Quatuor Zaide

Quatuor Zaïde – Joseph Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 50 (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:51:02 minutes | 2,06 GB | Genre: Classical
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After their critically acclaimed first album, Quatuor Zaïde whisks us away with their second album featuring all six quartets in Joseph Haydn’s Opus 50, which are oddly rarely recorded.

A veritable gem of virtuosity and spirit, this fresh music perfectly suits the Zaïde musicians, as evidenced here in their stirring interpretation. You may consume it without moderation!

This release heralds a grand European tour that will take the quartet all across France, to Germany, England, the Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Luxembourg, and Hungary.
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Quatuor Zaïde – Invisible (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:00:42 minutes | 1,14 GB | Genre: Classical
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The ambition of this new album by the Zaïde Quartet is to “bring two female composers of yesterday out of the shadows and give them their rightful place in the light of today”. “Invisible”, as the works of Clara Schumann and Fanny Mendelssohn remained for a long time, better known during their lifetime for their ties as virtuoso wives and sisters than for their own artistic genius. Through this programme of works by Clara & Robert Schumann and Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn, the four performers also intend to highlight the invisible links that unite them and allow them to shape a common imagination.
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Quatuor Zaïde – Quatuor Zaïde: Amadeus (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:12:03 minutes | 1,31 GB | Genre: Classical
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A is for “Amadeus,” and a recording which marks a return to the source for Quatuor Zaïde, who dedicate their fourth collection to the genius Austrian composer. Z is for Zaïde, a “Singspiel” by Mozart in the style of Die Zauberflöte, which historical transcription for string quartet is a world premiere! Paired with the Quartet in G Major, No. 14, K. 387, this miniature version of one of the most famous operas repeatedly casts each instrument of the quartet in a multitude of lyric roles, celebrating the eternal dialogue between singing and playing.
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