#ClassicalDiscoveries: The Podcast. Episode 018 - Penderecki: A Life in Four Quartets

Welcome to #ClassicalDiscoveries. Here is a little introduction to who we are and what we would like to achive at the first (or, in a nod to Bruckner, "double-zeroëth" episode). Your comments, criticism, and suggestions remain most welcome, of whatever nature they may be. Now here’s Episode 018, which I believe might be our best one yet! It attempts to cover the whole stylistic world of Krysztof Penderecki in just over 70 minutes! Fear not, that’s not the length of our podcast today, it’s the time it takes to perform all his compositions involving string quartet and string trio. And they conveniently trace the composer’s startlingly divergent stylistic output, from the wild-as-it-comes 1960 String Quartet No.1 via the masterly String Trio to the romanticism of the Third and beyond..

Penderecki String Quartets

Krzysztof Penderecki String Quartets 1-4, et al. Meccore Quartet Capriccio, 2024 US | UK | DE

Krzysztof Penderecki String Quartets 1-3, et al. Dafô Quartet DUX, 2010 US | UK | DE

Krzysztof Penderecki String Quartets 1 & 2, et al. The Tale Quartet, Martin Fröst BIS, 1994 US | UK | DE

Krzysztof Penderecki String Quartets 1-3 Royal String Quartet Hyperion, 2013 US | UK | DE