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Karel Kovarovic - The Complete String Quartets
Supraphon

Karel Kovarovic - The Complete String Quartets

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Details

Composer
KOVAROVIC, KAREL
Artist
STAMIC QUARTET
Format
CD
Label
Supraphon
Released
Jun 21, 2019
Catalog #
SU4267-2
UPC
099925426729

About

The Stamic Quartet's repertoire ranges from Baroque to 21st-century music, yet the ensemble mainly focuses on works dating from the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries. Following the revelatory premiere recording of Josef Bohuslav Foerster's quartets (Supraphon, 2010), they have now come up with another striking project. Karel Kovarovic (1862-1920) is primarily known for his work as the director of the opera company of the National Theatre in Prague, as well as a conductor, while his own music has been generally overlooked. Nevertheless, Kovarovic wrote several operas, ballet and incidental music, songs, choral and chamber pieces. The Stamic Quartet has made the very first recording of his string quartets, which are yet to be published. The most remarkable of them is String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, dedicated to Antonín Dvorák, which six years after it's premiere in Prague (1888) was performed at the Musikverein in Vienna. Kovarovic did not finish his String Quartet No. 3, most likely owing to his being extremely busy as a conductor and his new responsibilities at the National Theatre. The new album made by the Stamic Quartet serves to prove that Kovarovic's quartets deserve to be paid much greater attention to than has been the case over the past century.

Tracklist 11 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro moderato 09:42
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    09:42
    Composer
    Karel Kovařovic
    Ensemble
    Stamic Quartet
  2. 2 II. Scherzo: Presto 06:15
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Presto
    Duration
    06:15
    Composer
    Karel Kovařovic
    Ensemble
    Stamic Quartet
  3. 3 III. Andate con variazioni 08:44
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Andate con variazioni
    Duration
    08:44
    Composer
    Karel Kovařovic
    Ensemble
    Stamic Quartet
  4. 4 IV. Allegro non troppo 07:25
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    07:25
    Composer
    Karel Kovařovic
    Ensemble
    Stamic Quartet
  5. 5 I. Allegro moderato 08:09
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    08:09
    Composer
    Karel Kovařovic
    Ensemble
    Stamic Quartet
  6. 6 II. Andante 06:00
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    06:00
    Composer
    Karel Kovařovic
    Ensemble
    Stamic Quartet
  7. 7 III. Scherzo: Allegro - Trio 02:52
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Allegro - Trio
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    Karel Kovařovic
    Ensemble
    Stamic Quartet
  8. 8 IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco 09:49
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco
    Duration
    09:49
    Composer
    Karel Kovařovic
    Ensemble
    Stamic Quartet
  9. 9 I. Allegro moderato 10:49
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    10:49
    Composer
    Karel Kovařovic
    Ensemble
    Stamic Quartet
  10. 10 II. Scherzo: Presto 04:34
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Presto
    Duration
    04:34
    Composer
    Karel Kovařovic
    Ensemble
    Stamic Quartet
  11. 11 III. Adagio 05:29
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Adagio
    Duration
    05:29
    Composer
    Karel Kovařovic
    Ensemble
    Stamic Quartet