Overview
Chopin never wrote a note for string quartet — which is precisely why we spent two years writing it for him. These are our own arrangements: the Nocturnes given four breathing voices, the Ballades unfolded as the miniature epics they always were.
Claire Dubois arranged every bar around the quartet's actual sound — Elena's silver top line, Matthias's dark anchor — so nothing here could be played by anyone else. The result won the Echo Klassik and never left our touring cases.
Recorded
Linden Studio, Berlin
Format
CD · Digital
Length
52 min
Track Listing
- 1Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 239:52
- 2Nocturne in E-flat, Op. 9 No. 25:14
- 3Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 387:48
- 4Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. posth.4:36
- 5Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 5212:20
“Arrangements so natural you will swear Chopin dreamed them for strings. The Ballades have never sounded this inevitable.”Strings Quarterly — Chamber Choice, 2022
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