Milhaud: String Quartets 1 & 2

On this CD:

1. String Quartet No. 1, Op. 5
Composed by Darius Milhaud
Performed by Michael Guttman, Ezequiel Larrea, Ivo Lintermans, Luc Tooten, Arriaga String Quartet

2. String Quartet No. 2, Op. 16
Composed by Darius Milhaud
Performed by Michael Guttman, Ezequiel Larrea, Ivo Lintermans, Luc Tooten, Arriaga String Quartet

Milhaud: String Quartets 1 & 2, Music, Milhaud, Arriaga Quartet, Classical
Milhaud: String Quartets 1 & 2
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Manufacturer: Koch Discover Int'l
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000224D
Release Date: 1997-11-18

Tracks:

  1. Str Qt No. 1, Op. 5: l. Rythmique
  2. Str Qt No. 1, Op. 5: ll. Intime, contenu
  3. Str Qt No. 1, Op. 5: lll. Grave, sostenu
  4. Str Qt No. 1, Op. 5: lV. Vif, tres rythme
  5. Str Qt No. 2, Op. 16: l. Moderementanime-tres anime
  6. Str Qt No. 2, Op. 16: ll. Tres lent
  7. Str Qt No. 2, Op. 16: lll. Tres vif
  8. Str Qt No. 2, Op. 16: lV. Souple et sans hute-Assez anime et gracieux
  9. Str Qt No. 2, Op. 16: V. Tres rythme

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars NOT AT FULL TILT.......2000-12-28

Agreed, Milhaud (1892-1974) is a genuinely gifted, quirky composer; yet, as imaginative as he is, he can also be uneven. String Quartets No. 1, Op. 5 (1912) and No. 2, Op. 16 (1914-15) suffer from such rather lean inspiration--- the Arriaga ensemble helping matters none the better with their angularity, monochromaticism and questionable intonation. Under the circumstances, these works need the best "coaxing" they can receive: perhaps the Emersons or, at the least, the Kodalys. Here, though, the quartets fall dismally flat and hollow. Worst of all is the horrendous metallic sound. This, alone, makes the CD entirely unacceptable, regardless of the dubious performances or the compositions themselves.
Milhaud: Early String Quartets and Vocal Works, Volume 1 (String
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    Darius Milhaud , Ulrike Sonntag , Mendelssohn Quartet , and Rudolf Jansen
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    Darius Milhaud: The Complete String Quartets - Quatuor Parisii
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    ASIN: B0000632BP
    Release Date: 2002-07-09

    Tracks:

    1. Modere, Anime, Modere
    2. Lent
    3. Avec Entrain
    4. Vif
    5. Funebre
    6. Tres Anime
    7. Modere
    8. Anime
    9. Tres Lent
    10. Decide
    11. Tres Lent
    12. Ters Lent

    Tracks:

    1. Tendre
    2. Vif
    3. Doux Et Calme
    4. Anime
    5. Moderement Anime, Tres Anime
    6. Tres Lent
    7. Tres Vif
    8. Souple Et Sans Hate - Assez Anime Et Gracieux
    9. Tres Rythme
    10. Moderement Anime
    11. Doux Et Sans Hate
    12. Lent
    13. Vif Et Gai
    14. Tres Decide
    15. Barcarolle
    16. Mexicana

    Tracks:

    1. Chantant, Tres Expressif D'un Bout A L'autre
    2. Vif Et Leger
    3. Lent
    4. Tres Anime
    5. Souple Et Anime
    6. Tres Lent
    7. Tres Vif Et Rhythme
    8. Rude
    9. Tendre
    10. Leger Et Cinglant
    11. Robuste
    12. Lent Et Doux
    13. Premier Hymne
    14. Deuxieme Hymne
    15. Lent Et Doux

    Tracks:

    1. Rythmique
    2. Intime, Contenu
    3. Vif, Tres Rythme
    4. Vif Et Souple
    5. Lent Et Grave
    6. Tres Anime
    7. Moderement Anime
    8. Vif
    9. Lent
    10. Final (Tres Anime)
    11. Moderement Anime
    12. Vif Et Leger
    13. Bien Modere
    14. Anime

    Tracks:

    1. Anime
    2. Modere
    3. Vif
    4. Anime
    5. Modere
    6. Vif
    7. Anime
    8. Modere
    9. Vif
    10. Modere
    11. Anime
    12. Modere
    13. In Memoriam Igor Straivinsky, Opus 435

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Review of Darius Milhaud Quartets on CD.......2006-01-30

    I knew the performance by the musicians was excellent from hearing some of the pieces before. The CDs on the set Amazon sent me were without surface noise or glitches, unlike many CDs I buy in record stores.

    5 out of 5 stars Not only Bartok and Shostakovitch.......2002-07-16

    I thought the two main monuments of string quartets opuses in the XXth century were from these two composers listed above. But in actual fact, Milhaud, mostly known for his ballets Creation du Monde and Le Boeuf sur le Toit, who spent two years in Brazil (where I live) in the 20s, and was part of les Six (with Honnegger, Auric, Tallefeirre, Poulenc and Satie), produced 18 quatuors (one more than Beethoven, a target he set to himself in his youth and managed to achieve brilliantly). What a surprise to me was hearing to this consistent chamber music output, which if not up to the innovative qualities of Bartok, ranks at least in a par with Shostakovitch, varying from his early style, still influenced by Debussy and Stravinsky, through his most creative phase, of development of politonality and rhytmic variety (partly influence by his séjour in Rio de Janeiro, with the consul Paul Claudel, by the suggestion of Blaise Cendrars) through his more mature period in the US, where he brought to certain limits his previous experiences (as in the case of the Octet, where politonality is stretched to a zenith). Like our main composer in Brazil, Villalobos, Milhaud has a very extensive output, with 420 titles, including 10 symphonies, not always of the same stature, but clearly showing an exuberant imagination and rigour. I think it's more than time to hear more extensively this composer. At least I am doing so. Enjoy

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