Takács Quartet — Ravel, Dutilleux & Hough: String Quartets

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To introduce this recording of two French string quartets, the Takács Quartet asked English master-pianist Stephen Hough, who is also a composer, to write a new work. Hough came up with his String Quartet No. 1, subtitled “Les Six rencontres”—a sequence of “six encounters” with urban life (by implication Parisian). Each of these is a deft musical snapshot, ranging from the louche whimsy of “Au parc” (“In the park”) to the bustle and energy of “Au marché” (“At the market”). The Takács Quartet’s super-precise style finds them beautifully at home in Hough’s idiom, and also in the spectrum of flickering modernist sounds explored in Henri Dutilleux’s <i>Ainsi la nuit</i> (<i>Thus the night</i>). They then bring a wonderfully fresh approach to Ravel’s String Quartet—music that’s much more familiar, yet still a miracle of poised loveliness.

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Takács Quartet

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  1. String Quartet No. 1 "Les Six rencontres": I. Au boulevard 3:05
  2. String Quartet No. 1 "Les Six rencontres": II. Au parc 3:25
  3. String Quartet No. 1 "Les Six rencontres": III. À l'hôtel 3:47
  4. String Quartet No. 1 "Les Six rencontres": IV. Au théâtre 4:39
  5. String Quartet No. 1 "Les Six rencontres": V. À l'église 2:55
  6. String Quartet No. 1 "Les Six rencontres": VI. Au marché 4:08
  7. Ainsi la nuit: I. Libre et souple – Nocturne 3:26
  8. Ainsi la nuit: II. Parenthèse I – Miroir d'espace 2:11
  9. Ainsi la nuit: III. Parenthèse II – Litanies 2:53
  10. Ainsi la nuit: IV. Parenthèse III – Litanies II 3:56
  11. Ainsi la nuit: V. Parenthèse IV – Constellations – Nocturne II 3:12
  12. Ainsi la nuit: VI. Temps suspendu 2:30
  13. String Quartet in F Major, M. 35: I. Allegro moderato, très doux 7:57
  14. String Quartet in F Major, M. 35: II. Assez vif, très rythmé 6:10
  15. String Quartet in F Major, M. 35: III. Très lent 8:00
  16. String Quartet in F Major, M. 35: IV. Vif et agité 5:26