Rimsky-Korsakov etc

Any string quartet wanting a selection of charming and sometimes witty encore pieces could very well start here. Music by Rimsky-Korsakov, his favoured pupils and friends receive polished and characterful performances: delightful listening. Daniel Jaffé

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Daniel Jaffé

Published: January 20, 2012 at 3:55 pm

COMPOSERS: Rimsky-Korsakov etc
LABELS: Simax
ALBUM TITLE: Les Venredis
WORKS: find works
PERFORMER: Vertavo Quartet
CATALOGUE NO: PSC 1178

Any string quartet

wanting a selection

of charming and

sometimes witty

encore pieces could

very well start here. Music by

Rimsky-Korsakov, his favoured

pupils and friends receive polished

and characterful performances:

delightful listening. Daniel Jaffé

Daniel Jaffé

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Daniel Jaffé has been associated with BBC Music Magazine since 2004 when he was the reviews editor, working in that post until he went freelance in 2011. Previously he was on the editorial teams of Classic CD and Gramophone. A specialist in both Russian and 20th-century British music, he has also written articles and programme notes for various orchestras and festivals both in the UK and abroad, published two books – Sergey Prokofiev (Phaidon), and a Historical Dictionary of Russian Music (Scarecrow Press) – and contributed extensively to the Cambridge Stravinsky Encyclopedia (CUP).

Rimsky-Korsakov etc

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