Janacek. String Quartets Nos.1 & 2. Prazak Quartet

Prazák Quartet, Milan Polák (clarinet), Lukás Korínek (bassoon), Jan Voboril (french horn), Slávka Pechoková-Vernerová (piano)

Composed by: Janácek: String Quartets Nos.1 & 2, Concertino
Janácek: String Quartets Nos.1 & 2, Concertino

This exciting and varied program of chamber music by Janácek features the talents of the world renowned Prazák Quartet, who are joined by a quartet of their friends to perform the composer’s beloved Concertino. The main works on the album are the two String Quartets, which not only incorporate the tonalities of Czech folk music, but also reflect the rhythms of speech in the Czech language. This super-audio recording from Praga allows all the nuances of the music to be heard with crystal clarity.

Réunis pour la première fois, trois chefs-d’œuvre da camera de la dernière époque de Janácek par des interprètes qui leur rendent leur naturelle respiration et folle liberté de langage tant aux quatuors, trop souvent banalisés, qu’au Concertino, suite d’images fugitives, de saynettes champêtres vivantes et étonnamment mobiles, aussi tendres que vindicatives. L’authentique portrait d‘un indomptable et inimitable conteur slave.

Price: $28.98