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270 Min.

2008

CD-Box

200 g

Album: NEU und EINGESCHWEISST (OVP), SEALED

Dvorak Chamber Works / Panocha Quartet

Release Date: 07/29/2008
Label: Supraphon Catalog #: 3921 Spars Code: DDD
Composer: Antonín Dvorák
Performer: Josef Kluson, Jan Panenka, Pavel Nejtek
Orchestra/Ensemble: Panocha String Quartet
Number of Discs: 4
Recorded in: Stereo
Length: 4 Hours 30 Mins.

Works on This Recording
1. Quintet for Strings in E flat major, Op. 97/B 180 by Antonín Dvorák
Performer: Josef Kluson (Viola)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Panocha String Quartet
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; USA
2. Sextet for Strings in A major, Op. 48/ B 80 by Antonín Dvorák
Performer: Josef Kluson (Viola)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Panocha String Quartet
Period: Romantic
Written: 1878; Bohemia
3. Quintet for Piano and Strings no 2 in A major, Op. 81/B 155 by Antonín Dvorák
Performer: Jan Panenka (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Panocha String Quartet
Period: Romantic
Written: 1887; Bohemia
4. Quartet for Piano and Strings no 2 in E flat major, Op. 87/B 162 by Antonín Dvorák
Orchestra/Ensemble: Panocha String Quartet
Period: Romantic
Written: 1889; Bohemia
5. Quintet for Strings in A minor, Op. 1/B 7 by Antonín Dvorák
Orchestra/Ensemble: Panocha String Quartet
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1861
6. Quintet for String Quartet and Double Bass in G major, Op. 77/B 49 by Antonín Dvorák
Performer: Pavel Nejtek (Double Bass)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Panocha String Quartet
Period: Romantic
Written: 1875; Bohemia
7. Quintet for Piano and Strings no 1 in A major, Op. 5/B 28 by Antonín Dvorák
Performer: Jan Panenka (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Panocha String Quartet
Period: Romantic
Written: 1872; Bohemia
8. Quartet for Piano and Strings no 1 in D major, Op. 23/B 53 by Antonín Dvorák
Orchestra/Ensemble: Panocha String Quartet
Period: Romantic
Written: 1875; Bohemia

Notes and Editorial Reviews
This 4-disc set contains all of Dvorák's piano quartets and quintets, plus his string quintets, the Sextet, and the Intermezzo (Nocturne) for string quintet–a movement that journeyed from the Fourth String Quartet to the Double Bass Quintet (the arrangement here), finally winding up as the Nocturne for String Orchestra. It remains one of the most harmonically forward-looking and poignant pieces that Dvorák ever wrote, and it's no wonder that he loved it. One of the great things about the internet is the fact that everyone can use it to express their opinion. One of the worst things about the internet is that everyone can use it to express their opinion. In the latter category we find a whole host of what I call “dot-com cowards,” anonymous posters who feel they have a duty to share their views with the rest of us without having the guts or decency to stand behind their opinions by letting us know just who they are. Many of these people post on Amazon.com, where one such moron described these performances as “insensitive” and “heavy-handed,” and among the worst available.

It's a pity, really, that such people are given a forum to display their ignorance, the evidence of which is strengthened by their need for anonymity and enchanting freedom from any feeling of obligation to describe a performance accurately. It's not that I personally disagree with their judgment. It's rather that the statements of what purport to be musical facts are audibly untrue. Consider, for example, the Panocha Quartet's performance of finale of the “American” String Quintet. Is this “heavy handed?” Or how about the Suk Trio in the Second Piano Quartet's first movement. Insensitive? Please.

The fact that we are dealing with Czech musicians does not guarantee that they will be successful in Czech music. The reason that these are great performances stems from the fact that they are played by great musicians generally. The Panocha Quartet is one of the supreme ensembles of its kind, period. The Suk Trio, similarly, which tackles the two Piano Quartets, is a superb ensemble, and not just in Dvorák (try their Beethoven). Anyone reading this will already know to take the random “reviews” posted on sales sites with a big grain of salt, but it still infuriates me to see audibly first class performances maligned by people too cowardly even to post their names.
-- David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com

Review by James Leonard [-]
Serving its prime purpose as purveyors of the finest in Czech music, Supraphon has collected here four first-rate discs of Dvorák's chamber music played by masterful Czech musicians. Three discs are digital recordings made in the early '90s featuring the Panocha Quartet in Dvorák's three string quintets, two piano quintets, and string sextet, while the fourth disc recorded in stereo features the Suk Trio in his two piano quartets. In every case, the performances are deeply idiomatic and highly polished. Playing music they have known at least since they were in the conservatoire, both sets of Czech musicians grasp the expressive lyricism of the composer's themes, the brawny strength of his forms, and the robust vigor of his rhythms with effortless idiomatic ease. In general, the Panocha Quartet's performances are richer and more driven, while the Suk Trio's performances are sweeter in tone with a suppler sense of tempo. While Dvorák aficionados will likely already have favorite recordings of such crowd pleasers as the A major Piano Quintet, Op. 81, and the E flat major String Quintet, Op. 97, they are unlikely to know better recordings of the early A major Piano Quintet, Op. 5, or A minor String Quintet, Op. 1, than the Panocha Quartet's for the simple reason that there have hardly been any. And the Suk Trio's recording of the two piano quartets remains the most fiery and powerful coupling of these works.

Product Information:

Following the extremely successful Dvorak string quartets set (SU 3815-2), the internationally renowned Panocha Quartet - celebrating this year its incredible 40th anniversary of performing in the original line-up - plays the main role in this set too. The four CDs comprise piano quartets and quintets, string quintets and a string sextet. In terms of Dvorak's oeuvre, this selection virtually spans his entire creative lifetime, from the composition the author designated with the opus number 1 (String Quintet in A minor, B 7) to pieces from the composer's late period. On these recordings, which we can safely say are truly timeless, the Panocha Quartet is supported by artists of the calibre of Josef Suk, Jan Panenka, Josef Hala and Josef Chuchro. This is chamber Dvorak as he is well known at home, in America and Japan.

Supraphon 3921A