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Górecki: Complete String Quartets 2
8.574110 (Naxos, CD)
DDD
NEW RELEASE (21 February 2020)
Playing time: 74'40"
Tracks: 8
Booklet pages: 4
© 2020 Naxos Rights (Europe) Ltd
Main country of recording: United Kingdom
Country of manufacture: Germany
Reviewer: Giuseppe Pennisi
Review of Górecki: Complete String Quartets 2 published on 27 October 2020
Listen: Górecki: Largo cantabile (String Quartet No 3) (track 5, 7:11-8:10)
Tippett Quartet (tracks 4-8):
John Mills, violin (tracks 1-3)
Jeremy Isaac, violin (tracks 1-3)
Lydia Lowndes-Northcott, viola
Bozidar Yukotic, cello
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (1933-2010):
Sonata for Two Violins, Op 10 (1957)
1 Allegro molto
2 Adagio sostenuto
3 Andante con moto
String Quartet No 3, Op 67, 'Pieśni Śpiewają' ('... songs are sung') (1995/2005)
4 Adagio - Molto andante - Cantabile
5 Largo cantabile
6 Allegro, sempre ben marcato
7 Deciso - Espressivo ma ben tenuto
8 Largo - Tranquillo
Recorded 27 September 2018 at St Martin's Church, East Woodhay, Hampshire UK (tracks 1-3) and 20 February 2018 at St Paul's Church, New Southgate, London UK (tracks 4-8).