String Quartets Nos, 9, 17, : Moscow Philharmonic Concertino String Quartet

LOUIS SPOHR (1784-1859)
String Quartets (Complete) 13

String Quartet No. 9 in F minor, Op. 29, No. 3
String Quartet No. 17 in G major, Op. 58, No. 3

Moscow Philharmonic Concertino String Quartet
Jaroslav Krasnikov - violin I
Sofia Krasnikova - violin II
Olga Zhmaeva - viola
Victor Kozodov - cello

Recorded in Studio No. 1 of the Russian State TV and Radio Company KULTURA, Moscow
from 10th November 2007 to 17th January, 2008
Producers and editors: Pavel Lavrenenkov and Natalia Ruzhanskaya
Engineers: Vladimir Samoilov and Andrey Volovikov

Louis Spohr's string quartets combined the Classical finesse of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven with the early Romantic innovations of the Quatuor brilliant, in which the virtuosic first violin enjoys particular prominence. Popular with contemporary audiences and influential during the first half of the 19th century, these suavely imaginative chamber works are now once more becoming appreciated for their originality, emotional light and shade, and historical importance. This volume features the Moscow Philharmonic Concertino Quartet, which also plays on Volumes 10 (8225306) and 11 (8225307). (NAXOS)