String Quartet No. 1 in A major

Andante semplice


  • Recorded: 5th May 2000
  • Record Place: Domovina Studio
  • First Release: 2001
  • (P) 2001 SUPRAPHON
  • Genre: Chamber Music

Artists

  • music by: Zdeněk Fibich
  • musical group: Panocha Quartet

Album

Panocha Quartet

Fibich: String Quartets, Variations

Catalogue Number: SU 3470-2
Published: 20th April 2001
Genre: Chamber Music
With a little delay following the issue of a complete set of violin works, Supraphon is now coming with the sequel to that title in the "hommage ? Zdeněk Fibich" (1850 - 1900) series, presenting a new recording of the complete quartet output ofthis Czech neo-Romantic composer who has so far failed to get all the interest he would rightfully deserve. Although modest in terms of size, Fibich's chamber production, whose crucial part was created during the 1870s, conveys an eloquent message about the versatility of his talent, as well as about his strong affinity for Czech folk music: Fibich was the first Czech composer to use the polka - a Czech folk dance - in the Scherzo of his A major Quartet. The considerable creative challenge involved in this project was taken up here by the experienced Panocha Quartet, which was once again, after its account of Dvořák's early quartets, offered a golden opportunity to place its high artistic repute in the service of asserting music which may lie on the margins of the mainstream repertoire, yet whose values are thoroughly unmistakeable.
Zdeněk Fibich
String Quartet No. 1 in A major
1. Allegro grazioso 07:01
2. Andante semplice 05:13
3. Allegretto 04:15
4. Allegro 04:58
Zdeněk Fibich
String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 8
5. Allegro moderato 08:25
6. Adagio 06:11
7. Scherzo. Allegro scherzando 03:41
8. Finale. Allegro vivace 06:56
Zdeněk Fibich
9. Thema con Variazioni for String Quartet in B flat major, sine Op. 12:11