034571284002

Hough, Dutilleux & Ravel: String Quartets

Takacs Quartet

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Format: CD

Cat No: CDA68400

Release Date:  06 January 2023

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  034571284002

Genres:  Classical  Chamber Music  

  • Description

    If this premiere recording of Stephen Hough's String Quartet No 1 may be regarded as definitive—the work is dedicated to the Takács Quartet—those of the quartets by Ravel and Dutilleux are no less distinguished.

    Haydn String Quartets Opp 42, 77 & 103 (CDA68364):

    "This recording really is a joy from start to finish. […] the Takacs Quartet are alive to every inflection in Ravel's meticulously marked score [String Quartet]." – BBC Music Magazine CHAMBER CHOICE, February 2023 (Performance 5 STARS; Recording 5 STARS)

    "You will not hear better string quartet playing anywhere in the world today." - BBC Music Magazine

    "Its the highest-quality Haydn." - BBC Record Review

    Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn String Quartets (CDA68330):

    "This [album] is well worth it for the combination of brother and sister." - BBC Record Review

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Hough: String Quartet No 1 'Les Six rencontres' I. I. Au boulevard
      • 2. II. Au parc
      • 3. III. A l'hotel
      • 4. IV. Au theatre
      • 5. V. A l'eglise
      • 6. VI. Au marche
      • 7. Dutilleux: Ainsi la nuit I. Libre et souple – Nocturne
      • 8. II. Parenthese I – Miroir d'espace
      • 9. III. Parenthese II – Litanies
      • 10. IV. Parenthese III – Litanies II
      • 11. V. Parenthese IV – Constellations – Nocturne II
      • 12. VI. Temps suspendu
      • 13. Ravel: String Quartet in F major: Allegro moderato
      • 14. II. Assez vif, tres rythme
      • 15. III. Tres lent
      • 16. IV. Vif et agite