Veit: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1 Kertész Quartet

• Wenzel Heinrich Veit (1806 - 1864): Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1:
• 1 String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 3: I. Allegro moderato 09:54
• 2 String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 3: II. Menuetto: Allegretto 06:16
• 3 String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 3: III. Hymne russe: Andante con moto 08:24
• 4 String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 3: IV. Finale: Presto agitato 06:56
• 5 String Quartet No. 2 in E Major, Op. 5: I. Introduzione (Sostenuto) - Allegro vivace 09:37
• 6 String Quartet No. 2 in E Major, Op. 5: II. Adagio cantabile quasi Andante 06:33
• 7 String Quartet No. 2 in E Major, Op. 5: III. Scherzo: Presto 05:50
• 8 String Quartet No. 2 in E Major, Op. 5: IV. Rondo: Allegro non tanto 08:41
• Total Runtime 01:02:11

Info for Veit: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1

The German-Bohemian composer Wenzel Heinrich Veit is one of music’s most unjustly forgotten figures. As these first recordings of his four string quartets reveal, he is not only the link between the Bohemian composers of the end of the Classical period and the wave of Czech Romanticism that began with Smetana- he is also an outstanding composer in his own right. His four quartets trace the stylistic evolution of his time: they emerge from a debt to Haydn and Beethoven and embrace Mendelssohn and Schumann on their way to pre-echoes of Dvorak. This recording of the first two Quartets will be followed by Nos. 3 and 4 in a later release. The Kertesz Quartet was formed in 2010 by four leading period-instrument specialists following a desire to explore chamber music of the eighteenth and nineteenth century and, using historical instruments, bring it to audiences. The Quartet combines traditions of the central European and historic, period-performance practices. Using gut strings and historic bows, the original sound-world, liveliness and intensity of the music is revived in fresh performances that are relevant today. The members of the Quartet are all leading performers on the British early-music scene.

Kertész Quartet:
Katalin Kertész, violin
Jean Paterson, violin
Nichola Blakey, viola
Cressida Nash, cello

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