Former Czechoslovakia has always had a flourishing tradition with chamber music .String Quartets like VLACH,JANACEK ,SMETANA quartets often shed new light upon well known chamber composers (Beethoven ) as well as local musicians promoted by their national recording companies (SUPRAPHON ,PANTON ,ETC ).Feel free to express yourself about this rich musical compost.
The Panocha Quartet's excellent recordings of the Dvorak string quartets are my favorites. Lately I have been making most of my purchases from the Supraphon label.
That's funny because I've been doing the exact same thing. The Supraphon label has some real gems and the sound quality especially a lot of the stuff recorded in the 60's and 70's with the Czech Philharmonic has an amazingly warm sound. Some of the best "sounding" recordings I've ever heard.
This past week I played three of the Pavel Haas recordings
Haas #2 "Monkey Mountains" I think that this might have been their first recording, and it is outstanding
Dvorak American Quartet, Not quite as good as I once thought, but still a fine performance
Schuberts "Death and the Maiden", goes right to the top of my list with the Takacs Quartets recording.
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I have heard the Prazak Quartet in person on at least 3 occasions and they were wonderful. I also have a number of recordings by them.
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