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Arriaga

String Quartet

String Quartet

Three cheers for this promising young Spanish ensemble, which has created a delightful collection of string quartets by Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga (1806–1826), aka the Spanish Mozart, who penned a handful of scintillating works before his untimely death at age 19. The Casals, formed in 1997 at the Escuela Reina Sofía in Madrid, presents the only three Arriaga quartets (in D minor, A major, and E-flat major) published during the ill-fated composer's short life. The Casals captures all the delicacy and beauty of these brilliant works, which show the influence of Cherubini and Rossini but reveal tantalizing hints of the romantic sentiment that would not sweep European music until several years after Arriaga's death.  Strings Maazine, January 2004.

Harmonia Mundi

track list
String Quartet n.1 in D minor

allegro

6´59

Adagio con espressione

5´42

Menuetto. Allegro

3´08

Adagio. Allegretto

7´13

String Quartet n.2 in A Major

allegro con brio

5´47

Andante con variazioni

6´49

Menuetto. Scherzo

2´51

Andante ma non troppo. Allegro

4´37

String Quartet n.3 in E Flat Major

Allegro

5´42

Andantino. Pastorale

5´58

Menuetto. Allegro

3´19

Presto agitato

6´06

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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH

COMPLETE STRING QUARTETS. Vol. 1 Nos. 1-5

The Art of Fugue

Johann Sebastian Bach

W. A. Mozart 1756-1791

String Quartets dedicated to Joseph Haydn. K. 421, 458 'Hunt' & 464

Apotheosis

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN. THE COMPLETE STRING QUARTETS. VOL.3

Revelations

Ludwig van Beethoven. The Complete String Quartets. vol.2

Inventions

Ludwig van Beethoven. The Complete String Quartets. vol.1

W. A. Mozart 1756-1791

String Quartets K428, 465 & 387

Haydn

Haydn the seven last words of christ, hob. xx:2

20th century string quartets

Ravel, Turina, Toldrá, Debussy & Zemlinsky

Schubert

Schubert string quartets d87 & d887

Boccherini

La musica delle strade di madrid

Metamorphosis

BARTÓK, LIGETI & KURTÁG

Haydn

String quartets op.33

Brahms

The string quartets and piano quintet op.34

Influencias

Quartets of ravel, turina and toldrá

Mozart

The Early Quartets

Debussy & Zemlinsky N.2

String Quartet

Arriaga

String Quartet

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STRING QUARTETS # 2 - Live in Barcelona

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STRING QUARTETS # 1 - Live in Barcelona