Divergent Paths
Through this series, the Telegraph Quartet intends to explore string quartets of the 20th century
Telegraph Quartet's sophomore album – the first in a series of recordings titled 20th Century Vantage Points – features Maurice Ravel’s String Quartet in F Major and Arnold Schoenberg’s String Quartet No. 1 in D minor, Op. 7. Through this series, the Telegraph Quartet intends to explore string quartets of the 20th century – an era of music that the group has felt especially called to perform since forming in 2013.
Track List:
- Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F Major, M. 35 (1902–1903)
- I. Allegro moderato
- II. Assez vif, très rythmé
- III. Très lent
- IV. Vif et agité
- Arnold Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 7 (1904–1905)
- Nicht zu rasch
- Kräftig
- Mässig, langsame Viertel
- Mässig, heiter
Virtuosity is consummate: expressively full one second, lean the next, with the players bending in the wind of Ravel’s quixotically shifting sonorities.
Virtuosity is consummate: expressively full one second, lean the next, with the players bending in the wind of Ravel’s quixotically shifting sonorities.
The players are alert to the music’s emotional power and extreme dynamics, creating an exceptionally varied narrative.
The players are alert to the music’s emotional power and extreme dynamics, creating an exceptionally varied narrative.
...the Telegraph’s performance and recording of the [Schoenberg] is top-notch. Theirs is a reading that doesn’t once lack for purpose, momentum, or color.
...the Telegraph’s performance and recording of the [Schoenberg] is top-notch. Theirs is a reading that doesn’t once lack for purpose, momentum, or color.
Every minute of their account sounds gripping and purposeful.
Every minute of their account sounds gripping and purposeful.