Zehetmair Quartett / Bela Bartok And Paul Hindemith
| Album: | Bela Bartok And Paul Hindemith | Collection: | Classical | |
| Artist: | Zehetmair Quartett | Added: | Aug 2007 | |
| Label: | Ecm Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2008-11-30 | Pull Date: | 2009-02-01 | Charts: | Classical/Experimental |
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| Week Ending: | Jan 18 | Dec 14 | Dec 7 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 14, 2009: | Hand Wash in Coleslaw
String Quartet No. 4, Op. 22, Mvt. 3 (Paul Hindemith) |
4. | Dec 06, 2008: | public noize racket
String Quartet No. 5, Allegro (Bela Bartok) |
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| 2. | Dec 12, 2008: | Memory Select
String Quartet No. 5, Allegro (Bela Bartok) |
5. | Dec 03, 2008: | "In Your Ear ..." with David Bug, happy birthday to jason shanks and a winter se
String Quartet No. 5, Allegro (Bela Bartok) |
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| 3. | Dec 11, 2008: | Baptism of Solitude
String Quartet No. 5, Allegro (Bela Bartok) |
6. | Dec 03, 2008: | Orangeasm
String Quartet No. 5, Allegro (Bela Bartok) |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2008-11-16
Reviewed 2008-11-16
String quartets from a couple of mid-20th Century masters.
Bartok -- Edgy, abrasive work, with some deeply quiet segments.
1- Fast, with a strong dramatic mood. Blaring, dissonant violin alarms at about the halfway point -- cool.
2- Quite slow, like placid droplets in a pond
3- Upbeat, skippy, with a dark side of course
4- Tense twittering, not that slow or dark. A playful but mysterious effect.
5- Active, tumbling, fairly fast. Some parts even have a Carl Stalling-like feel (think Warner Bros. cartoons).
Hindemith -- Nicely heavyhanded at times but without the sharp angles of the Bartok, although track 9 gets rather bold. The more directly "musical" and normal-classical of the two quartets.
6- Sad
7- Fast, tense, dire. Nice standalone track.
8- Low-key transition segment. Very quiet start.
9- Strong-handed, with an early cello solo.
10- Dramatic pulsing, another strong, declarative movement
Bartok -- Edgy, abrasive work, with some deeply quiet segments.
1- Fast, with a strong dramatic mood. Blaring, dissonant violin alarms at about the halfway point -- cool.
2- Quite slow, like placid droplets in a pond
3- Upbeat, skippy, with a dark side of course
4- Tense twittering, not that slow or dark. A playful but mysterious effect.
5- Active, tumbling, fairly fast. Some parts even have a Carl Stalling-like feel (think Warner Bros. cartoons).
Hindemith -- Nicely heavyhanded at times but without the sharp angles of the Bartok, although track 9 gets rather bold. The more directly "musical" and normal-classical of the two quartets.
6- Sad
7- Fast, tense, dire. Nice standalone track.
8- Low-key transition segment. Very quiet start.
9- Strong-handed, with an early cello solo.
10- Dramatic pulsing, another strong, declarative movement
Track Listing