Turning from recording Mendelssohn's quartets, Germany's Henschel Quartet here couples Schubert's most popular quartet, the D minor "Death and the Maiden" Quartet from 1824, with one of his least-known quartets, the E flat major Quartet from 1813. As with Mendelssohn, the Henschel Quartet pushes Schubert's tempos -- the Allegros are faster than ...
It's easy to second guess programming decisions when older albums are reissued, and one wishes that the Henschel Quartet had recorded not just two of Alberto Ginastera's string quartets in 1999, but all three of them; the small cycle can fit comfortably on a single disc, as demonstrated by Cuarteto LatinoAmericano on its 1997 Elan release, and by ...
Long considered a second-rate Schumann in the pantheon of the Great German Composers, listeners these days want to embrace the greatness of Felix Mendelssohn. They want to hear ecstatically joyful Italian Symphonies, passionately compelling Scottish Symphonies, luminously hilarious Midsummer Night's Dream Overtures, brilliantly blissful Violin ...
This, the second volume in the Henschel Quartet's survey of the complete string quartet of Mendelssohn, is no better and no worse than the first volume. The Henschel is still an accomplished group with a cohesive ensemble, a powerful sense of rhythm, and a strong feeling for structure. But the Henschel is also still a group that tends to skate ...
If your ideal vocal recording places the performer next to your seat and your ideal vocal performance has the performer singing directly into your ear, this disc by mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozená will be just about ideal. No matter what the repertoire -- and Kozená performs everything from Bach to Gounod to Shostakovich -- and no matter what the ...
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