PAVEL HAAS: String Quartets 1 & 3 / JANACEK: String Quartet NO. 1 (2007)

Pavel Haas Quartet

Pavel Haas: 
 String Quartet No. 1 in C sharp minor, Op. 3 (1920)
 String Quartet No. 3, Op. 15 (1940–41) 

Leos Janacek: 
 String Quartet No. 1 'The Kreutzer Sonata'

"…totally compelling and warmly recorded performances…"
BBC Music Magazine - January 2008 *****

"Haas was destined for Auschwitz (where he was killed in 1944) and although it would be fanciful to read prophecy into the pages of this marvellous and varied work, [the 3rd String Quartet] the candour and emotional unrest that it expresses have inevitable associations. In the hands of the Pavel Haas Quartet Janácek's own powerfully emotive First Quartet positively glows... This is a superb release..."
Gramophone Magazine - April 2008