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Paul Hindemith: The Complete String Quartets

by Kocian Quartet

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String Quartet No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 10 I. Sehr lebhaft, straff im Rhythmus 05:42
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String Quartet No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 10 II. Thema mit Variationen. Gemächlich 09:57
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String Quartet No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 10 III. Finale. Sehr lebhaft 14:24
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String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 16 I. Lebhaft und sehr energisch 09:56
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String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 16 II. Sehr langsam 12:50
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String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 16 III. Finale. Äußerst lebhaft 07:33
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String Quartet No. 6 in E Flat Major I. Schnell 02:27
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String Quartet No. 6 in E Flat Major II. Ruhig. Scherzando 02:22
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String Quartet No. 6 in E Flat Major III. Langsam - Schnell - Langsam 06:01
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String Quartet No. 6 in E Flat Major IV. Kanon. Mäßig schnell - Heiter 04:41
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String Quartet No. 3, Op. 22 I. Fugato. Sehr langsame Viertel 06:16
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String Quartet No. 3, Op. 22 II. Sehr energisch. Schnelle Achtel 04:39
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String Quartet No. 3, Op. 22 III. Stets fließend. Ruhige Viertel 07:25
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String Quartet No. 3, Op. 22 IV. Mäßig schnelle Viertel 01:44
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String Quartet No. 3, Op. 22 V. Rondo. Gemächlich und mit Grazie 04:37
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String Quartet No. 4, Op. 32 I. Lebhafte Halbe 05:47
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String Quartet No. 4, Op. 32 II. Sehr langsam, aber immer fließend 08:51
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String Quartet No. 4, Op. 32 III. Kleiner Marsch. Vivace, sempre crescendo 01:55
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String Quartet No. 4, Op. 32 IV. Passacaglia. Fugato (so schnell wie möglich) 10:05
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String Quartet No. 5 in E Flat Major I. Sehr ruhig und ausdrucksvoll 05:39
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String Quartet No. 5 in E Flat Major II. Lebhaft und sehr energisch 04:16
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String Quartet No. 5 in E Flat Major III. Ruhig. Variationen 07:46
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String Quartet No. 5 in E Flat Major IV. Finale. Breit und energisch 06:43
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Overture to The Flying Dutchman Allegro con brio - Andante - Animando un poco - Tempo I - Molto animato - Im gleichen Zeitmaß weiter - Un poco ritenuto 07:55
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String Quartet No. "0" in C Major, Op. 2 I. Sehr lebhaft 14:45
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String Quartet No. "0" in C Major, Op. 2 II. Adagio 11:33
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String Quartet No. "0" in C Major, Op. 2 III. Sehr lebhaft 05:49
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String Quartet No. "0" in C Major, Op. 2 IV. Ziemlich lebhaft 06:20
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Militärminimax (Repertorium für Militärmusik), for String Quartet I. Armeemarsch 606 ("Der Hoenfürstenberger") 03:23
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Militärminimax (Repertorium für Militärmusik), for String Quartet II. Ouverture zu "Wasserdichter und Vogelbauer" 05:14
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Militärminimax (Repertorium für Militärmusik), for String Quartet III. Ein Abend an der Donauquelle, intermezzo für zwei Trompeten 03:33
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Militärminimax (Repertorium für Militärmusik), for String Quartet IV. Löwenzähnchen an Baches Rand, Konzertwalzer 04:48
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Militärminimax (Repertorium für Militärmusik), for String Quartet V. Die beiden lustigen Mistfinken, Characterstück, Solo für zwei Pikkoloflöten 03:00
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Militärminimax (Repertorium für Militärmusik), for String Quartet VI. Alte Karbonaden, Marsch 02:17
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about

The seven quartets by Paul Hindemith can be divided into two distinct compositional periods: The quartets No. 1 to No. 5 were written between 1915-1923 - when the composer was in his twenties. The later, Nos. 6 and 7 date from 1943-1945, when he was living in the United States.

Although the works are technically challenging, the scores demonstrate the composer’s familiarity with the medium. In 1921, Hindemith founded the original Amar Quartet, together with his brother Rudolf and two other German musicians, and assumed the role of violist. From the bracing dynamism of the earlier quartets to the technical sophistication of the later works, these seven string quartets include some of Hindemith’s supreme chamber music masterpieces and form one of the 20th century’s greatest cycles.


Awards: Diapason d’Or, Choc du Monde de la Musique, Recommended by Classica, BBC Music Magazine, Klassik.com

“Six perfect quartets, a true concentrate of the genre with an inexhaustible richness and a virtuoso polyphonic style... Precise, but never cerebral, the Kocian allow at last these masterpieces to reach the position they deserve within the string quartet literature of the twentieth century: the first one, together with Bartók and Shostakovich."
(Guillaume Connesson, Diapason, September 1996)

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released June 19, 1995

Kocian Quartet

Pavel HULA, Jan ODSTRCIL - Violins
Zbynek PADOUREK - Viola
Vaclav BERNASEK - Cello

Recorded by the Radio Suisse Romande in the Geneva studio "Ernest Ansermet"
Dates : June 19-21, November 15-17, 1995

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