Janáček - Complete Chamber & Orchestral Work

5 CD set of complete chamber and orchestral works of Leoš Janáček by various artists: Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Charles Mackerras, London Philharmonic Orchestra, François Huybrechts, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Neville Marriner, Paul Crossley (piano), Gabrieli String Quartet, members of the London Sinfonietta, London Sinfonietta Chorus, Eva Urbanová (soprano), Marta Beňačková (mezzo-soprano),Vladimir Bogachov (tenor), Richard Novák (bass), Thomas Trotter (organ), Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Riccardo Chailly, Kenneth Sillito (violin).

JCW

Hába - String Quartets

Alois Hába (June 21, 1893, Vizovice – November 18, 1973, Prague) was a Czech composer, musical theoretician, teacher and organiser, one of the creators of microtonal systems. His most significant innovative contribution to European music is his reworking of the tonality into quarter, six, twelve, and five tone systems, which come from the Moravian folk tradition.

HSQ

Zelenka - Trio Sonatas 1-6

6 trio sonatas for two oboes (or violin and oboe), bassoon and basso continuo by Jan Dismas Zelenka, performed by: Jana Brožková - oboe, Vojtěch Jouza - oboe, Václav Hoskovec - double bass, Jan Jouza - violin, Jaroslav Kubita - bassoon, F.X.Thuri - harpsichord. These sonatas, typical of the period, are fourmovement sonatas known as “da chiesa" and comprise one of the highpoints of Zelenka's contrapunctal art. He broke with the traditional conception of the trio sonata by enhancing the role of the bassoon, giving it an independent melodic voice instead of using it to merely accompany.

ZTS

Dvořák - String Quartets Nos.12 & 13

Antonín Dvořák: String Quartet No. 13 in G major, Op. 106 (B. 192, 1895) and String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, the "American" (B. 179, 1893) by Pavel Haas Quartet (Veronika Jarůšková - 1st violin, Eva Karová - 2nd violin, Pavel Nikl - viola, Peter Jarůšek - cello).

DSQ

Janáček - String Quartet No.1, Haas - String Quartets Nos.1 & 3

Pavel Haas Quartet completed its recordings of the Janáček and Haas quartets, bringing practically unknown works by this noteworthy; 20th century composer Pavel Haas to the attention of music lovers today. Janáček's student Pavel Haas (1899-1944) wrote his first string quartet in 1920 and his third quartet in 1938 at the peak of his creative life. The piece is marked by the drama and tragedy of the era's rapidly burgeoning Nazi movement, whose victim he became in 1941.

JHQ

Martinů - Complete String Quartets

This complete collection of Bohuslav Martinů's string quartets by Panocha Quartet was recorded in the years 1979-1983, at the peak of the ensemble's career. Martinů's quartets were written over the entire span of his life, and each of them is a world unto itself. Martinů's unique compositional identity appears for the first time, however, in the Quartet No. 2 (1925). After the Quartet No. 6 (1946), Martinů brings his quartet work to a climax with his seventh piece, the Concerto da camera, a miniature full of inner contentment.

MSQ

Martinů - Sonata No.1 for piano, Études and Polkas, Sonata No.1 for flute and piano

Bohuslav Martinů - Sonata No.1 for piano, Études and Polkas Book I-III, Sonata No.1 for flute and piano (Radoslav Kvapil, Gunilla von Bahr, Kerstin Hindart)

MSP

Vranický A. - Concertante Quartets 4-6

Antonín Vranický was a Czech violinist and composer of classicist era. He was the younger brother of composer Pavel Vranický. A.Vranický was a pupil of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Joseph Haydn. His works content above all string duos, quartets, sonatas and concertos, but also symphonies and one mass. This recording is a second half of concertante quartets, performed by Martinů Quartet.

VCQ

Vranický A. - Concertante Quartets Nos.1-3

Antonín Vranický (1761-1820) was a Czech violinist and composer of classicist era. He was a pupil of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Joseph Haydn. His works content above all string duos, quartets, sonatas and concertos, but also symphonies and one mass. This recording is the first half of his concertante quartets by Martinů Quartet.

VCQ

Dvořák - String Quartet No.13, Waltz No.1

Antonín Dvořák composed his String Quartet No.13 in G major, op.106 in the end of 1895 after his return from America.  Recorded live in Adelaide 2011. Performed by Pavel Haas Quartet, Czech ensemble, already received prestigeous awards, also for performing Dvořák.

DQW