Dvorak: Cypresses & Op.106 (2013) AV2275
Antonín Dvořák: Cypresses | String Quartet No.13 in G Major, Op.106
The acclaimed Cypress String Quartet plays the cycle of miniatures, inspired by unrequited love, from which the ensemble takes its name. More than three decades after writing Cypresses, Dvořák had turned from lovesick to homesick; a masterful demonstration of the intimate conversation of chamber music, the G major Quartet is also a song of thanksgiving for the composer’s return from the US to his native land. Previous discs from the CSQ have been praised by Gramophone for the ensemble's "intoxicating and lyrical" playing and "sheer instrumental mastery."
Available February 26, 2013
on Avie Records
SAMPLES / TRACK LISTING
- Dvorak 1 1. Cypresses - No.1 "I know that in my love" 3:29
- Dvorak 2 2. Cypresses - No.2 "The dead heart awakes again" 2:30
- Dvorak 3 3. Cypresses - No.3 "When your sweet glances on me fall" 2:13
- Dvorak 4 4. Cypresses - No.4 "Our love will never reach its aim" 3:35
- Dvorak 5 5. Cypresses - No.5 "The old letter in my book" 2:51
- Dvorak 6 6. Cypresses - No.6 "You are my glorious rose" 1:59
- Dvorak 7 7. Cypresses - No.7 "There lived once my sweetheart" 1:51
- Dvorak 8 8. Cypresses - No.8 "On the shore of the brook" 2:45
- Dvorak 9 9. Cypresses - No.9 "My dearest one" 2:33
- Dvorak 10 10. Cypresses - No.10 "There stands an ancient rock" 2:06
- Dvorak 11 11. Cypresses - No.11 "Nature lies peaceful in slumber and dreaming" 2:27
- Dvorak 12 12. Cypresses - No.12 "You ask why these songs of mine" 2:47
- Dvorak 13 13. String Quartet No.13 in G Op.106 - I. Allegro moderato 9:33
- Dvorak 14 14. String Quartet No.13 in G Op.106 - II. Adagio ma non troppo 10:14
- Dvorak 15 15. String Quartet No.13 in G Op.106 - III. Molto vivace 7:03
- Dvorak 16 16. String Quartet No.13 in G Op.106 - IV. Andante sostenuto - Allegro con fuoco 10:46
