Brodsky Quartet - New World Quartets: Dvořák, Barber, Gershwin, Copland, Brubeck (2014)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:17:08 | 350 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Chandos | Catalog: CHAN 10801
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:17:08 | 350 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Chandos | Catalog: CHAN 10801
There are enough new performances of American music by British and continental European groups to constitute a vogue, and this superb release by Britain's Brodsky Quartet makes a fine place to start with the trend in several respects. First there's a reading of the Dvorák String Quartet No. 12, Op. 96 ("American"), that could stand on its own as a reason for purchase. The Brodsky runs counter to type with this performance, which offers a relaxed, singing version of the music that accords well with the great performances of the Cello Concerto in B minor. Many quartets push the music and thus bring out its rhythmic structure, but that doesn't suffer in this version emphasizing the African-American-influenced melodic content that the composer himself pointed to in the work.