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ON 4090

Kuss Quartet - Thème russe

Released Date:
01 Jul 2012

Originally recorded in 2011
Artists:

Kuss Quartet



Venue:

Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin, Germany

18-21 Apr 2011

Producer:

Michael Leverkus



Engineer:

Thomas Monnerjahn



Record Label
Onyx

Genre:

String Quartet




Total Time - 68:10
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  Variations on a Russian folk song for string quartet  
  (1898, by various composers)  
   
 

ANON

1 

Theme. Adagio

 0:56
   
 

NIKOLAI ARTSYBUSCHEV

2 

Var.1 Allegretto

 0:40
   
 

ALEXANDER SCRIABIN

3 

Var.2 Allegretto

 0:52
   
 

ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV

4 

Var.3 Andantino

 1:25
   
 

NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

5 

Var.4 Allegro

 0:50
   
 

ANATOLY LYADOV

6 

Var.5 Canon. Adagio

 1:19
   
 

JAZEPS VITOLS

7 

Var.6 Allegretto

 1:00
   
 

FELIX BLUMENFELD

8 

Var.7 Allegro

 0:58
   
 

VICTOR EWALD

9 

Var.8 Andante cantabile

 2:02
   
 

ALEXANDER WINKLER

10 

Var.9 Fugato: Allegro

 0:47
   
 

NIKOLAI SOKOLOV

11 

Var.10 Finale. Allegro

 1:18
   
 

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY

  Album for the Young  
12 

Russian Song

 1:00
   
 

IGOR STRAVINSKY

13 

Concertino

 6:59
   
 

ALFRED SCHNITTKE

14 

Canon in memoriam Igor Stravinsky

 6:36
   
 

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY

 

Album for the Young

  
15 Old French Song 1:52
16 Mama 1:32
17 The Hobby Horse 0:33
18 March of the Wooden Soldiers 0:57
19 The Sick Doll 1:51
20 The Doll's Funeral 1:47
21 The Witch 0:31
22 Sweet Dreams 1:58
23 Kamarinskaya (folk song) 1:17
   
 

String Quartet No.1 in D Op.11

  
24 I Moderato e semplice 11:32
25 II Andante cantabile 6:44
26 III Scherzo. Allegro non tano e con fuoco - Trio 3:59
27 IV Finale: Allegro giusto - Andante - Allegro vivace 6:55
   


Tchaikovsky’s First String Quartet, with its famous Andante cantabile, and his Album for the Young feature on the second recording for ONYX by the acclaimed Kuss Quartet. A composite set of variations on a Russian folk song with a variation each by Glazunov, Scriabin, Rimsky-Korsakov and several lesser-known composers forms the intriguing opening work, framing Stravinsky’s Concertino and Schnittke’s Canon in memoriam Igor Stravinsky. A splendid and unusual programme of Russian miniatures for string quartet.
 

                    Performance (Stravinsky) ***     (The Rest) ****       Sound ****

Daniel Jaffé - BBC Music magazine - December 2012


"Spot the 52 seconds of Skryabin. His contribution to a collaborative 1898 set of variations on a Russian tune is atypical of his style, but the whole piece, with Rimsky-Korsakov among the 10 composers, makes a fascinating overture to this recital. The Russian theme is continued through Stravinsky’s spiky Concertino and Schnittke’s Canon, with deft arrangements of Tchaikovsky’s Album for Children and a performance of his First String Quartet that encapsulates all the panache of the Kuss’s playing."   *****

Geoffrey Norris - The Daily Telegraph - 17 March 2012




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