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The Takács Quartet has been remarkably consistent, and the addition of a couple of new members doesn't seem to have affected the group's track record at all. Consider this release, which made classical best-seller lists in the summer of 2023. It is splendid. One attraction is the set of Fantasiestücke by Samuel-Coleridge Taylor. He has been showing up more frequently on concert programs and recordings, but these are novel, with just two recordings on small independent labels in the catalog ahead of this one. Coleridge-Taylor was still a student at the Royal College of Music when he wrote these short pieces for string quartet, but they clearly showed what was coming. Not only was he able to produce a decent facsimile of Dvořák's style (sample the Dance finale), but in the second-movement Serenade, he picked up the unusual 5/4 time of the second movement of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, and put his own spin on it. The main attraction is Dvořák's String Quartet in G major, Op. 106, is even better, with many subtle details in the phrasing married to deep expression. Sample the Adagio ma non troppo slow movement, which has rarely seemed so profound; the opening melody rises to the level of Beethoven's late quartets here. There is a short early quartet movement to ring down the curtain and superb, idiomatic sound from the Wyastone Estate Concert Hall. This is certain to be counted as one of the top chamber music recordings of 2023.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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5 Fantasiestücke, Op. 5 (Samuel Coleridge-Taylor)
Simon Perry, Producer, Executive Producer - Andrew Keener, Producer, Recording Producer - David Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Composer - Takács Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andras Fejér, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Richard O'Neill, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Dusinberre, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Harumi Rhodes, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Hyperion Records Limited
Simon Perry, Producer, Executive Producer - Andrew Keener, Producer, Recording Producer - David Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Composer - Takács Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andras Fejér, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Richard O'Neill, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Dusinberre, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Harumi Rhodes, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Hyperion Records Limited
Simon Perry, Producer, Executive Producer - Andrew Keener, Producer, Recording Producer - David Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Composer - Takács Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andras Fejér, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Richard O'Neill, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Dusinberre, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Harumi Rhodes, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Hyperion Records Limited
Simon Perry, Producer, Executive Producer - Andrew Keener, Producer, Recording Producer - David Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Composer - Takács Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andras Fejér, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Richard O'Neill, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Dusinberre, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Harumi Rhodes, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Hyperion Records Limited
Simon Perry, Producer, Executive Producer - Andrew Keener, Producer, Recording Producer - David Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Composer - Takács Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andras Fejér, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Richard O'Neill, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Dusinberre, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Harumi Rhodes, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Hyperion Records Limited
String Quartet No. 13 in G Major, Op. 106 (Antonín Dvořák)
Simon Perry, Producer, Executive Producer - Andrew Keener, Producer, Recording Producer - Antonín Dvorák, Composer - David Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Takács Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andras Fejér, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Richard O'Neill, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Dusinberre, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Harumi Rhodes, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Hyperion Records Limited
Simon Perry, Producer, Executive Producer - Andrew Keener, Producer, Recording Producer - Antonín Dvorák, Composer - David Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Takács Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andras Fejér, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Richard O'Neill, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Dusinberre, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Harumi Rhodes, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Hyperion Records Limited
Simon Perry, Producer, Executive Producer - Andrew Keener, Producer, Recording Producer - Antonín Dvorák, Composer - David Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Takács Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andras Fejér, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Richard O'Neill, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Dusinberre, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Harumi Rhodes, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Hyperion Records Limited
Simon Perry, Producer, Executive Producer - Andrew Keener, Producer, Recording Producer - Antonín Dvorák, Composer - David Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Takács Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andras Fejér, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Richard O'Neill, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Dusinberre, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Harumi Rhodes, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Hyperion Records Limited
Simon Perry, Producer, Executive Producer - Andrew Keener, Producer, Recording Producer - Antonín Dvorák, Composer - David Hinitt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Takács Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andras Fejér, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Richard O'Neill, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Dusinberre, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Harumi Rhodes, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Hyperion Records Limited
Albumbeschreibung
The Takács Quartet has been remarkably consistent, and the addition of a couple of new members doesn't seem to have affected the group's track record at all. Consider this release, which made classical best-seller lists in the summer of 2023. It is splendid. One attraction is the set of Fantasiestücke by Samuel-Coleridge Taylor. He has been showing up more frequently on concert programs and recordings, but these are novel, with just two recordings on small independent labels in the catalog ahead of this one. Coleridge-Taylor was still a student at the Royal College of Music when he wrote these short pieces for string quartet, but they clearly showed what was coming. Not only was he able to produce a decent facsimile of Dvořák's style (sample the Dance finale), but in the second-movement Serenade, he picked up the unusual 5/4 time of the second movement of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, and put his own spin on it. The main attraction is Dvořák's String Quartet in G major, Op. 106, is even better, with many subtle details in the phrasing married to deep expression. Sample the Adagio ma non troppo slow movement, which has rarely seemed so profound; the opening melody rises to the level of Beethoven's late quartets here. There is a short early quartet movement to ring down the curtain and superb, idiomatic sound from the Wyastone Estate Concert Hall. This is certain to be counted as one of the top chamber music recordings of 2023.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 01:03:47
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Takács Quartet
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Hyperion
- Genre: Klassiek
© 2023 Hyperion Records Limited ℗ 2023 Hyperion Records Limited
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