A bit raw but heartfelt, a little rough but soulful, these performances by the young Nevsky Quartet may not be the best any of the works on the program have ever received, but they are still terrific performances. Based in Petersburg where the members were students at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory, the Nevsky Quartet is perhaps a tad unrefined for Western tastes, but its dedication to the music and each other more than compensates for any occasional unevenness. The group's performance of Haydn G minor Quartet is more ...
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A bit raw but heartfelt, a little rough but soulful, these performances by the young Nevsky Quartet may not be the best any of the works on the program have ever received, but they are still terrific performances. Based in Petersburg where the members were students at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory, the Nevsky Quartet is perhaps a tad unrefined for Western tastes, but its dedication to the music and each other more than compensates for any occasional unevenness. The group's performance of Haydn G minor Quartet is more muscular than most in the outer movements and more sensitive than most in the central movements. Its Prokofiev B minor Quartet is more brusque than most in the opening movement and more lyrical than most in the central and closing movements. Its Shostakovich C minor Quartet is darker than most in the slow movements and more frenetic than most in the fast movements -- and being darker and more frenetic in Shostakovich's C minor Quartet is an amazing and wonderful thing. While one might...
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