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Formats and Editions
1. String Quartet No. 1, Op. 62 "Already It Is Dusk"
2. String Quartet No. 2, Op. 64 "Quasi Una Fantasia": I. Largo Sostenuto
3. String Quartet No. 2, Op. 64 "Quasi Una Fantasia": II. Deciso - Energico
4. String Quartet No. 2, Op. 64 "Quasi Una Fantasia": III. Arioso. Adagio Cantabile
5. String Quartet No. 2, Op. 64 "Quasi Una Fantasia": IV. Allegro
1. String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67 "Songs Are Sung": I. Adagio - Molto Andante - Cantabile
2. String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67 "Songs Are Sung": II. Largo, Cantabile
3. String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67 "Songs Are Sung": III. Allegro, Sempre Ben Marcato
4. String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67 "Songs Are Sung": IV. Deciso - Espressivo Ma Ben Tenuto
5. String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67 "Songs Are Sung": V. Largo - Tranquillo
More Info:
Known worldwide for his Symphony No. 3, 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs', Polish composer Henryk Górecki enjoys an exceptionally high profile as a composer of contemporary music. Now the Molinari Quartet has chosen to explore Górecki's chamber works with this new recording of his complete string quartets. Each quartet bears a descriptive title. The first, 'Juz sie zmierzcha [Already dusk is falling]', is named after the opening line of a motet by a Polish Renaissance composer. The second, 'Quasi una fantasia', invokes Beethoven, acknowledged by Górecki himself as his muse for his first two string quartets. The title of the third quartet,... songs are sung, comes from a line by the Russian poet Velimir Khlebnikov.
