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Hindemith: Complete String Quartets

Amar Quartet

Hindemith: Complete String Quartets
I found the performance of the Amar Quartet first rate; they certainly live up to the reputation of their namesakes. They manage to bring out the best in this wonderful music.

Hindemith: Complete String Quartets

Amar Quartet

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I found the performance of the Amar Quartet first rate; they certainly live up to the reputation of their namesakes. They manage to bring out the best in this wonderful music.

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This three-disc set brings together the single CD releases of the Amar Quartets critically acclaimed and popular set of Hindemiths complete String Quartets, Naxos cat. 8572163-65. From the outset this series was seen as a milestone in the recorded history of these quartets. Volume 1 was given five stars by BBC Music Magazine and MusicWeb International wrote that the Amar Quartet gives an excellent account of these works it is hard to believe Hindemiths old team could have done it better If this first disc is anything to go by, this will be a must-have cycle for all lovers of 20th century music. Both volumes 1 and 2 were given a 10/10 score by ClassicsToday.com and complimented with remarks such as, there is little doubt that this will become the reference edition in this musicsonics are first rate. Connoisseurs of chamber music will find this disc an endless source of pleasure. The Amar Quartet is named after Hindemiths own string quartet, and has made these works something of a specialism alongside a vibrant program of commissioning new works and making a name for itself in Switzerland and beyond with events such as Homage to Hindemith and Tonwort, a project combining music and literature with readings by poets and other writers.

Contents and tracklist

I. Sehr lebhaft, straff im Rhythmus
Track length6:12
II. Thema mit Variationen. Gemächlich
Track length10:29
III. Finale. Sehr lebhaft
Track length16:22
I. Lebhaft und sehr energisch
Track length10:15
II. Sehr langsam - Äußerst ruhige Viertel
Track length13:03
III. Finale. Äußerst lebhaft
Track length7:43
I. Lebhafte Halbe
Track length6:19
II. Sehr langsam, aber immer fließend
Track length10:40
III. Kleiner Marsch. Vivace, sempre crescendo
Track length1:56
IV. Passacaglia
Track length11:13
I. Sehr ruhig und ausdrucksvoll
Track length5:20
II. Lebhaft und sehr energisch
Track length4:14
III. Ruhig. Variationen
Track length8:17
IV. Breit und energisch
Track length6:24
I. Fast
Track length2:45
II. Quiet. Scherzando
Track length2:33
III. Slow
Track length6:02
IV. Canon. Moderately Fast - Gay
Track length4:50
I. Sehr lebhaft
Track length15:10
II. Adagio
Track length12:31
III. Scherzo
Track length6:42
IV. Ziemlich lebhaft
Track length6:37
I. Fugato. Sehr langsame Viertel
Track length6:24
II. Schnelle Achtel. Sehr energisch
Track length5:08
III. Ruhige Viertel. Stets fließend
Track length7:15
IV. Mäßig schnelle Viertel
Track length2:08
V. Rondo. Gemächlich und mit Grazie
Track length4:43

Awards and reviews

May 2017

I found the performance of the Amar Quartet first rate; they certainly live up to the reputation of their namesakes. They manage to bring out the best in this wonderful music.

New Classics February 2017

This is an invaluable set of recordings of these challenging, intricate and rewarding works - a must-have cycle for all lovers of 20th century music.
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