Release Date: 27 November 2020
Label: Atma Classique
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0722056273626
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Description
QUATUOR MOLINARI
Olga Ranzenhofer, first violin
Frédéric Bednarz, second violin
Frédéric Lambert, viola
Pierre-Alain Bouvrette, cello
Guest artist: André Moisan, clarinet
The latest recording by the award-winning Molinari Quartet presents Krzysztof Penderecki's major chamber music works, including three string quartets, a clarinet quartet, a string trio, and some short pieces for strings.
An outstanding figure in contemporary Polish music, Krzysztof Penderecki died on 29 March 2020 in Krakow. His catalogue includes more than 160 works covering a wide range of styles, from sonorism to post-Romanticism, from folkloric to religious music, from dodecaphonism to tonal music.
The Molinari Quartet has established itself as one of Canada's leading string quartets. Recipient of 20 Opus Prizes awarded by the Quebec Music Council for musical excellence on the province's concert stages, the Molinari Quartet as been described by critics as an "essential" and "prodigious" ensemble, even "Canada's answer to the Kronos or Arditti Quartet".
The Molinari Quartet's recordings on ATMA Classique have received international critical acclaim including two Editors' Choice selections by Gramophone magazine and rave reviews from The Strad, Fanfare, and Diapason, among others. The ensemble's recording of the complete Kurtág quartets has received a 2016 Diapason d'Or and the prestigious German 2017 Echo Klassik award for 20th and 21st century chamber music.
The Molinari Quartet's 2019 recording of John Zorn's quartets won the Opus Prize for Album of the Year - modern, contemporary music, and was nominated for a JUNO award in January 2020.
Tracklisting
Yannick Nezet-Seguin; Orchestre Metropolitain de Montreal
David Jalbert
David Jacques
Soloists; Orchestre classique de Montreal; Alain Trudel
Philip Chiu
Myriam Leblanc; Ensemble Mirabilia
Louise Bessette
Ensemble Caprice
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