Barbican Quartet - Janacek, Schumann & Tabakova: Manifesto on Love - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The Barbican Quartet is a highly acclaimed and exciting young string quartet based in London. As 1st prize winner of the 2022 ARD Music Competition, the Barbican Quartet is one of the most sought-after young string quartet formations. The album InchLux Intus.Inch combines works from W.A. Mozart's, Rebecca Clarke, and Edward Elgar with a world premiere recording and commissioned work for string quartet by Sophia Jani.

Formed in 1994 at the Royal College of Music in London, the Belcea Quartet already has an impressive discography, including the complete Beethoven string quartets. For this new recording, the ensemble has chosen three quartets by two iconic composers of the 20th century Leos Janácek and György Ligeti. Fifteen years after their first recording for Zig-Zag, and after some changes in personnel, they have decided to record again the two string quartets by Janácek. The First Quartet was inspired by Leon Tolstoy's famous novella, The Kreutzer Sonata the four-movement work follows the narrative, including it's culminating murder. The Second Quartet is subtitled Intimate Letters, in homage to Kamila Stösslova, with whom the composer had an important relationship expressed through letters, one that influenced both his life and his music. Finally, the First Quartet by Ligeti, subtitled Métamorphoses nocturnes because of it's particular form. The composer described the work as a sort of theme and variations, but not with a specific theme that is then subsequently varied rather, it is a single musical thought appearing under constantly new guises - for this reason the word 'metamophoses' is more appropriate than 'variations'.

Album Tracks 1. String Quartet No. 1 ('Kreutzer Sonata'), JW 7/8 1. Adagio - Con Moto 2. String Quartet No. 1 ('Kreutzer Sonata'), JW 7/8 2. Con Moto 3. String Quartet No. 1 ('Kreutzer Sonata'), JW 7/8 3. Con Moto - Vivace - Andante - Tempo 1 4. String Quartet No. 1 ('Kreutzer Sonata'), JW 7/8 4. Con Moto 5. String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, SZ. 91, BB 95 1. Allegro 6. String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, SZ. 91, BB 95 2. Prestissimo, Con Sordino 7. String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, SZ. 91, BB 95 3. Non Troppo Lento 8. String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, SZ. 91, BB 95 4. Allegretto Pizzicato 9. String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, SZ. 91, BB 95 5. Allegro Molto 10. String Quartet No. 2 ('Listy Duverné, Intimate Letters'), JW 7/13 1. Andante - Con Moto - Allegro 11. String Quartet No. 2 ('Listy Duverné, Intimate Letters'), JW 7/13 2. Adagio - Vivace - Andante - Presto - Allegro - Vivo - Adagio 12. String Quartet No. 2 ('Listy Duverné, Intimate Letters'), JW 7/13 3. Moderato - Adagio - Allegro 13. String Quartet No. 2 ('Listy Duverné, Intimate Letters'), JW 7/13 4. Allegro - Andante - Con Moto - Adagio - Tempo 1