Borodin: String Quartet No2; Smetana: String quartet
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This disc has some wonderful compositions to recommend it, but not much else. The Takács Quartet plays both of these emotionally outgoing romantic pieces with more caution than fervor, sinking them as listening experiences. They are recorded in an overresonant acoustic, which probably removes some of the rhythmic emphasis from the playing, although there obviously wasn't enough in the first place. Under the circumstances it would be churlish to complain that there was plenty of room on this 52-minute disc for another piece of music. The Borodin Quartet is much better played by the Emerson Quartet (Deutsche Grammophon 427 618-2), Smetana by the Panocha Quartet (Supraphon 11 1514-2). --Leslie Gerber
Borodin: String Quartet No2; Smetana: String quartet, Music, Andras Fejer, Alexander Borodin, Bedrich Smetana, Takács String Quartet, Roger Tapping, Edward Dusinberre, Karoly Schranz, Chamber, Classical, Classical Music, Quartet for Four String Instruments
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Borodin: String Quartet No2; Smetana: String quartet
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
 Quartets
| Chamber Music
| Classical
| Styles
| Music
General
| Chamber Music
| Classical
| Styles
| Music
All Works by Borodin
| Borodin, Alexander
| ( B )
| Featured Composers, A-Z
| Classical
| Styles
| Music
All Works by Smetana
| Smetana, Bedrich
| ( S )
| Featured Composers, A-Z
| Classical
| Styles
| Music
General
| Classical
| Styles
| Music
ASIN: B00000429F
Release Date: 1996-06-11 |
Tracks:
- String Quartet No.1 in e 'From my life': Allegro vivo appassionato
- String Quartet No.1 in e 'From my life': Allegro moderato a la Polka
- String Quartet No.1 in e 'From my life': Largo sostenuto
- String Quartet No.1 in e 'From my life': Vivace
- String Quartet No.2 in D: Allegro moderato
- String Quartet No.2 in D: Scherzo: Allegro
- String Quartet No.2 in D: Notturno: Andante
- String Quartet No.2 in D: Finale: Andante - Vivace
Amazon.com
This disc has some wonderful compositions to recommend it, but not much else. The Takács Quartet plays both of these emotionally outgoing romantic pieces with more caution than fervor, sinking them as listening experiences. They are recorded in an overresonant acoustic, which probably removes some of the rhythmic emphasis from the playing, although there obviously wasn't enough in the first place. Under the circumstances it would be churlish to complain that there was plenty of room on this 52-minute disc for another piece of music. The Borodin Quartet is much better played by the Emerson Quartet (Deutsche Grammophon 427 618-2), Smetana by the Panocha Quartet (Supraphon 11 1514-2). --Leslie Gerber
Track Listings:
- Brahms: Serenade No.1/Haydn Variations
- Chopin: Favourite Piano Works [Import]
- Christmas' Greatest Voices
- DEBUT ~ Michelle DeYoung - Duparc ˇ Wagner ˇ Liszt ˇ R. Strauss Songs / Kevin Murphy
- Dell Amore [CD-single] [Import]
- Dufay: Mass for St. Anthony of Padua / Pomerium
- Ernest Bloch: Concerti Grossi 1 & 2/ Quincy Porter: Ukrainian Suite
- Exotic Impressions: Flute Works by Karg-Elert
- Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Sonatas, Ops. 6, 105, + 106/Rondo Capriccioso
- Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 9
Track Listings
track listings
Track Listings
Trouble in the Land
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 6 "Pastoral"
Blue Guitar
The Staff [Import]
Vol. 1-Plague of Crafty Guitarists [Import]
Ain't No Funk Like N.O. Funk
Beyond Words
Banter
Big City [Extra tracks]
58 Sessions Featuring Stella by Starlight
American Idiot [CD-single] [Import]
Appearance and the Park
As Good as It Gets: Boogie Woogie [Import]
Winds of Worship 2: Live- Extended Play
Out of This World