String quartets

"Janacek lives in his own strange sound world that treads the knife-edge between comfort and alarm. It's all here, in concentrated form, with the Talich Quartet."
Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine March 2006

The dissimilarities between these two composers immediately strike the ear, but the more we listen to their works, the more clearly we become aware of what they have in common. Indeed, the affinity between these Czech composers is strong and we find the same passionate alternation of bursts of energy and spells of meditation.

Here the Talich Quartet once again shows it is without peer in the music of its homeland. Their earlier recording of Janacek quartets is the bestselling item in the Calliope catalogue.

"These are glowing performances. The Talich's instinctive feel for the music and mutual understanding shines through every bar, and its pacing is beautifully judged...an uplifting, highly desirable disc."
Chamber Selection, The Strad January issue