
The Skampa Quartet clearly belongs in the grand tradition of Czech string quartets; its combination of firm rhythm and focused tone, lacking the timbral smoothness
Kathryn Stott and the Škampa Quartet play Dvorák’s Second Piano Quintet with a striking lightness and finesse. The opening theme, sung out by the cello,
From the opening measures of the First Quartet, with the six-note motto played as a single expressive arch (rather than broken into two three-note phrases,
Getting past the Skampa Quartet’s pop idol posing on the CD booklet (I had to take a second glance to make sure my editor had
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