Andrés Isasi: String Quartets Volume 2
Isasi Quartet
Isasi's style is gently late Romantic, anachronistically so for the late 1920s, but the works are well put together...and have a true sense of dialogue...Naxos's sound is cool and natural.
Andrés Isasi: String Quartets Volume 2
Isasi Quartet
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Isasi's style is gently late Romantic, anachronistically so for the late 1920s, but the works are well put together...and have a true sense of dialogue...Naxos's sound is cool and natural.
About
The second of three volumes devoted to Andrés Isasi’s complete string quartets is again performed by the composer’s foremost champions, the Isasi Quartet, who premiered all the works on this recording. String Quartet No. 4 in D major reveals his vibrant and imaginative use of textures and his affiliations with the music of Dvořàk. Though unfinished, the 1921 String Quartet No. 3 in E minor fuses melodic richness and serenity. Each of the three smaller pieces shows contrast and warmth, not least the beautifully eloquent Prelude in A major.
Contents and tracklist
- Isasi Quartet
- Isasi Quartet
- Isasi Quartet
- Isasi Quartet
- Isasi Quartet
Awards and reviews
March 2014
Isasi's style is gently late Romantic, anachronistically so for the late 1920s, but the works are well put together...and have a true sense of dialogue...Naxos's sound is cool and natural.
2nd December 2013
[The quartet's] name in any case obviously indicates a strong affinity for the composer's music, and indeed there is a glove-like fit - these are all premiere recordings, but it is hard to imagine a more natural, sympathetic reading.
