This is the first in a series of Antonín Dvorák's string quartets from the formerly East German Vogler Quartet, a group that has maintained its original membership since the mid-'80s and has made some fine recordings for the Profil label. Moving over to the acoustically somewhat less accomplished CPO, it performs a valuable service by delving into the lesser-known chamber music of Dvorák, a composer with a large worthwhile output that is mostly disregarded in favor of a few favorites. Not that the quartet couldn't have ...
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This is the first in a series of Antonín Dvorák's string quartets from the formerly East German Vogler Quartet, a group that has maintained its original membership since the mid-'80s and has made some fine recordings for the Profil label. Moving over to the acoustically somewhat less accomplished CPO, it performs a valuable service by delving into the lesser-known chamber music of Dvorák, a composer with a large worthwhile output that is mostly disregarded in favor of a few favorites. Not that the quartet couldn't have succeeded by sticking to those favorites; the String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 ("American"), in the Vogler's hands can stand with any other version on the market. The Vogler favors rather sober, involved readings in a long Central European tradition, but here it loosens up with the tempo for a very stirring finale. The group emphasizes the degree to which pentatonic scales permeate the thematic material of the quartet. Less often heard are the Zypressen (Cypresses), B. 152, which...
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