COMPOSERS: Ginastera
LABELS: Arte Nova
WORKS: String Quartet No. 1; String Quartet No. 2
PERFORMER: Henschel Quartet
CATALOGUE NO: 74321 72125 2
This young German ensemble expounds Ginastera’s first two quartets – the folkloric-Bartókian First and the expressionistic-Bartókian 12-note Second – with all the affectionate bravura they deserve. But the disc is short measure, especially when you can acquire all three of the Argentinian’s quartets, similarly handsomely done by the Lyric Quartet, on ASV. Calum MacDonald
Ginastera: String Quartet No. 1; String Quartet No. 2
This young German ensemble expounds Ginastera’s first two quartets – the folkloric-Bartókian First and the expressionistic-Bartókian 12-note Second – with all the affectionate bravura they deserve. But the disc is short measure, especially when you can acquire all three of the Argentinian’s quartets, similarly handsomely done by the Lyric Quartet, on ASV. Calum MacDonald
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Published: January 20, 2012 at 1:19 pm