Saint-Saëns: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2
Fine Arts Quartet
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
the first movement [of the G major], designed to illustrate 'Youth', is a delightful piece of Haydnry in which the lighter textures are more comfortable for the ear
Saint-Saëns: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2
Fine Arts Quartet
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Awards:
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
the first movement [of the G major], designed to illustrate 'Youth', is a delightful piece of Haydnry in which the lighter textures are more comfortable for the ear
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The Fine Arts Quartet’s albums of Mendelssohn’s String Quintets (8570488) and Glazunov’s chamber music (8570256) were named “Recordings of the Year” by Musicweb International, and their recording of Schumann’s string quartets (8570151) was hailed by the American Record Guide as “one of the very finest chamber music recordings of the year”.
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Spotlight on this release
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Camille Saint-Saëns
27th Mar 2015
James explores the music of French composer Camille Saint-Saëns and chooses some of his favourite recordings.
Awards and reviews
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Presto FavouritesRecommended Recording
August 2011
the first movement [of the G major], designed to illustrate 'Youth', is a delightful piece of Haydnry in which the lighter textures are more comfortable for the ear
The Fine Arts Quartet are exemplary advocates for Saint-Saëns's two string quartets, with beauty of tone in the slow movement of the first quartet contrasting with some nimble playing in the faster movements.
1st May 2011
The Fine Arts Quartet are vibrant and thoughtful.
1st April 2011
Deserving more frequent performances than they receive, Saint-Saëns’s two string quartets find persuasive champions in the Fine Arts Quartet...the influences are refracted through Saint-Saëns’s own lyrical and harmonic prism, and each work is as carefully crafted as it is extremely pleasurable to hear.
