Takács Quartet - Dvo¿ák: String Quartet, Op. 106; Coleridge-Taylor: Fantasiestücke [CD]

Dvorák's mature string quartets are masterly, all brimming with life-enhancing music, and Op 106 is no exception. The Takács Quartet gives superlative accounts of both this and the apt coupling by a young Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

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"Despite both being for string quartet, both from the same year and indeed sharing a great many stylistic features, the Coleridge-Taylor and Dvorák pieces here are still as different as chalk and cheese; youthful energy contrasting with mature retrospection, perhaps. But as a diptych they work perfectly, and the Takács Quartet are equally at home in both." – Presto Music

"The Takács are impressive on this album: every microphrase, every note is considered. Their sound draws you in from the first moment [...]. To simultaneously hear the separate parts and the collective so beautifully is a treat indeed." – Gramophone

"The selection closes with Dvorak's earlier Andante appassionato – a rejected slow movement from the Quartet in A Minor, Op. 12. It is a reflective close to this exuberant album, and aptly showcases the Takacs Quartet abiding technical assurance and emotional range." – BBC Music Magazine; Performance 4 STARS, Recording 4 STARS

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5 Fantasiestücke, Op 5 I. Prelude: Allegro ma non troppo

II. Serenade: Andante molto

III. Humoresque: Presto

IV. Minuet and Trio: Allegro moderato

V. Dance: Vivace

String Quartet No 13 in G major, Op 106 I. Allegro moderato

II. Adagio ma non troppo

III. Molto vivace

IV. Finale: Andante sostenuto - Allegro con fuoco

Andante appassionato, B40a

• Genre: Classical
• Product Type: AUDIO CD
• Barcode: 34571284132
• Release Date: May 31, 2025

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