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The Best of Czech Classics: String Quartets | Supraphon SU40032

The Best of Czech Classics: String Quartets

Ł19.97

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Label: Supraphon

Cat No: SU40032

Barcode: 0099925400323

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 3

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 22nd February 2010

Contents

Artists

Smetana Quartet
Panocha Quartet
Skampa Quartet

Artists

Smetana Quartet
Panocha Quartet
Skampa Quartet

About

The string quartet is a genre that was neglected by few great composers of the Romantic era, and the Czech masters contributed a number of significant works to its international repertoire.

Smetana’s quartet “From My Life”, Dvořák’sAmerican” quartet and Janáček’sIntimate Letters” rank among the mature works of their composers and have become essential repertoire for quartets throughout the world. Furthermore, Dvořák and Suk founded an uninterrupted interpretational tradition which gave rise to a number of world-famous Czech ensembles.

A direct line of descent can be traced from the Smetana Quartet, which has performed Smetana’s music on hundreds of concert stages, to the Panocha Quartet, which has produced a highly esteemed recording of the complete Dvořák quartets, and also to the Škampa Quartet, whose Janáček seethes with inimitable raw energy.

This compilation offers the best known works of the Czech quartet repertoire performed by the greatest masters of the art.

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