Dvořák - 'American' Quartet - II. Lento. Amphion String Quartet

The Amphion String Quartet performs the second movement of Dvořák's "American" Quartet Op. 96. Live performance at Rockefeller University, October 2014.

[lordsoulis]

From my perspective, this is the best performance.

[Madaduxum]

I've always greatly appreciated the exuberant climaxes in the lento, truly one of the finest slower pieces in the classical repertoire, even better than his 9th largo. A fantastic young group of performers did a stellar job performing this magneficent composition.

[Moutley]

Listening to this is like waking up in Heaven.

[davidyoung]

Perfect! One of the few quartets where the cello plays the part correctly at 1:16. Most, if not all of the scores and parts in distribution as the cello play "e, c, a" at that moment (where as the violin plays (f)d, c, a at the similar moment earlier on). Dvorak meant to have the two instruments play the same figure (without the arpeggio for the cello). Countless other quartets follow the mistake found in the scores. But the Amphion String Quartet plays it correctly.

[darioorio]

Penso che non sia corretta l'articolazione del secondo violino. Il vibrato del primo violino è fastidiosamente stretto e intenso in un pezzo così nostalgico.