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Suk: Complete Works For String Quartet; Piano Quintet / Minguet Quartett
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Suk: Complete Works For String Quartet; Piano Quintet / Minguet Quartett

$36.99

Details

Composer
SUK, JOSEF
Artist
Kirschnereit
Format
CD
Label
CPO
Released
Jan 13, 2015
Catalog #
777652-2
UPC
761203765225

About

“In 1912, when my second quartet was performed in Berlin, a tumult arose in the audience that was not far from a tussle. On the one side, shouts of amazement; on the other side, expressions of displeasure and boos. Even Schönberg, who attaches special value to flops, was envious of me because of this flop.” “…our generation too has fought for its ideals and had to wait long and often still is waiting to receive honest and full recognition of its efforts to produce a new musical language, which very often again became the basis for the new aspirations of the younger generation.” These words were not written by an anarchistic innovator but by the euphonious late romanticist Josef Suk. His second string quartet, however, is surely the most ambitious and ‘most modern’ work he penned. In the field of chamber music it also ranks as his most important. For cpo the Minguet Quartet has recorded Suk’s complete œuvre for string quartet – with Matthias Kirschnereit joining them for the early piano quintet.

Tracklist 17 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Allegro Moderato 09:42
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro Moderato
    Duration
    09:42
    Composer
    Josef Suk II
    Ensemble
    Minguet Quartett
  3. 2 II. Intermezzo 04:10
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Intermezzo
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Josef Suk II
    Ensemble
    Minguet Quartett
  4. 3 III. Adagio 09:59
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Adagio
    Duration
    09:59
    Composer
    Josef Suk II
    Ensemble
    Minguet Quartett
  5. 4 IV. Allegro giocoso 05:33
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro giocoso
    Duration
    05:33
    Composer
    Josef Suk II
    Ensemble
    Minguet Quartett
  6. 5 Quartet movement in B-Flat Major 08:47
    Track
    5
    Title
    Quartet movement in B-Flat Major
    Duration
    08:47
    Composer
    Josef Suk II
    Ensemble
    Minguet Quartett
  7. 6 I. Adagio ma non troppo 10:14
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Adagio ma non troppo
    Duration
    10:14
    Composer
    Josef Suk II
    Ensemble
    Minguet Quartett
  8. 7 II. Adagio mesto, molto espressivo 07:52
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Adagio mesto, molto espressivo
    Duration
    07:52
    Composer
    Josef Suk II
    Ensemble
    Minguet Quartett
  9. 8 III. Adagio mesto 06:41
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Adagio mesto
    Duration
    06:41
    Composer
    Josef Suk II
    Ensemble
    Minguet Quartett
  10. 9 IV. Allegretto 05:18
    Track
    9
    Title
    IV. Allegretto
    Duration
    05:18
    Composer
    Josef Suk II
    Ensemble
    Minguet Quartett
  11. Disc 2
  12. 1 I. Allegro energico 09:07
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro energico
    Duration
    09:07
    Composer
    Josef Suk II
    Performer
    Matthias Kirschnereit
    Ensemble
    Minguet Quartett
  13. 2 II. Adagio 09:34
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    09:34
    Composer
    Josef Suk II
    Performer
    Matthias Kirschnereit
    Ensemble
    Minguet Quartett
  14. 3 III. Scherzo: Presto 06:47
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Presto
    Duration
    06:47
    Composer
    Josef Suk II
    Performer
    Matthias Kirschnereit
    Ensemble
    Minguet Quartett
  15. 4 IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco 09:56
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Finale: Allegro con fuoco
    Duration
    09:56
    Composer
    Josef Suk II
    Performer
    Matthias Kirschnereit
    Ensemble
    Minguet Quartett
  16. 5 Suite, Op. 21: II. Minuet (version for string quartet) 03:12
    Track
    5
    Title
    Suite, Op. 21: II. Minuet (version for string quartet)
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Josef Suk II
    Ensemble
    Minguet Quartett
  17. 6 Balada (Ballade) in D Minor (version for string quartet) 06:24
    Track
    6
    Title
    Balada (Ballade) in D Minor (version for string quartet)
    Duration
    06:24
    Composer
    Josef Suk II
    Ensemble
    Minguet Quartett
  18. 7 String Quartet in D Minor: II. Barcarolle (1923 version) 03:05
    Track
    7
    Title
    String Quartet in D Minor: II. Barcarolle (1923 version)
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Josef Suk II
    Ensemble
    Minguet Quartett
  19. 8 Meditation on old Bohemian Chorale St. Wenceslas, Op. 35a 08:16
    Track
    8
    Title
    Meditation on old Bohemian Chorale St. Wenceslas, Op. 35a
    Duration
    08:16
    Composer
    Josef Suk II
    Ensemble
    Minguet Quartett