[Karen Khachaturian] String Quartet No.1 (Score-Video)
This quartet has 4 movements:
00:10 - I. Lento - attacca:
02:39 - II. Larghetto - Poco meno - attacca:
06:55 - III. Vivo - attacca:
09:32 - IV. Agitato - Meno mosso
Performers:
Moscow String Quartet
Eugenia Alikhanova (1st. Violin)
Valentina Alykova (2nd. Violin)
Tatiana Kokhanovskaya (Viola)
Olga Ogranovich (Cello)
The Quartet for Two Violins, Viola and Cello was written in 1969 and dedicated to the composer's father's memory. By musical means Karen Khachaturian tried to express very intimate feelings, recollections, as well as his own mature speculations on the eternal questions of life and death. According to one music critic, the "Quartet convincingly revealed a most powerful property of Khachaturian's creative individuality — his ability for the laconic expression of the message of a composition. The structure of the work is non-traditional: its four movements have the common line of the escalation and decline in dynamics and are perceived as the parts of one form (the first movement — introduction, second — exposition, third — scherzo, fourth — finale). The basic principle of development, as in the Cello Sonata is a conflict: it penetrates the whole work each movement and even some intonations and themes. Thus emerges the emotional intense, agitated, dramatic world of quartet images. A number of original, expressive instrumental methods also help to create this impression."
(Source from CD Booklet, Written by Victor Ledin)
(P.S.: There is a reference to Karen Khachaturian composing the String Quartet No.2 in 1998, but it's not entirely certain. So the video title is marked as String Quartet No.1)
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