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This is my 1st experience with the Caro Mitis label & I must say that this is among the very best recordings of a string quartet that I've heard. Up to now, I've not purchased anything from the label because they seem to be focusing their repertoire on baroque & early classical period works which don't interest me all that much these days. Joseph Wolfl, on the other hand, was born 3 years after Beethoven so I was willing to hear what he had to say via the string quartet medium. As one might expect, the 3 quartets represented here fall somewhere between late Haydn & middle period LvB in style & substance. I found all 3 to be enjoyable, distinctive & yes, even somewhat inventive at times. The performances by this ad hoc quartet of members from the Pratum Integrum Orchestra are excellent. Wolfl composed 18 string quartets & I sincerely hope that these players will select 3 more of this quality & commit them to SACD.
The recording itself is fantastic! The ensemble was recorded in a Russian TV & Radio studio by the Polyhymnia team (those's that do new recordings for PentaTone) & the end results are excellent. One of the things I like best about this recording (& which is lacking in so many string quartet recordings) is that fullness & bloom of the cello sound. The rest of the strings are handled with naturalness & the whole ensemble is given just enough ambience to create a judicious blend. Very, very impressive. Needless to say - highly recommended. 曲目列表:
01.String Quartet in C major, op.30 no.2 I. Allegro 06:46
02. II. Minuetto. Allegro 03:44
03. III. Adagio ma non troppo 04:47
04. IV. Finale. Allegro 06:27
05.String Quartet in D major, op.30 no.3 I. Allegro 07:28
06. II. Minuetto. Allegro 03:58
07. III. Andante un poco Allegretto 06:55
08. IV. Prestissimo 07:42
09.String Quartet in E-flat major, op.30 no.1 I. Allegro 07:16
10. II. Adagio 02:37
11. III. Minuetto. Allegro 03:03
12. IV. Finale. Allegretto 09:20 试听: