Martinu: String Quartets / Stamic Quartet

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Label
Brilliant Classics
Release Date
January 19, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Bohuslav Martinu
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Stamic Quartet
    • PERFORMER
      Stamic Quartet
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 19, 2024
    • UPC
      5028421969022
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI96902
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      3
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Moderato - Allegro ma non troppo

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Stamic Quartet

    2. II. Andante moderato

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Stamic Quartet

    3. III. Allegro non troppo

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Stamic Quartet

    4. IV. Allegro con brio

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Stamic Quartet

    5. I. Moderato (Andante) - Allegro vivace

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Stamic Quartet

    6. II. Andante - Moderato

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Stamic Quartet

    7. III. Allegro - Scherzando

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Stamic Quartet

    8. I. Allegro

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Stamic Quartet

    9. II. Andante

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Stamic Quartet

    10. III. Vivo

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Stamic Quartet

    11. I. Allegro poco moderato

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Stamic Quartet

    12. II. Allegro scherzando

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Stamic Quartet

    13. III. Adagio

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Stamic Quartet

    14. IV. Allegro

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Stamic Quartet

    15. I. Allegro ma non troppo

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Stamic Quartet

    16. II. Adagio

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Stamic Quartet

    17. III. Allegro vivo

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Stamic Quartet

    18. IV. Lento - Allegro

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Stamic Quartet

    19. I. Adagio moderato

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Stamic Quartet

    20. II. Andante

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Stamic Quartet

    21. III. Allegro

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Stamic Quartet

    22. I. Poco allegro

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Stamic Quartet

    23. II. Andante

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Stamic Quartet

    24. III. Allegro vivo

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Stamic Quartet

    25. I. Poco allegro

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: members Stamic Quartet

    26. II. Poco andante

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: members Stamic Quartet

    27. III. Allegro

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: members Stamic Quartet

    28. I. Allegro

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: members Stamic Quartet

    29. II. Poco moderato

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: members Stamic Quartet


Long available only in a larger box, the only available digital-era set of Martinu’s string quartets, recorded in 1990 by a native Czech ensemble.

Martinu composed seven quartets over the course of his career, from the First in 1918 to the Seventh in 1947. This chronological range therefore mirrors the development of his music, from Debussy and Franck-accented Bohemianism in the First to a more up-to-date French influence on the Second from 1925, which arrives in the finale at the kind of chugging accumulations of motoric energy that became his trademark.

The direct emotional appeal of all seven quartets is vividly brought to life by the Stamitz Quartet in a recording first issued in 1990, and which still has very few rivals on disc. Established in 1985, the Stamitz Quartet quickly became known as leading interpreters of Czech repertory. ‘I can heartily recommend this comprehensive traversal of the unpredictable, occasionally highly impressive works that make up the corpus of Martinu’s Quartets.’ (MusicWeb International)