Utrecht String Quartet - Tchaikovsky: String Quartets, Vol. 2 (2013)

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Artist: Utrecht String Quartet
Title: Tchaikovsky: String Quartets, Vol. 2
Year Of Release: 2013
Label: MDG Scene
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) / MP3 320 Kbps
Total Time: 01:05:10
Total Size: 299 / 166 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

1. String Quartet No. 3 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 30: I. Andante sostenuto - Allegro moderato 16:19
2. String Quartet No. 3 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 30: II. Allegretto vivo e scherzando 04:09
3. String Quartet No. 3 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 30: III. Andante funebre e doloroso, ma con moto 11:13
4. String Quartet No. 3 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 30: IV. Finale. Allegro non troppo e risoluto 06:16
5. Children's Album, Op. 39: No. 1, Morning Prayer (Arranged for String Quartet) 01:23
6. Children's Album, Op. 39: No. 2, Winter Morning (Arranged for String Quartet) 00:46
7. Children's Album, Op. 39: No. 3, Playing Hobbyhorse (Arranged for String Quartet) 00:42
8. Children's Album, Op. 39: No. 4, Mama (Arranged for String Quartet) 01:05
9. Children's Album, Op. 39: No. 5, March of the Wooden Soldiers (Arranged for String Quartet) 00:59
10. Children's Album, Op. 39: No. 6, The Sick Doll (Arranged for String Quartet) 01:27
11. Children's Album, Op. 39: No. 7, Funeral of the Doll (Arranged for String Quartet) 01:52
12. Children's Album, Op. 39: No. 9, The New Doll (Arranged for String Quartet) 00:27
13. Children's Album, Op. 39: No. 16, Old French Song (Arranged for String Quartet) 01:10
14. Children's Album, Op. 39: No. 17, German Song (Arranged for String Quartet) 01:10
15. Children's Album, Op. 39: No. 15, Italian Song (Arranged for String Quartet) 01:05
16. Children's Album, Op. 39: No. 18, Neapolitan Song (Arranged for String Quartet) 01:14
17. Children's Album, Op. 39: No. 8, Waltz (Arranged for String Quartet) 01:20
18. Children's Album, Op. 39: No. 10, Mazurka (Arranged for String Quartet) 01:14
19. Children's Album, Op. 39: No. 14, Polka (Arranged for String Quartet) 00:55
20. Children's Album, Op. 39: No. 11, Russian Song (Arranged for String Quartet) 00:44
21. Children's Album, Op. 39: No. 12, A Peasant Plays a Concertina (Arranged for String Quartet) 00:29
22. Children's Album, Op. 39: No. 13, Kamarinskaja (Arranged for String Quartet) 01:24
23. Children's Album, Op. 39: No. 21, Sweet Dream (Arranged for String Quartet) 01:47
24. Children's Album, Op. 39: No. 19, A Nanny's Fairy Tale (Arranged for String Quartet) 00:49
25. Children's Album, Op. 39: No. 20, A Witch (Arranged for String Quartet) 00:31
26. Children's Album, Op. 39: No. 22, The Song of the Lark (Arranged for String Quartet) 01:15
27. Children's Album, Op. 39: No. 23, The Organgrinder Sings (Arranged for String Quartet) 00:56
28. Children's Album, Op. 39: No. 24, Chorale (Arranged for String Quartet) 02:29

Performers:
Utrecht String Quartet

Utrecht String Quartet does superior renderings of Tchaikovsky's 3rd string quartet (op. 30) and Children's Album (op. 39), the latter transposed here from piano to violin. The third and final string quartet by this composer runs nearly 38 minutes, showing the orchestral sweep of his chamber music, which at its best has a symphonic effect (also true of his Piano Trio, op. 50). Tchaikovsky's crowd-pleasing tendencies were reigned in when he composed for chamber. This string quartet is strict, controlled and passionate. It is an elegy to a friend who had just died, but I would not have guessed that without background reading. That is untrue of his 6th symphony (op.74), at the end of which the world seems ready to end. For Tchaikovsky lite, Children's Album (at 27 minutes) can't compare to the Nutcracker Suite (op. 71a), but it has a disarming charm and transposes well. Highly recommended.

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