Wolf: Quartet/Italian Serenade

March 22, 2012 in Wolf

This CD by the 10 star Fine Arts Quartet is a tour de force...the Fine Arts Quartet is absolutely into it with extraordinary skill and a grand capacity to put us into the heart of this gifted and troubled composer.

Beethoven Quartet Op.59-3; Haydn Quartet Op.64-5 ("Lark"); Wolf Italian Serenade

March 12, 2012 in Beethoven, Haydn, Wolf

The Haydn is large in scale, emphatic and robustly conceived. No Dresden China Classical miniature here! The WolfSerenade...scampers intriguingly: a deliciously witty, animated reading. The Beethoven is very fine...Highly recommended.