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Dvorak Chamber Works / Panocha Quartet
Supraphon

Dvorak Chamber Works / Panocha Quartet

$47.99

Details

Composer
DVO?ÁK, ANTONIN
Artist
PANOCHA QUARTET SUK TRIO & GUESTS
Format
CD
Label
Supraphon
Released
Apr 25, 2008
Catalog #
SU3921-2
UPC
099925392123

About

This 4-disc set contains all of Dvorák’s piano quartets and quintets, plus his string quintets, the Sextet, and the Intermezzo (Nocturne) for string quintet–a movement that journeyed from the Fourth String Quartet to the Double Bass Quintet (the arrangement here), finally winding up as the Nocturne for String Orchestra. It remains one of the most harmonically forward-looking and poignant pieces that Dvorák ever wrote, and it’s no wonder that he loved it. One of the great things about the internet is the fact that everyone can use it to express their opinion. One of the worst things about the internet is that everyone can use it to express their opinion. In the latter category we find a whole host of what I call “dot-com cowards,” anonymous posters who feel they have a duty to share their views with the rest of us without having the guts or decency to stand behind their opinions by letting us know just who they are. Many of these people post on Amazon.com, where one such moron described these performances as “insensitive” and “heavy-handed,” and among the worst available.

It’s a pity, really, that such people are given a forum to display their ignorance, the evidence of which is strengthened by their need for anonymity and enchanting freedom from any feeling of obligation to describe a performance accurately. It’s not that I personally disagree with their judgment. It’s rather that the statements of what purport to be musical facts are audibly untrue. Consider, for example, the Panocha Quartet’s performance of finale of the “American” String Quintet. Is this “heavy handed?” Or how about the Suk Trio in the Second Piano Quartet’s first movement. Insensitive? Please.

The fact that we are dealing with Czech musicians does not guarantee that they will be successful in Czech music. The reason that these are great performances stems from the fact that they are played by great musicians generally. The Panocha Quartet is one of the supreme ensembles of its kind, period. The Suk Trio, similarly, which tackles the two Piano Quartets, is a superb ensemble, and not just in Dvorák (try their Beethoven). Anyone reading this will already know to take the random “reviews” posted on sales sites with a big grain of salt, but it still infuriates me to see audibly first class performances maligned by people too cowardly even to post their names.

-- David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com

Tracklist 30 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Adagio - Allegro ma non troppo 09:45
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Adagio - Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    09:45
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Josef Klusoň
    Ensemble
    Panocha Quartet
  3. 2 II. Lento 07:17
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Lento
    Duration
    07:17
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Josef Klusoň
    Ensemble
    Panocha Quartet
  4. 3 III. Finale: Allegro con brio 09:24
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Finale: Allegro con brio
    Duration
    09:24
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Josef Klusoň
    Ensemble
    Panocha Quartet
  5. 4 I. Allegro non tanto 08:42
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro non tanto
    Duration
    08:42
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    Panocha Quartet
  6. 5 II. Allegro vivo 05:46
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Allegro vivo
    Duration
    05:46
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    Panocha Quartet
  7. 6 III. Larghetto 10:02
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Larghetto
    Duration
    10:02
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    Panocha Quartet
  8. 7 IV. Finale: Allegro giusto 07:31
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Finale: Allegro giusto
    Duration
    07:31
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    Panocha Quartet
  9. Disc 2
  10. 1 I. Allegro con fuoco 10:57
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro con fuoco
    Duration
    10:57
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Pavel Nejtek
    Ensemble
    Panocha Quartet
  11. 2 II. Scherzo: Allegro vivace 07:59
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
    Duration
    07:59
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Pavel Nejtek
    Ensemble
    Panocha Quartet
  12. 3 III. Poco andante 07:49
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Poco andante
    Duration
    07:49
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Pavel Nejtek
    Ensemble
    Panocha Quartet
  13. 4 IV. Finale: Allegro assai 06:54
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Finale: Allegro assai
    Duration
    06:54
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Pavel Nejtek
    Ensemble
    Panocha Quartet
  14. 5 Nocturne in B Major, Op. 40, B. 48a 04:29
    Track
    5
    Title
    Nocturne in B Major, Op. 40, B. 48a
    Duration
    04:29
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Pavel Nejtek
    Ensemble
    Panocha Quartet
  15. 6 I. Allegro moderato 13:51
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    13:51
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Josef Klusoň, Michal Kaňka
    Ensemble
    Panocha Quartet
  16. 7 II. Dumka: Poco allegretto 06:14
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Dumka: Poco allegretto
    Duration
    06:14
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Josef Klusoň, Michal Kaňka
    Ensemble
    Panocha Quartet
  17. 8 III. Furiant: Presto 04:16
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Furiant: Presto
    Duration
    04:16
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Josef Klusoň, Michal Kaňka
    Ensemble
    Panocha Quartet
  18. 9 IV. Finale: Theme: Allegretto grazioso, quasi andante 08:25
    Track
    9
    Title
    IV. Finale: Theme: Allegretto grazioso, quasi andante
    Duration
    08:25
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Josef Klusoň, Michal Kaňka
    Ensemble
    Panocha Quartet
  19. Disc 3
  20. 1 I. Allegro ma non troppo 08:43
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    08:43
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Jan Panenka
    Ensemble
    Panocha Quartet
  21. 2 II. Andante sostenuto 10:09
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante sostenuto
    Duration
    10:09
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Jan Panenka
    Ensemble
    Panocha Quartet
  22. 3 III. Finale: Allegro con brio 09:57
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Finale: Allegro con brio
    Duration
    09:57
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Jan Panenka
    Ensemble
    Panocha Quartet
  23. 4 I. Allegro ma non tanto 15:09
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro ma non tanto
    Duration
    15:09
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Jan Panenka
    Ensemble
    Panocha Quartet
  24. 5 II. Dumka: Andante con moto 13:50
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Dumka: Andante con moto
    Duration
    13:50
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Jan Panenka
    Ensemble
    Panocha Quartet
  25. 6 III. Scherzo (Furiant): Molto vivace 04:43
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Scherzo (Furiant): Molto vivace
    Duration
    04:43
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Jan Panenka
    Ensemble
    Panocha Quartet
  26. 7 IV. Finale: Allegro 07:40
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Finale: Allegro
    Duration
    07:40
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Jan Panenka
    Ensemble
    Panocha Quartet
  27. Disc 4
  28. 1 I. Allegro moderato 16:15
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    16:15
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Josef Koďousek
    Ensemble
    Suk Trio
  29. 2 II. Andantino con variazioni 10:59
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andantino con variazioni
    Duration
    10:59
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Josef Koďousek
    Ensemble
    Suk Trio
  30. 3 III. Finale: Allegretto scherzando 07:17
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Finale: Allegretto scherzando
    Duration
    07:17
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Josef Koďousek
    Ensemble
    Suk Trio
  31. 4 I. Allegro con fuoco 08:21
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro con fuoco
    Duration
    08:21
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Josef Koďousek
    Ensemble
    Suk Trio
  32. 5 II. Lento 10:35
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Lento
    Duration
    10:35
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Josef Koďousek
    Ensemble
    Suk Trio
  33. 6 III. Allegro moderato, grazioso 07:38
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Allegro moderato, grazioso
    Duration
    07:38
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Josef Koďousek
    Ensemble
    Suk Trio
  34. 7 IV. Finale: Allegro ma non troppo 09:49
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Finale: Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    09:49
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Josef Koďousek
    Ensemble
    Suk Trio