DVOŘÁK String Quartets Nos 9 & 13
The Zemlinskys link an unlikely pair of Dvořák string quartets
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Composer or Director: Antonín Dvořák
Genre:
Chamber
Label: Praga Digitals
Magazine Review Date: AW/2012
Media Format: Super Audio CD
Media Runtime: 70
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: PRD/DSD250 292
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
String Quartet No. 9 |
Antonín Dvořák, Composer
Antonín Dvořák, Composer Zemlinsky Quartet |
String Quartet No. 13 |
Antonín Dvořák, Composer
Antonín Dvořák, Composer Zemlinsky Quartet |
Author: Caroline Gill
Although his output of chamber music was extensive and varied, it is shot with a strengthening thread of patriotism that may have served him well during his teaching sojourn in America, to challenge his students to be tenacious in developing their own identity, but which can leave those listening to his own music with a sense of staticness. However, the Zemlinskys play in a way that is so fluid and warmly rooted in rich tonal colour, and characteristic of their perfect ensemble (especially in the grating parallel chords of the opening movement of Op 9), that it is easy to hear why it is they are so representative of the Czech quartet tradition of groups such as the Bohemian and Smetana Quartets. They embrace Dvořák’s native melodies as if they are in their blood.
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