MOZART

 

The Complete String Quartets

 

Talich Quartet

 

The Talich Quartet, formed in Prague in 1964, belong to a distinguished lineage of musicians and represent Czech music all over the world. They reveal a style, approach and musical philosophy that have won multiple international awards for their recordings.

 

Previously available on Calliope:

"The Talich Quartet strikes the imagination by its luminous beauty and original approach. Mozart has rarely achieved such perfectly-judged fullness or proven so charming and joyful. Everything here is light and happiness." Gramophone

 

“for readings which combine the old-world expressive charm and intensity of the Amadeus, with a technical ease and authority more redolent of the Hungarian Quartet in their early heyday, you really can’t do much better.” International Record Review

 

Penguin Guide Key Recordings

“A disc gathering together K156 with K387 and K421 is a conspicuous success, particularly K421 in D minor, which is blessedly free of the usual Sturm-und-Drang hysteria.”

 

“The real star issue is a coupling of K428 in E flat and the popular Hunt, K458, whose light-hearted finale send the spirits soaring, and which also carries a considerable bonus in the form of Haydn’s Rider Quartet.” Penguin Guide

 

“the Talich Quartet project warmth and elegance in Mozart’s quartets.” Erik Levi, BBC Music Magazine, February 2007, *****

 

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