Credits:

Maitrise Notre-Dame de Paris

Description:

Silesian String Quartet's latest release! Penderecki's complete string quartets! The Silesian String Quartet, specialists in contemporary Polish works! The latest project is the complete string quartets of Penderecki, the leading contemporary Polish composer who died in 2020! The Silesian String Quartet has attracted international attention after winning the Gramophone Award for the complete string quartets of the Polish female composer Grażyna Baczewicz (CHAN10904). Their latest release is the complete string quartets of Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020), a project that began in 2012 and was completed in January 2021! From No. 1 and No. 2, composed in the 1960s and characterized by an avant-garde style (sonorism) including special techniques, to No. 3 and No. 4 composed in 2008 and 2016, which moved to a neo-romantic style, and the small piece "Interrupted Thoughts Der unterbrochene Gedanke". Five works for quartet are included in chronological order of composition. In addition, a clarinet quartet, inspired by Schubert's String Quintet, recorded by the Emerson String Quartet and Mstislav Rostropovich in 1992, is also included.This is a work with a strong connection to 19th century chamber music. Tokyo M-Plus

Tracklisting:

1.String Quartet No. 1
2.String Quartet No. 2
3.Der unterbrochene Gedanke for String Quartet
4.Quartet for Clarinet and String Trio~I. Notturno. Adagio
5.Quartet for Clarinet and String Trio~II. Scherzo. Vivacissimo - Poco meno mosso - Vivacissimo - Agitato -
6.Quartet for Clarinet and String Trio~III. Serenade. Tempo di Valse -
7.Quartet for Clarinet and String Trio~IV. Abschied. Larghetto - Poco sostenuto - A tempo - Cadenza - Tempo I - Piu animato - Sostenuto - Poco animato - A tempo - Sostenuto
8.String Quartet No. 3 'Blatter eines nicht geschriebenen Tagebuches'~Grave - Vivace - Poco meno vivace e scherzando - Vivace - Feroce - Pesante - Agitato - Tempo di Valse, poco rubato e sentimentale - Poco rubato - Agitato -
9.String Quartet No. 3 'Blatter eines nicht geschriebenen Tagebuches'~Adagio. Notturno - Poco piu mosso - Adagio -
10.String Quartet No. 3 'Blatter eines nicht geschriebenen Tagebuches'~Vivace - Pesante - Meno mosso - Vivace -
11.String Quartet No. 3 'Blatter eines nicht geschriebenen Tagebuches'~[Vivace] - Tranquillo - Ancora piu tranquillo - Piu lento - Adagio assai - Andante - Agitato - A tempo Andante - Tranquillo - Piu tranquillo
12.String Quartet No. 4~I. Andante
13.String Quartet No. 4~II. Vivo - Pesante - [Vivo] - Pesante - Scherzando - Pesante - Molto meno mosso - Andante - Allegro giocoso - Allegretto - Poco meno mosso, calmo