Dvorak: String Quartet No12; Quintet in Ef

Dvorak: String Quartet No12; Quintet in Ef

On this CD:

1. String Quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas, & cello in E flat major ("American"), B. 180 (Op. 97)
Composed by Antonin Dvorak
Performed by Peter Buck, Gerard Causse, Wilhelm Melcher, Melos-Quartett Stuttgart, Hermann Voss, Ida Bieler

2. String Quartet No. 12 in F major ("American"), B. 179 (Op. 96)
Composed by Antonin Dvorak
Performed by Peter Buck, Wilhelm Melcher, Melos-Quartett Stuttgart, Hermann Voss, Ida Bieler

Editorial Reviews
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The Melos Quartet has continued to make recordings--including many for Deutsche Grammophon--over a period of several decades, in the face of critical reactions ranging mostly from indifference to hostility. In these performances, the ensemble plays more in tune than it once did, and there are few moments of obvious difficulty. But the rhythms are inflexible, and in their hands Dvorák fails to emerge as the lovely, heart-gripping composer we know from so many other performances. Among superior versions of the popular American quartet are those of the Emerson Quartet (Deutsche Grammophon), Panocha Quartet (Supraphon), Smetana Quartet (Testament), and the gorgeous antique by the Bohemian Quartet (Biddulph) with Dvorák's son-in-law as second violinist. --Leslie Gerber

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Dvorak: String Quartet No12; Quintet in Ef

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