Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 in D Major - Dohnányi: String Quartet, Op. 15 (2025 Remastered) Guarneri Quartet

• Alexander Borodin (1833 - 1887): String Quartet No. 2 in D Major:
• 1 Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 in D Major: I. Allegro moderato (2025 Remastered Version) 07:39
• 2 Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 in D Major: II. Scherzo. Allegro vivace (2025 Remastered Version) 04:40
• 3 Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 in D Major: III. Nocturne. Andante (2025 Remastered Version) 07:33
• 4 Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 in D Major: IV. Finale. Andante. Vivace (2025 Remastered Version) 06:21
• Ernst von Dohnányi (1877 - 1960): String Quartet No. 2 in D-Flat Major, Op. 15:
• 5 Dohnányi: String Quartet No. 2 in D-Flat Major, Op. 15: I. Andante - Allegro (2025 Remastered Version) 07:51
• 6 Dohnányi: String Quartet No. 2 in D-Flat Major, Op. 15: II. Presto acciacato (2025 Remastered Version) 04:32
• 7 Dohnányi: String Quartet No. 2 in D-Flat Major, Op. 15: III. Molto adagio (2025 Remastered Version) 12:32
• Total Runtime 51:08

Info for Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 in D Major - Dohnányi: String Quartet, Op. 15 (2025 Remastered)

Borodin: The String Quartet No. 2 is a string quartet in D major written by Alexander Borodin in 1881. It was dedicated to his wife Ekaterina Protopova. Some scholars, such as Borodin's biographer Serge Dianin, suggest that the quartet was a 20th anniversary gift and that it has a program evoking the couple's first meeting in Heidelberg. Of its four movements, the third movement "Notturno" is the most famous.

Borodin wrote the string quartet quickly in 1881 while staying at the estate of his friend, the minor composer Nikolai Lodyzhensky, which was located in Zhitovo, southeast of Moscow.[2] Borodin also composed the symphonic poem In the Steppes of Central Asia the same year. The quartet premiered in that year or the next.

Dohnányi: Erno Dohnanyi was born in Bratislava, then known as Pressburg or Poszony. Beginning his career as a pianist and conductor, his piano quintet op.1 (1895) was praised by Brahms, whose style much of Dohnanyi 's music followed. As a conductor in Hungary he was closely associated with the music of Bart6k and Kodaly; as a teacher his pupils included Georg Solti and Annie Fischer. During World War II he protected many Jewish Hungarian musicians. He eventually settled in the USA. His Second Quartet, written in 1906, grows from the 'motto' theme heard at the opening which underlies much of the rest of the work. The furious first section of the second movement ('acciaccare' means 'to crush') surrounds a more peaceful trio section. The last movement powerfully brings together the moods and themes of the previous two.

The Guarneri Quartet was an American string quartet founded in 1964 at the Marlboro Music School and Festival. It was admired for its rich, warm, complex tone and its bold, dramatic interpretations of the quartet literature, with a particular affinity for the works of Beethoven and Bartók. Through teaching at Harpur College (which became Binghamton University), University of Maryland, Curtis Institute of Music, and at Marlboro, the Guarneri players helped nurture interest in quartet playing for a generation of young musicians. The group's extensive touring and recording activities, coupled with its outreach efforts to engage audiences, contributed to the rapid growth in the popularity of chamber music during the 1970s and 1980s. The quartet is notable for its longevity: the group performed for 45 years with only one personnel change, when cellist David Soyer retired in 2001 and was replaced by his student Peter Wiley. The Guarneri Quartet disbanded in 2009.

Arnold Steinhardt, violin 1
John Dalley, violin 2
Michael Tree, viola
David Soyer, violoncello

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The Guarneri Quartet
was an American string quartet founded in 1964 at the Marlboro Music School and Festival. It was admired for its rich, warm, complex tone and its bold, dramatic interpretations of the quartet literature, with a particular affinity for the works of Beethoven and Bartók. Through teaching at Harpur College (which became Binghamton University), University of Maryland, Curtis Institute of Music, and at Marlboro, the Guarneri players helped nurture interest in quartet playing for a generation of young musicians. The group's extensive touring and recording activities, coupled with its outreach efforts to engage audiences, contributed to the rapid growth in the popularity of chamber music during the 1970s and 1980s. The quartet is notable for its longevity: the group performed for 45 years with only one personnel change, when cellist David Soyer retired in 2001 and was replaced by his student Peter Wiley. The Guarneri Quartet disbanded in 2009.

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