Glière's harmonisations are a new style and we are pleasantly surprised hearing this unknown chamber music and try to start on his duo's. Good experiences, we should hear more of him in our concerthalls!
An excellent transcription of the old recording! Gliere is writing music in a conservative style, but you can tell he has something to say and is pushing his envelopes (especially in the last two movements) to say it. The result is a masterpiece.
This is a sunny, Haydnesque quartet by a composer of mature insight and creativity who chose a very traditional idiom and never departed from it. It doesn't approach the depth and importance of the like-numbered (or any) Shostakovich quartet, but still, this and the other three of Gliere's string quartets should receive modern recordings so that their full worth could be appreciated.
I would hardly call this quartet, written in Russia in the depths of WW2 either "sunny" or "Haydnesque," but certainly Gliere was a composer of "mature insight and creativity who chose a very traditional idiom."
On the contrary, it's a fine piece, but somewhat "whiny" playing. Although the poor audio recording quality contributes to that. I believe the "whininess" comes mainly from the first violinist.
For some reason they sound better in the third and fourth movements than in the first two. Perhaps the engineer readjusted the settings. - I have owned a copy of this record since think the late 1960s, and it is still growing on me. I like the whole piece but the slow movement (theme and variations) is really striking my fancy these days. I don't think any other recording exists and i don't think it's in anyone's repertoire. Contemporary quartet playing has reached a very high level and a modern ensemble could do wonders with it.
Thank you for uploading this! I love Gliere's music, and his larger chamber works are true, rare gems!
Glière's harmonisations are a new style and we are pleasantly surprised hearing this unknown chamber music and try to start on his duo's. Good experiences, we should hear more of him in our concerthalls!
An excellent transcription of the old recording! Gliere is writing music in a conservative style, but you can tell he has something to say and is pushing his envelopes (especially in the last two movements) to say it. The result is a masterpiece.
Thanks for uploading. From the 3 quartets of Gliere available on YT (nos. 1, 2 & 4) it is clear that he was a very composer of string quartets.
This is a sunny, Haydnesque quartet by a composer of mature insight and creativity who chose a very traditional idiom and never departed from it. It doesn't approach the depth and importance of the like-numbered (or any) Shostakovich quartet, but still, this and the other three of Gliere's string quartets should receive modern recordings so that their full worth could be appreciated.
I would hardly call this quartet, written in Russia in the depths of WW2 either "sunny" or "Haydnesque," but certainly Gliere was a composer of "mature insight and creativity who chose a very traditional idiom."
Deserve manny more than just the 3 likes. Perhaps the rest onjoyed it sooo much, they forgot to press the thumbs up. Or they were death.
A very fine quartet, derserves a better sound recording.
Fine playing, but does anyone else feel like, overall, it's a "whiny" piece?
On the contrary, it's a fine piece, but somewhat "whiny" playing. Although the poor audio recording quality contributes to that. I believe the "whininess" comes mainly from the first violinist.
For some reason they sound better in the third and fourth movements than in the first two. Perhaps the engineer readjusted the settings. - I have owned a copy of this record since think the late 1960s, and it is still growing on me. I like the whole piece but the slow movement (theme and variations) is really striking my fancy these days. I don't think any other recording exists and i don't think it's in anyone's repertoire. Contemporary quartet playing has reached a very high level and a modern ensemble could do wonders with it.