COMPOSERS: Dvorák; Smetana
LABELS: Praga Digitals
WORKS: Dvorák: String Quartet in G, Op. 106; Two Waltzes; Smetana: String Quartet No.2
PERFORMER: Kocian Quartet
CATALOGUE NO: PRD 350035
The rough edges in these live accounts are offset by a fervent intensity in the Smetana. This is transmuted into a sense of poise in the happier Dvorák Quartet, and a delightful lilt in the waltzes.
Martin Cotton