8 CZECH QUARTETS

 

Anton DVORÀK American Quartet Op. 96, Quintet Op. 97

Leoš JANÀCEK Kreutzer Sonata Quartet, Intimate Letters

Erwin SCHULHOFF Quartet No. 1

Bedrich SMETANA Quartets 1 & 2

Zdenek FIBICH Quartet No. 1

 

Talich Quartet

 

Some of the new Talich Quartet's finest performances.

 

Smetana/Fibich (CAL9332): "The result is so convincing that we can fancy that Smetana himself has coached the performance."

Gramophone

 

Janacek/Schulhoff (CAL9333):

The Strad Chamber Selection

 

Radio 3 Disc of the Week

"these are performances to rival, even surpass, The Lindsays' for sheer urgency…this new issue surely has to figure on the shortest of future short lists." Editor's Choice, Gramophone

 

Calliope 3cds CAL3331-3