Belcea Quartet - Debussy, Dutilleux, Ravel: String Quartets (2001)
Belcea Quartet - Debussy, Dutilleux, Ravel: String Quartets (2001)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 288 Mb | Total time: 71:16 | Scans included
Classical | Label: EMI Classics | # 5 74020 2 | Recorded: 2000
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 288 Mb | Total time: 71:16 | Scans included
Classical | Label: EMI Classics | # 5 74020 2 | Recorded: 2000
This Debut CD confirms the impression I’d formed from broadcasts of a highly talented, exceptionally well-integrated ensemble. Their excellent balance is highlighted by crystal-clear recording. The opening of the Debussy, brisk and forceful yet with plenty of variety and meticulous in observing the composer’s directions, immediately inspires confidence. After a while, though, I started to wonder whether the playing was a bit too careful and controlled; the Vertavo Quartet, not quite as slick and with more soft-edged recorded sound, give a much more spontaneous effect, with delightful and very idiomatic touches of rubato. Similarly in the Ravel, the Belcea performance brings out all the subtleties of texture and timbre, the fascinating cross-rhythms, the sweetly nostalgic emotional tone. Yet in the slow movement they can’t match the rapt quality of the Alban Berg Quartet (newly restored as an EMI Great Recording of the Century), who manage to achieve a more intense sense of continuity at a tempo that’s considerably slower.
Dutilleux’s …Ainsi la nuit…, studied with the composer, shows the same care over balance, tuning and tonal quality, and captures the different phases of this evocative journey in an entirely persuasive way. An auspicious first recording then: when they succeed in giving a touch more freedom and individuality to their performances, the Belcea will be outstanding.–Duncan Druce
Performer:
Belcea Quartet:
Corina Belcea, violin
Laura Samuel, violin
Krzysztof Chorzelski, viola
Alasdair Tait, cello
Tracklist:
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Quatuor à cordes, Op.10
01. I. Animé et très décidé
02. II. Assez vif et bien rythmé
03. III. Andantino, doucement expressif
04. IV. Très modéré - En animant peu à peu - Très mouvementé et avec passion
Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013)
« Ainsi la nuit » - Quatuor à cordes
05. (Libre et souple)
06. I. Nocturne: Assez lent -
07. Parenthèse 1: Très libre
08. II. Miroir d'Espace: Violent -
09. Parenthèse 2: Libre et flexible
10. III. Litanies: Animé
11. Parenthèse 3: Lent
12. IV. Litanies 2 -
13. Parenthèse 4: Animé
14. V. Constellations: Vif, souple et libre
15. VI. Nocturne 2: Plus animé
16. VII. Temps suspendu
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Quatuor à cordes
17. Allegro moderato - Très doux
18. Assez vif - Tres rythmé
19. Très lent
20. Vif et agité
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Belcea Quartet - Debussy, Dutilleux, Ravel: String Quartets (2001)
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