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Verdi & Dvořák String Quartets
- Type CD
- Label CAvi
- UPC 4260085533589
- Catalog number AVI 8553358
- Release date 01 July 2016
About the album
Once again in 2015, the Spannungen Festival presented two works that reveal the great breadth of European musical culture in the 1870s. Today we have the privilege of counting these masterpieces among the crown jewels of the period. Spannungen means “tensions.” This chamber music festival takes place in the acoustically superb turbine hall of a hydroelectric power plant, and tensions are also what the emotionally charged musical interpretations at this event promise. In 1873 Verdi wrote a string quartet- the only work of chamber music in his entire output. It was intended to serve as a pastime during a long stay in Naples. Only later did he make clear to the world that he was not indifferent to this work’s quality. Six years later, Dvorak wrote his tenth String Quartet. This live recording impressively juxtaposes the Romantic styles of Central Europe and the Mediterranean.
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11Quartet for two Violins, Viola and Cello in E Minor I. Allegro
07:50 -
12Quartet for two Violins, Viola and Cello in E Minor II. Andantino
07:43 -
13Quartet for two Violins, Viola and Cello in E Minor III. Prestissimo
03:08 -
14Quartet for two Violins, Viola and Cello in E Minor IV. Scherzo. Fuga
04:50 -
15Quartet for two Violins, Viola and Cello in E Flat Major No. 10, Op. 51 “Slavonic” I. Allegro ma non troppo
11:20 -
16Quartet for two Violins, Viola and Cello in E Flat Major No. 10, Op. 51 “Slavonic” II. Dumkab(Elegia)
07:57 -
17Quartet for two Violins, Viola and Cello in E Flat Major No. 10, Op. 51 “Slavonic” III. Romanza
06:20 -
18Quartet for two Violins, Viola and Cello in E Flat Major No. 10, Op. 51 “Slavonic” IV. Finale. Allegro assai
07:33