Tetzlaff Quartet play Schubert & Haydn
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FRANZ SCHUBERT / JOSEF HAYDN
Tetzlaff Quartet play Schubert & Haydn
Tetzlaff Quartet
[ Ondine / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 15 May 2017
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In this new recording the prestigious Tetzlaff Quartett (Christian Tetzlaff, Elisabeth Kufferath, Hanna Weinmeister and Tanja Tetzlaff) present a programme of String Quartets by Franz Schubert and Joseph Haydn in exemplary performances.
Praised by The New York Times for its "dramatic, energetic playing of clean intensity", the Tetzlaff Quartett is one of today's leading string quartets. Alongside their successful individual careers, Christian and Tanja Tetzlaff, Hanna Weinmeister and Elisabeth Kufferath have met since 1994 to perform several times each season in concerts that regularly receive great critical acclaim.
"I've not heard such a compelling version of this prophetic masterpiece [Schubert] since the Juilliards' 'Epic' LP from the 1960s - and the Haydn G major Quartet is granted a similarly perceptive reading, the wonderful Poco adagio third movement especially. Excellent sound clinches a deal that simply cannot be missed" Classical Ear Five Stars
"This is a coruscating performance from their first icy creeping entrance…I particularly love their evocation of the trio's idyll as something infinitely distant, untouchable." BBC Music
Their playing is swift and invariably tightly focused, never "prettified", sometimes raw, with sparing use of vibrato, and technically flawless execution of the frequent tremolos. The recorded sound is very detailed and more intimate than, say, the Alban Berg or Allegri Quartets; their broader acoustics match their grander, more overt manner, but where the Tetztlaff really excels is in its scrupulous and invariably unanimous application of dynamics, which greatly enhances the intensity of its playing." Recording of the Month MusicWeb April 2017
Tracks:
Haydn:
String Quartet, Op. 20 No. 3 in G minor
Schubert:
String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D887
