COMPOSERS: Dvorak/Debussy/Ravel
LABELS: Hungaraton White Label
WORKS: String Quartet No. 12 (American); String Quartet; String Quartet
PERFORMER: Bartók Quartet
CATALOGUE NO: HRC 122 ADD (1989)
Though originally issued at the same time as the Bartók Quartet’s Beethoven (see above), this disc lists a different second violin and cello. Whether due to them or not, the performances add easy-going responsiveness and a clear-headed sense of structure to a purity of string tone only occasionally less secure than that noted earlier. Very good value: the Debussy and Ravel are widely available together, but usually unaccompanied. Keith Potter
Dvorak/Debussy/Ravel
Though originally issued at the same time as the Bartók Quartet’s Beethoven (see above), this disc lists a different second violin and cello. Whether due to them or not, the performances add easy-going responsiveness and a clear-headed sense of structure to a purity of string tone only occasionally less secure than that noted earlier. Very good value: the Debussy and Ravel are widely available together, but usually unaccompanied. Keith Potter
Our rating
4
Published: January 20, 2012 at 2:36 pm