fuoco
- 4Str Qt No.1 in D, Op.11: Finale: Allegro Giusto
- 5Str Qt No.2 in F, Op.22: Adagio, Moderato Assai (Quasi Andantino)
- 6Str Qt No.2 in F, Op.22: Scherzo: Allegro Giusto
- 7Str Qt No.2 in F, Op.22: Andante Ma Non Tanto
- 8Str Qt No.2 in F, Op.22: Finale: Allegro Con Moto
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Credible Chaykovskiy...
This 2000 Naxos issue is entirely acceptable and satisfactory featuring highly credible performances by a lesser-known Eastern European ensemble (the New Haydn Quartet, Budapest).
The sound is fairly dry (sans reverb) and the miking mid-range.
Tchaikovsky's cosmopolitan style is on display here with correctly abstract consideration of the genre. Still, Beethoven's influence is evident (as with the Quartets of Arensky and Glier): these works may have a closer sonic affinity to Dvorák than Borodin.
The famous Andante of course made Tolstoy weep (December, 1876).
String Quartet (No. 1, D-major) Op. 11
i. Moderato e semplice
ii. Andante cantabile
iii. Allegro non tanto e con fuoco
iv. Allegro giusto
New Haydn Quartet, Budapest (1995)
i. 10'46
ii. 06'33
iii. 04'06
iv. 09'46
Emerson String Quartet (1984)
i. 07'41
ii. 06'48
iii. 03'46
iv. 06'11
Borodin Quartet (1993)
i. 10'45
ii. 07'21
iii. 03'59
iv. 06'47
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String Quartet (No. 2, F-major) Op. 22
i. Adagio moderato assai
ii. Allegro giusto
iii. Andante ma non tanto
iv. Allegro con moto
New Haydn Quartet, Budapest (1995)
i. 12'25
ii. 05'26
iii. 11'18
iv. 05'53
Borodin Quartet (1993)
i. 11'42
ii. 05'14
iii. 12'44
iv. 05'52
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