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| Glazunov: 5 Novelettes, Etc / St. Petersburg String Quartet | |||||
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Release Date: 04/24/2001 Label: Delos Catalog #: 3262 Spars Code: DDD Composer: Alexander Glazunov Performer: Alla Aranovskaya, Ilya Teplyakov, Aleksey Koptev, Leonid Shukaev Orchestra/Ensemble: St. Petersburg String Quartet
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Sometimes, the matter of liking an ensemble comes down to what repertoire you hear it perform. Previously, the St. Petersburg Quartet (formerly known as the Leningrad Quartet) released recordings of Prokofiev and Nadarejshvili for Delos, Borodin for Dorian, and a Shostakovich cycle for Hyperion--all ranging from good to very fine. But there always seemed to be a slight emotional disconnect between players and repertoire. With this recording, they have hit their mark dead-on in their most satisfying performances to date: warm, intense, yet played with a light touch when such a touch is required (which is quite often in Glazunov's string quartet pieces). From the curling pizzicatos and fleshy chords of the Novelettes' Orientale to the hurly-burly uproar of the closing All'Ungherese, every detail sparkles. The Fifth quartet--a piece more akin to Brahms and Schubert than to any of the Russians--is lovely as well, with a superb ensemble balance (which comes as a very welcome gift; this is an area that has not traditionally been one of this quartet's strong points). The recorded sound is fine, but someone in the quartet (the cellist?) is a loud grunter who vocalizes throughout these performances, a quality I don't recall in other St. Petersburg recordings (particularly the Shostakovich discs on Hyperion). Perhaps there was a more attentive engineer and editors for those sessions? I'm sure some listeners will be able to ignore such distractions; perhaps someday I'll be one of them. --Anastasia Tsioulcas, ClassicsToday.com |
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Novelettes (5) for String Quartet, Op. 15 by Alexander Glazunov | ||||
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Performer:
Alla Aranovskaya (Violin),
Ilya Teplyakov (Violin),
Aleksey Koptev (Viola),
Leonid Shukaev (Cello) Orchestra/Ensemble: St. Petersburg String Quartet Period: Romantic Written: 1886; Russia |
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Date of Recording: 06/2000 Venue: 1st Congregational Church, Los Angeles Length: 30 Minutes 7 Secs. |
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Quartet for Strings no 5 in D minor, Op. 70 by Alexander Glazunov | ||||
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Performer:
Leonid Shukaev (Cello),
Ilya Teplyakov (Violin),
Aleksey Koptev (Viola),
Alla Aranovskaya (Violin) Orchestra/Ensemble: St. Petersburg String Quartet Period: Romantic Written: 1898; Russia |
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Date of Recording: 06/2000 Venue: 1st Congregational Church, Los Angeles Length: 28 Minutes 18 Secs. |
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