Dvorak: String Quartets No. 10 & 11 Quatuor Talich

• Anton Dvorak (1841-1904): String Quartet no.10 in E flat major, op.51
• 1 I. Allegro, ma non troppo 14:33
• 2 II. Dumka. Andante con moto 07:20
• 3 III. Romanza 08:07
• 4 IV. Finale. Allegro assai 08:05
• String Quartet no.11 in C major, op.61
• 5 I. Allegro 10:55
• 6 II. Poco adagio e molto cantabile 07:05
• 7 III. Scherzo. Allegro vivo 06:56
• 8 IV. Finale. Vivace 06:48
• Total Runtime 01:09:49

Info for Dvorak: String Quartets No. 10 & 11

In 1975 Paris discovered the four Czech musicians of the Talich Quartet and was dumbfounded by the depth of their harmony and the reach of their melody. The first recording followed a year later. The subject was Antonín Dvorak, the object the ‘American’ Quartet. An interpretation that has become legendary ...

Since then, the Talich Quartet has been characterized, both in record and in concert and through all its changes in personnel, by a specific tone, a particular sonority that has always riveted the attention. Now, with its poetic playing, its subtle, tender lyricism, the group returns at last to Dvorak with the Quartets nos.10 and 11.

In their time, these two works enjoyed genuine popular success. They were played all over Europe, and gained Dvorak a reputation as one of the most important chamber music composers of his day. The Talich Quartet offers us here a chance to discover and appreciate these two masterpieces that have been unfairly overshadowed by the fame of the ‘American’ Quartet.

Talich Quartet:
Jan Talich, violin
Roman Patocka, violin
Vladimír Bukac, viola
Petr Prause, cello

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