Tchaikovsky: String Quartet & Souvenir de Florence Novus Quartet

• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893): String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11:
• 1 I. Moderato e simplice 11:41
• 2 II. Andante cantabile 07:24
• 3 III. Scherzo. Allegro non tanto e con fuoco 04:03
• 4 IV. Finale. Allegro giusto 06:59
• String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 70 "Souvenir de Florence":
• 5 I. Allegro con spirito 10:21
• 6 II. Adagio cantabile e con moto 10:28
• 7 III. Allegretto moderato 06:19
• 8 IV. Allegro vivace 07:06
• Total Runtime 01:04:21

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After an audacious label and album debut dedicated to Webern, Beethoven and Yun, the young musicians of the Novus Quartet interpret with passion two essential works from Tchaikovsky's chamber music: the First Quartet and the Sextet 'Souvenir de Florence' aided and abetted by two guests, cellist Ophélie Gaillard and viola player Lise Berthaud.

These two works, milestones in the career of the composer (the first written in 1871; the second in 1887), show Tchaikovsky's inclination for popular melodies. Clarity and technique serving musical expression, the fiery strings of the Novus Quartet spread a warm, homogenous sound that invites melancholy, in the slow movements, and paints the exultation of Tchaikovsky's poetic universe.

Novus Quartet:
Young-Uk Kim, violin
Jaeyoung Kim, violin
Seungwon Lee, alto
Woong-Whee Moon, cello Additional musicians:
Ophélie Gaillard, cello
Lise Berthaud, alto

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