Quatuor Joachim – Ravel & Szymanowski: String Quartets (2018) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]

Leader of the European modernity early XXth century, Karol Szymanowski is still quite ignored today. A certain esotericism emanates from the music and of the artistic personality of this grand Polish lord. His fickleness and his language evolving with his influences : Strauss, Debussy, Scriabine in particular, could have been intimidating. And yet, there is hardly any music more immediately recognizable than Szymanowski’s,especially if you concentrate on his major and most significant works. One of his most identifiable « signatures » will be, for example, this « voice » of the violin, in the mysterious and upper register, sensual and immaterial at the same time, like the song of a heavenly mermaid…

Tracklist:

KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Quartet N. 1 op.37
1 Lento assai 8’22
2 Andantino semplice 6’01
3 Vivace 3’52

MAURICE RAVEL
Quartet in F
4 Allegro moderato 8’08
5 Assez vif 6’34
6 Très lent 8’43
7 Vif et agité 5’08

KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Quartet N. 2 op.56
8 Moderato 7’38
9 Vivace sherzando 4’46
10 Lento 5’26

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