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Supraphon

Beethoven and Mozart: String Quartets

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Composer
BEETHOVEN MOZART
Artist
VLACH QUARTET
Format
CD
Label
Supraphon
Released
May 19, 2017
Catalog #
SU4221-2
UPC
099925422127

About

After having paid tribute to the legacy of the Czech Chamber Orchestra, Supraphon has now commemorated another ensemble connected with the violinist and conductor Josef Vlach, a gifted pupil of Josef Talich. Established in 1950, since 1954 the Vlach Quartet performed in the line-up in which it had triumphed in the competition in Liege and in which it conquered stages worldwide and made all the recordings featured on this album. Two exciting quartets, teh Smetana and the Vlach, were active in Prague, ensembles whose difference represented an inspiring polarity of approaches to music interpretation. Ivan Medek thus described the personality of Josef Vlach, who with kindness and authority alike formed the quartet's soul: ''Similarly to Talich, Vlach was not a scholarly artist. Yet he possessed a remarkable ability, an acute sense for that which is really strong and communicative in music. His intellect seemed to be constantly fed from an immense source of profound emotional inspiration.'' The Vlach Quartet recorded Beethoven's quartets within 10 years. Given the year in which it was recorded, 1956, the ''bonus'' Mozart quatet in D minor is one oft he ensemble's oldest recordings made soon after their victory in Liege. The presented Beethoven tracks are merely part of the Vlach Quartet's remarkable legacy, which encompasses quartet works by Czech composers, as well as by Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Debussy and Ravel.

Tracklist 39 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Allegro 08:27
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    08:27
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  3. 2 II. Andante con moto 08:29
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante con moto
    Duration
    08:29
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  4. 3 III. Allegro 03:27
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    03:27
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  5. 4 IV. Presto 07:08
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Presto
    Duration
    07:08
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  6. 5 I. Allegro con brio 07:40
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro con brio
    Duration
    07:40
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  7. 6 II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato 10:14
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato
    Duration
    10:14
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  8. 7 III. Scherzo: Allegro molto 03:46
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Allegro molto
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  9. 8 IV. Allegro 06:14
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    06:14
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  10. 9 I. Allegro moderato 04:57
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    04:57
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  11. 10 II. Andante 06:16
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    06:16
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  12. 11 III. Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio 04:19
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio
    Duration
    04:19
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  13. 12 IV. Allegretto ma non troppo - Più allegro 06:51
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Allegretto ma non troppo - Più allegro
    Duration
    06:51
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  14. Disc 2
  15. 1 I. Allegro 07:43
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    07:43
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  16. 2 II. Adagio cantabile 06:33
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio cantabile
    Duration
    06:33
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  17. 3 III. Scherzo: Allegro 04:49
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Allegro
    Duration
    04:49
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  18. 4 IV. Allegro molto, quasi presto 05:57
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro molto, quasi presto
    Duration
    05:57
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  19. 5 I. Allegro 07:40
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    07:40
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  20. 6 II. Menuetto 05:35
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Menuetto
    Duration
    05:35
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  21. 7 III. Andante cantabile - Poco adagio 09:17
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Andante cantabile - Poco adagio
    Duration
    09:17
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  22. 8 IV. Allegro 05:26
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    05:26
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  23. 9 I. Allegro ma non tanto 09:29
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Allegro ma non tanto
    Duration
    09:29
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  24. 10 II. Scherzo: Andante scherzoso quasi allegretto 07:37
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Andante scherzoso quasi allegretto
    Duration
    07:37
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  25. 11 III. Menuetto: Allegro - Trio 04:30
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Menuetto: Allegro - Trio
    Duration
    04:30
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  26. 12 IV. Allegretto - Prestissimo 04:35
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Allegretto - Prestissimo
    Duration
    04:35
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  27. Disc 3
  28. 1 I. Allegro con brio 06:53
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro con brio
    Duration
    06:53
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  29. 2 II. Adagio ma non troppo 07:07
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio ma non troppo
    Duration
    07:07
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  30. 3 III. Scherzo: Allegro 03:49
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Allegro
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  31. 4 IV. La Malinconia: Adagio - Allegretto quasi allegro 08:45
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. La Malinconia: Adagio - Allegretto quasi allegro
    Duration
    08:45
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  32. 5 I. Allegro 12:01
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    12:01
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  33. 6 II. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando 10:07
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando
    Duration
    10:07
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  34. 7 III. Adagio molto e mesto - 10:56
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Adagio molto e mesto -
    Duration
    10:56
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  35. 8 IV. Thème russe: Allegro 08:22
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Thème russe: Allegro
    Duration
    08:22
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  36. Disc 4
  37. 1 I. Adagio, ma non troppo e molto espressivo - 06:49
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Adagio, ma non troppo e molto espressivo -
    Duration
    06:49
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  38. 2 II. Allegro molto vivace - 03:21
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegro molto vivace -
    Duration
    03:21
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  39. 3 III. Allegro moderato - Adagio - 00:54
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro moderato - Adagio -
    Duration
    00:54
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  40. 4 IV. Andante, ma non troppo e molto cantabile 14:02
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Andante, ma non troppo e molto cantabile
    Duration
    14:02
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  41. 5 V. Presto - Molto poco adagio - 06:25
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Presto - Molto poco adagio -
    Duration
    06:25
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  42. 6 VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante - 02:05
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante -
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague
  43. 7 VII. Allegro 06:35
    Track
    7
    Title
    VII. Allegro
    Duration
    06:35
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Vlach Quartet Prague