FLAC tracks | Classical | 146:32 | 628 MbThe Quatuor Danel Plays Tchaikovsky.

Between the operas and ballets, the symphonies, tone poems, and concertos, and the songs and piano miniatures representing most of the significant entries in Peter Ilyich Tchaikovskys work catalogue, the major genres of string chamber music register their presence as a salient minority.

However, these works merit our full attention because they range over practically the whole of Tchaikovskys compositional horizon from the rising of his creative sun to its premature setting.

The Quartet Movement in B flat major from his final years as a student already attests to his narrative ambitions as a composer.

Between 1871 and 1876, in his three full-size quartets, he then succeeded in producing a compelling synthesis consisting of discipline and boundless imagination, folkloristic nuances and individual expressivity, and transparency of compositional technique and impassioned communicativeness.

In 1890, riding on the wave of his last worldwide opera success (The Queen of Spades), Tchaikovsky drew on his memories of Florence for his String Sextet, in order to cross over the border separating chamber music from symphonic music.

Tracklist:CD1:01. String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11, TH 111: I. Moderato e simplice02. String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11, TH 111: II. Andante cantabile03. String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11, TH 111: III. Scherzo. Allegro non tanto e con fuoco04. String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11, TH 111: IV. Finale. Allegro giusto05. String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 22, TH 122: I. Adagio – Moderato assai06. String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 22, TH 122: II. Scherzo. Allegro giusto07. String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 22, TH 122: III. Andante ma non tanto08. String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 22, TH 122: IV. Finale. Allegro con moto09. String Quartet in B-Flat Major, TH 110CD2:01. String Quartet No. 3 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 30, TH 113: I. Andante sostenuto – Allegro moderato02. String Quartet No. 3 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 30, TH 113: II. Allegretto vivo e scherzando03. String Quartet No. 3 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 30, TH 113: III. Andante funebre e doloroso, ma con moto04. String Quartet No. 3 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 30, TH 113: IV. Finale. Allegro non troppo e risoluto05. Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70, TH 118: I. Allegro con spirito06. Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70, TH 118: II. Adagio cantabile e con moto07. Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70, TH 118: III. Allegro moderato08. Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70, TH 118: IV. Allegro vivace