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Henryk Górecki: Complete String Quartets
ACD2 2802 (ATMA Classique, CD, 2 discs)
24 bits 96 kHz recording
NEW RELEASE
Playing time: 48'25"/56'49" - TT 105'14"
Tracks: 5 + 5
Booklet pages: 20
© 2020 Disques ATMA Inc
Main country of recording: Canada
Country of manufacture: Canada
Reviewer: Giuseppe Pennisi
Review of Henryk Górecki: Complete String Quartets published on 27 October 2020
Listen: Górecki: Largo, cantabile (String Quartet No 3) (CD2 track 2, 7:48-8:47)
Quatuor Molinari:
Olga Ranzenhofer, violin
Antoine Bareil, violin
Frédéric Lambert, viola
Pierre-Alain Bouvrette, cello
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (1933-2010):
CD1
String Quartet No 1, Op 62, 'Już się zmierzcha' (Already it is Dusk)
1 Deciso - Marcatissimo - Molto lento - Tranquillo - Allegro. Deciso - Energico, molto espressivo e molto marcato ma sempre ben tenuto
String Quartet No 2, Op 64, 'Quasi una fantasia'
2 Largo Sostenuto - Mesto
3 Deciso - Energico: marcatissimo sempre
4 Arioso: Adagio cantabile ma molto espressivo e molto appassionato
5 Allegro - sempre con grande passion e molto marcato
CD2
String Quartet No 3, Op 67, 'Piesni spiewaja' (... Songs are Sung)
1 Adagio - Molto andante - cantabile
2 Largo, cantabile
3 Allegro, sempre ben marcato
4 Deciso - espressivo ma ben tenuto
5 Largo - tranquillo
Recorded October 2019 at Eglise Saint-Augustin, Mirabel, Québec, Canada