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Krzysztof Penderecki & Witold Lutosławski (Royal String Quartet) – String Quartets

Label: Hyperion
Release date: march 2013
Source: WEB, Album
Format: MP3
Quality: 320 kbps
Size: 133 mb
Genre: Classica
Style: Modern Classical

Tracklist:
01. Penderecki String Quartet No 1
02. Penderecki String Quartet No 2
03. Penderecki String Quartet No 3 Leaves of an unwritten diary
04. Lutoslawski String Quartet – 1 Introductory
05. Lutoslawski String Quartet – 2 Main

This wonderful young Polish ensemble continue their exploration of the string quartet repertoire of their homeland with this album of music by two giants of the twentieth century.

Witold Lutoslawski, whose centenary is celebrated in 2013, wrote his one and only string quartet in 1964 and it has since maintained an eminent position in the international repertoire. Krzysztof Penderecki (born 1933) was the most talked-about Polish composer in the early 1960s and remains an important presence in contemporary music. His three string quartets (1960, 1968 and 2008) are key works in the history of the post-war Polish quartet.