DVORAK: STRING QUARTETS - OP. 106 & OP. 96 'AMERICAN'

This recording, although relatively new, is one of the rarest gems in the Supraphon archives. After the initial positive reactions the extraordinary quality of the recording was confirmed by prestigious Gramophone Awards; in addition to winning the chamber music category, the young ensemble also brought home from London the top prize: Recording of the Year. Eight years after the first edition, Supraphon is releasing this delicacy for true audiophiles. Dvor?kAEs mature works perhaps best mirror the ensembleAEs extraordinary qualities: the equilibrium between precision and spontaneity, the remarkable ensemble playing, and the solo potential of all of the individual players. At the end of the draft of his Quartet Op. 96, AntonYn Dvor?k wrote the comment: oIAEm satisfied; it went quicklyao Soon after the oNew World Symphonyo, he composed one of the most beautiful of all string quartets while still in America u and the critics were unsparing in their praise. For the Pavel Haas Quartet, both the oAmericano Quartet and the following Quartet Op. 106, the first work composed after the composerAEs return home from America, are literally affairs of the heart. According to the Sunday Times: oIn this repertoire, they are simply matchless today.o Dvor?k might even have written his comment oIAEm satisfiedo about this recording as well.'