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Leos Janacek - Janácek/Ligeti: Quartets

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Number of Discs
1

Release Date
26/04/2019

Artist
Leos Janacek

format
CD / Album

Label / Studio
Alpha

Duration
70.35

Description

Formed in 1994 at the Royal College of Music in London, the Belcea Quartet already has an impressive discography, including the complete Beethoven 'String Quartets'. For this new recording, the ensemble has chosen three quartets by two iconic composers of the 20th century: Leos Jan�cek and Gy�rgy Ligeti. Fifteen years after their first recording for Zig-Zag, and after some changes in personnel, they have decided to record again the two string quartets by Jan�?ek. The 'First Quartet' was inspired by Leon Tolstoy's famous novella, 'The Kreutzer Sonata': the four movement work follows the narrative, including its culminating murder. The 'Second Quartet' is subtitled 'Intimate Letters', in homage to Kamila St�sslova, with whom the composer had an important relationship expressed through letters, one that influenced both his life and his music. Finally, the 'First Quartet' by Ligeti, subtitled 'M�tamorphoses Nocturnes' because of its particular form. The composer described the work as a sort of theme and variations, but not with a specific theme that is then subsequently varied: rather, it is a single musical thought appearing under constantly new guises - for this reason the word 'metamorphoses' is more appropriate than 'variations'.

1) I. Adagio Con Moto ()
2) II. Con Moto ()
3) III. Con Moto - Vivace - Andante - Tempo I ()
4) IV. Con Moto ()
5) I. Andante - Con Moto - Allegro ()
6) II. Adagio - Vivace ()
7) III. Moderato - Andante - Adagio ()
8) IV. Allegro - Andante - Adagio ()
9) String Quartet No. 1, 'Métamorphoses Nocturnes' ()

Album
Janácek/Ligeti: Quartets

Publisher
RSK Entertainment

Main Format
CD

Explicit Lyrics
No

Keyword Index
Janácek/Ligeti: Quartets | Leos Janacek

Catalogue Number
ALPHA454

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