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Release Date: 07/12/2005 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalog #: 4775739 Spars Code: ADD Composer: Anton Bruckner, Bedrich Smetana, Giuseppe Verdi, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Antonín Dvorák Performer: Siegmund Nissel, Cecil Aronowitz, Norbert Brainin, Peter Schidlof, Martin Lovett Orchestra/Ensemble: Amadeus String Quartet
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I should mention an interesting compilation from DG of recordings made by the Amadeus Quartet in the 1960s and 1970s released last year following the death of their leader, Norbert Brainin (477 5739). In recent years I get the feeling that recordings by this quartet have suffered a little at the hands of critics but this release may help to put that right. This is a two CD set with quartets by Verdi (his solitary work in the genre dating from 1873), Smetana’s first (From my life), Tchaikovsky’s first and Dvořák’s American. There is also Bruckner’s String Quintet with Cecil Aronowitz playing second viola. The latter is the least successful performance here – after a broad first movement which I found promising, the great adagio seems a bit cool and the finale doesn’t quite hang together. But everything else on these discs caught and held my attention, and the Smetana in particular is riveting. -- Patrick C Waller, MusicWeb International |
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Quintet for Strings in F major, WAB 112 by Anton Bruckner | ||||
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Performer:
Siegmund Nissel (Violin),
Cecil Aronowitz (Viola),
Norbert Brainin (Violin),
Peter Schidlof (Viola), Martin Lovett (Cello) Orchestra/Ensemble: Amadeus String Quartet Period: Romantic Written: 1879; Vienna, Austria |
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Quartet for Strings no 1 in E minor, T 116 "From my life" by Bedrich Smetana | ||||
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Performer:
Martin Lovett (Cello),
Norbert Brainin (Violin),
Siegmund Nissel (Violin),
Peter Schidlof (Viola) Orchestra/Ensemble: Amadeus String Quartet Period: Romantic Written: 1876; Czech Republic |
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Quartet for Strings in E minor by Giuseppe Verdi | ||||
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Performer:
Martin Lovett (Cello),
Norbert Brainin (Violin),
Siegmund Nissel (Violin),
Peter Schidlof (Viola) Orchestra/Ensemble: Amadeus String Quartet Period: Romantic Written: 1873; Italy |
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Quartet for Strings no 1 in D major, Op. 11 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | ||||
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Performer:
Peter Schidlof (Viola),
Siegmund Nissel (Violin),
Norbert Brainin (Violin),
Martin Lovett (Cello) Orchestra/Ensemble: Amadeus String Quartet Period: Romantic Written: 1871; Russia |
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Quartet for Strings no 12 in F major, Op. 96/B 179 "American" by Antonín Dvorák | ||||
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Performer:
Peter Schidlof (Viola),
Siegmund Nissel (Violin),
Martin Lovett (Cello),
Norbert Brainin (Violin) Orchestra/Ensemble: Amadeus String Quartet Period: Romantic Written: 1893; USA |
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