Janáček: Quartet #1 (“The Kreutzer Sonata”) - Vermeer Quartet

Janáček: Quartet #1 (“The Kreutzer Sonata”)
Adagio
Con moto (4:30)
Con moto (9:00)
Con moto (13:04)
Vermeer Quartet
Shmuel Ashkenasi, 1st violin
Mathias Tacke, 2nd violin
Richard Young, viola
Marc Johnson, cello
Teatro Olimpico
Rome, Italy
March 22, 2007
The only known video of a complete concert by the Vermeer Quartet was made in Rome, Italy, on March 22, 2007. This was their final year of touring. The program included Mozart’s B-flat quartet, K. 589, Janacek’s 1st quartet, and Beethoven’s quartet in A minor, Op. 132.