Karol Szymanowski
(1882-1937)
String Quartet #1 in C Major, Op. 37 (1917)
String Quartet #2, Op. 56 (1927)
Igor Stravinsky
(1882-1971)
Concertino (1920)
Three Pieces (1914)
Double Canon (1959)
Goldner String Quartet
Naxos 8.554315 54:27
The Polish composer Szymanowski's string quartets are difficult to place in context with others, possibly very late Romantic with more than a touch of Ravel and Debussy, and with quite a lot of the powerful atmosphere of his two violin concertos. There is some dissonance but not enough to bother those listeners who avoid it. The smaller Stravinsky pieces are more austere listening, but the main attraction here is the Szymanowski.
