Novus Quartet, Ophélie Gaillard, Lise Berthaud – Tchaikovsky: String Quartet & Souvenir de Florence (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Novus Quartet, Ophélie Gaillard, Lise Berthaud – Tchaikovsky: String Quartet & Souvenir de Florence (2017)
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After an audacious first-record dedicated to Webern, Beethoven and Yun, the young musicians of the Novus Quartet interpret with passion two essential works of Tchaikovsky’s chamber music: the First Quartet and the Sextuor « Souvenir de Florence » – for this work, the musicians are joined by two guests, cellist Ophélie Gaillard and violist Lise Berthaud. These two works, which are like milestones in the career of the Russian composer (the first is 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 sound that impresses by its homogeneity, intensely invites to melancholy in slow movements, and fully transcribed the exaltation of Tchaikovsky’s poetic universe.

Tracklist:
1-01. Novus Quartet – String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11: I. Moderato e simplice (11:41)
1-02. Novus Quartet – String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11: II. Andante cantabile (07:24)
1-03. Novus Quartet – String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11: III. Scherzo. Allegro non tanto e con fuoco (04:03)
1-04. Novus Quartet – String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11: IV. Finale. Allegro giusto (06:59)
1-05. Novus Quartet, Ophélie Gaillard and Lise Berthaud – String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 70 “Souvenir de Florence”: I. Allegro con spirito (10:21)
1-06. Novus Quartet, Lise Berthaud and Ophélie Gaillard – String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 70 “Souvenir de Florence”: II. Adagio cantabile e con moto (10:28)
1-07. Novus Quartet, Lise Berthaud and Ophélie Gaillard – String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 70 “Souvenir de Florence”: III. Allegretto moderato (06:19)
1-08. Novus Quartet, Ophélie Gaillard and Lise Berthaud – String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 70 “Souvenir de Florence”: IV. Allegro vivace (07:06)

Personnel:
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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