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Kocian Quartet
Hindemith: String Quartets
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (13) - Disc #1
1. String Quartet No.4, Op. 22: Fugato. Sehr langsame Viertel
2. String Quartet No.4, Op. 22: Sehr energisch. Schnelle Achtel
3. String Quartet No.4, Op. 22: Stets fließend. Ruhige Viertel
4. String Quartet No.4, Op. 22: Mäßig schnelle Viertel
5. String Quartet No.4, Op. 22: Rondo, Gemächlich und mit Grazie
6. String Quartet No.5, Op. 32: Lebhafte Halbe
7. String Quartet No.5, Op. 32: Sehr langsam, aber immer fließend
8. String Quartet No.5, Op. 32: Kleiner Marsch. Vivace, sempre crescendo
9. String Quartet No.5, Op. 32: Passacaglia. Fugato (so schnell wie möglich)
10. String Quartet No.6 in E-flat major: Lebhafte Halbe
11. String Quartet No.6 in E-flat major: Sehr langsam, aber immer fließend
12. String Quartet No.6 in E-flat major: Kleiner Marsch. Vivace, sempre crescendo
13. String Quartet No.6 in E-flat major: Passacaglia. Fugato (so schnell wie möglich)
Track Listings (11) - Disc #2
1. Overture To 'Fliegenden Holländer', parody for string quartet
2. String Quartet No.1 in C major, Op. 2: Movement 1
3. String Quartet No.1 in C major, Op. 2: Movement 2
4. String Quartet No.1 in C major, Op. 2: Movement 3
5. String Quartet No.1 in C major, Op. 2: Movement 4
6. Minimax (Repertoire for Military Orchestra 'Minimax''), parody for string quartet: No. 1, 'Armeemarsch 606'
7. Minimax (Repertoire for Military Orchestra 'Minimax''), parody for string quartet: No. 2, 'Ouverture zu 'Wasserdichter und Vogelbauer
8. Minimax (Repertoire for Military Orchestra 'Minimax''), parody for string quartet: No. 3, 'Ein Abend an der Donauquelle'
9. Minimax (Repertoire for Military Orchestra 'Minimax''), parody for string quartet: No. 4, 'Lowenzahnchen an Baches Rand'
10. Minimax (Repertoire for Military Orchestra 'Minimax''), parody for string quartet: No. 5, 'Die beiden lustigen Mistfinken'
11. Minimax (Repertoire for Military Orchestra 'Minimax''), parody for string quartet: No. 6, 'Alte Karbonaden'

CD Details

All Artists: Kocian Quartet
Title: Hindemith: String Quartets
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Praga Czech Rep.
Release Date: 7/10/1996
Genre: Classical
Style: Chamber Music
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 794881352128

CD Reviews

Very good

Jeremiah Lawson | Seattle, WA United States | 05/13/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Some of the earlier quartets are too diffuse or iconoclastic for their own good (the 1st and 3rd respectively, though they're numbered as 0 and 2 here) and the novelty works are just that. On the other hand, Kocian's performance of the fantastic Op.22 quartet has so far only been beaten by the Amar-Hindemith quartet with Paul and his brother Rudolph behind the microphone. That's a pretty high compliment and I've heard a few groups play Op. 22."