Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Quartet for Strings no 6, H. 312; Quartet for Strings no 3; Quartet for Strings no 1 in E flat minor ("French"), H. 117 Conductors: Ensemble:
Prazák Quartet (String Quartet)
; Zemlinsky Quartet
Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet for Strings no 41 in D major ("Frog"), Op. 50/6, H. 3/49; Bohuslav Martinu: Quartet for Strings no 3; Jindrich Feld: Quintet for Saxophone and Strings; Ludwig van Beethov...
Performers:
Hekkema, Raaf
The Prazak Quartet - one of today's leading international chamber music ensembles - was established in 1972 while its members were students at the Prague...continue...
Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Quartet for Strings no 1 in E flat minor ("French"), H. 117; Quartet for Strings no 2; Quartet for Strings no 3; Quartet for Strings no 4, H. 256; Quartet for Strings no 5, H. 268;...
"Martinu's seven string quartets track his entire career, from the Debussy/Ravel-influenced First, to the neoclassical Nos. 2-4, to the anguished Fifth (reminiscent of the Double...continue...
Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Quartet for Strings no 5; Quartet for Strings no 4; Quartet for Strings no 3
Performers:
Bonds, Fiona; Burgess, Martin; Hayes, Clare; Schofield, William Conductors: Ensemble:
Emperor Quartet
Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Quartet for Strings no 3; Quartet for Strings no 6, H. 312; Duo for violin & cello no 1, H. 157; Madrigals (3) for Violin and Viola
Performers:
Havlak, Lubomir; Jisa, Jan; Macecek, Peter; Vlasankova, Jitka
The Czech composer Martinu was enormously prolific as a composer. With seven numbered quartets, the string quartet was one of his favorite forms of composition....continue...
Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Quartet for Strings no 1; Quartet for Strings no 2; Quartet for Strings no 3; Quartet for Strings no 4; Quartet for Strings no 5; Quartet for Strings no 6; Quartet for Strings no 7 ... Conductors: Ensemble:
Stamitz String Quartet