Skampa Quartet - Mozart, Smetana, Shostakovich: String Quartets (2007)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 63:14 | 431 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: The Wigmore Hall Trust | Catalog: WHLive0019
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 63:14 | 431 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: The Wigmore Hall Trust | Catalog: WHLive0019
Like so many upstart ensembles to come out of Eastern Europe, the Skampa Quartet found its beginnings while the members were students – in this case, at the Prague Academy in 1989. Only four short years later, the group gave its debut performance at London's Wigmore Hall and became the hall's artists-in-residence for the following five years. Its captivating energy and rapport with audience is frequently cited among its strengths. Whether this particular performance represents an off night for the quartet, or whether the performance really loses something when not viewed live is anyone's guess, but this live 2006 recording does not live up to its Wigmore Hall accolades.