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Martinu, B. String Quartets (Complete) / Panocha Quartet -
This complete collection of Bohuslav Martinu's string quartets was recorded in the years 1979-1983, at the peak of the Panocha Quartet's career. Martinu's quartets were written over the entire span of his life, and each of them is a world unto itself. The Impressionistic "French" Quartet, and the Quartet No. 4 (Paris, 1937) were written in the period between the World Wars. Martinu's unique compositional identity appears for the first time, however, in the Quartet No. 2 (1925). The Quartet No. 5 and Janacek's Intimate Letters have much in common, including their romantic dimension and their passion born of an inner pressure. After the Quartet No. 6 (1946), which in a way parallels Dvorak's work during his sojourn in America, Martinu brings his quartet work to a climax with his seventh piece, the Concerto da camera, a miniature full of inner contentment, as if the composer had found time for inner contemplation and meditation in this favourite chamber composition.
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definitive, 25 Oct 2010
By jsa - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Martinu - String Quartets (Audio CD)
These recordings of Martinu's complete quartets by the Panocha Quartet have been around for quite a while: the earliest dates from 1979 (quartet no. 5) while the last of the cycle was completed near the end of 1982. While the Martinu Quartet has recorded a more recent cycle of the quartets on Naxos which have received excellent reviews, the Panocha Quartet cede nothing to their fellow Czechs. The Panocha performances are completely idiomatic, expertly played and very well recorded. And it's nice to see that classicstoday bestowed a 10/10 rating on this set, calling it "one of the finest efforts ever undertaken by the Panocha Quartet, and that's saying a lot. Their playing is gorgeous, with a smoothness and warmth of tone that keeps the busy textures of the neoclassical pieces from sounding merely dry and scratchy, and with an enlivening rhythmic bounce that floats Martinu's singing lines with effortless naturalness. Add to that a wealth of captivating tone colors (try the brief Third Quartet for a generous sample) and excellent engineering, and the result is a classic set that no serious chamber music collector can afford to miss." I agree.
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