Dante Quartet - Kodály: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2; Intermezzo & Gavotte (2014) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Kodály: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 2: I. Andante poco rubato – Allegro
02. Kodály: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 2: II. Lento assai, tranquillo
03. Kodály: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 2: III. Presto
04. Kodály: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 2: IV. Allegro
05. Kodály: Intermezzo for String Trio
06. Kodály: Gavotte for 3 Violins and Cello
07. Kodály: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10: I. Allegro
08. Kodály: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10: II. Andante, quasi recit.
09. Kodály: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10: III. Allegro giocoso

In the chamber works recorded here, spanning Kodály’s career, we can hear an unwavering desire to place genuine Hungarian folk music (rather than the ‘style hongrois’ espoused by the Strauss family and many other composers) within classical music traditions. Bartók wrote of his compatriot that ‘if I were to name the composer whose works are the most perfect embodiment of the Hungarian spirit, I would answer, Kodály’.

The Dante Quartet, winners of the BBC Music Magazine Award for their album of Franck and Fauré, respond to this music with dancing energy and folkloric simplicity.

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