Stenhammar Quartet - Kabalevsky: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 (2017)

Tracklist
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01. String Quartet No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 8: I. Andante-Allegro moderato
02. String Quartet No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 8: II. Vivace
03. String Quartet No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 8: III. Andantino
04. String Quartet No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 8: IV. Allegro assai
05. String Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 44: I. Allegro molto ed energico
06. String Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 44: II. Andante non troppo
07. String Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 44: III. Scherzando leggiero
08. String Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 44: IV. Adagio molto sostenuto
09. String Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 44: V. Adagio-Vivace giocoso


Dmitri Kabalevsky only composed two string quartets. His first quartet of 1928 from his late study years with Nikolai Yakovievich Myaskovsky is a work structured with great refinement not only fulfilling academic requirements but also representing a remarkably independent achievement. His second quartet from the period immediately after World War II very dramatically reflects the events of the preceding years. Here, Kabalevsky produced a work of extraordinary eloquence with a clear per aspera ad astra arising from the horrors of the war.

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