Górecki: String Quartet No. 3 '…songs are sung', Sonata for Two Violins
John Mills (violin I), Jeremy Isaac (violin II), Tippett Quartet
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2020, Recording of the Month
[Sonata] playing is clean, crisp, and thoroughly enjoyable.
Górecki: String Quartet No. 3 '…songs are sung', Sonata for Two Violins
John Mills (violin I), Jeremy Isaac (violin II), Tippett Quartet
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2020, Recording of the Month
[Sonata] playing is clean, crisp, and thoroughly enjoyable.
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"The Sonata for Two Violins is one of Henryk Górecki’s earliest acknowledged works – its contrasts, instrumental rivalries and sophisticated technique a worthy rounding-off of his formative period. The Third String Quartet with its evocative subtitle ‘… songs are sung’ represents a culmination of Górecki’s preoccupations with elaborate and emotive melodic shapes and closely intertwined harmonies, its final minutes recalling the beauty and poignancy of the composer’s Third Symphony (Naxos 8.550822). The First and Second String Quartets can be heard on Naxos 8.573919, ‘a recording deserving of the very highest recommendation’ (Gramophone).
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Contents and tracklist
- John Mills (violin), Jeremy Isaac (violin)
- Tippett Quartet
Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineMay 2020Recording of the Month
July/August 2020
[Sonata] playing is clean, crisp, and thoroughly enjoyable.
May 2020
The music in the Tippett Quartet’s hands really sings...but there is also a breathtaking sense of control...The recorded sound is superb, neither too resonant nor too dry, allowing the Tippetts every opportunity for the full variety of their sound to shine – and shine is exactly the word for playing of this quality...I cannot recommend this recording highly enough, and have run out of superlatives.
July 2020
Visceral and satisfying playing in post-Bartokian quartets.
