Janáček - New Zealand String Quartet
8.574209 (Naxos, CD)
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FIRST RELEASE (12 February 2021)
Playing time: 48'14"
Tracks: 10
Booklet pages: 4
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Main country of recording: Canada
Country of manufacture: Germany
Reviewer: Giuseppe Pennisi
Review of Janáček - New Zealand String Quartet published on 8 January 2022
The New Zealand String Quartet:
Helene Pohl, violin 1
Monique Lapins, violin 2
Gillian Ansell, viola
Rolf Gjelsten, cello
Leoš Janáček (1854-1928):
String Quartet No 1, JW VII/8, 'Kreutzer Sonata' (1923)
1 Adagio - Con moto
2 Con moto
3 Con moto - Vivo - Andante
4 Con moto
String Quartet No 2, JW VII/13, 'Intimate Letters' (1928)
5 Andante
6 Adagio
7 Moderato
8 Allegro
Leoš Janáček, arranged by Rolf Gjelsten (born 1955) for string quartet:
9 'Sonnet' in D minor, JW VII/2 (1875) (first recording)
10 'Sonnet' in A, JW VII/1 (1875) (first recording)
Recorded 29-31 July 2019 at St Anne's Anglican Church, Toronto, Canada