Dudok Quartet Amsterdam - Tchaikovsky:String Quartets Vol.1 - Import CD

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Dudok Quartet Amsterdam

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Amsterdam Dudok Quartet's new recording of Tchaikovsky's string quartets The first volume couples String Quartets No. 1 and No. 2 with a newly arranged version of "Lensky's Aria" by the members of the quartet The Amsterdam Dudok Quartet is an intellectual quartet from Amsterdam, the Netherlands that "as a string quartet of the 21st century, we are always searching for the best way to explore the meaning of the music we play and to reflect the music of the past with new meanings for the contemporary audience. The ensemble's name is derived from Willem Marinus Dudoc (1884-1974), a prominent Dutch architect who loved music, and the Guardian (UK) praised their "supple, lively sound and careful sense of structure and detail. This fourth Rubicon album features Tchaikovsky's String Quartet.This first volume includes the first quartet with its beautiful andante cantabile slow movement, the second quartet, which Tchaikovsky himself describes as a masterpiece, although overshadowed by the first, and a new arrangement for string quartet by member cellist Darfit Fabel, "Evgeny Onegin" The program will conclude with the much-loved "Lensky's Aria" from (Tokyo M-Plus) Included in the program are Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1 String Quartet No.1 in D major, Op.11/ String Quartet No.2 in F major, Op.22 Evgeny Onegin: "Lensky's Aria" from Op.24 (arranged by Darfydt Faber) Performer Amsterdam Dudok Quartet