Artist: Lindsay String Quartet
Peter Cropper, Ronald Birks, Robin Ireland, Bernard Gregor-Smith
Title: Dvorak: String Quartet No.12 "The American" and No.13
Year Of Release: 1992
Label: Decca (UMO) / ASV
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 1:06:02
Total Size: 283 MB

Tracklist:

1. String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96 (B179) "The American" : Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96 (B179) "The American" - 1. Allegro ma non troppo (09:44)
2. String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96 (B179) "The American" : Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96 (B179) "The American" - 2. Lento (08:31)
3. String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96 (B179) "The American" : Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96 (B179) "The American" - 3. Molto vivace (03:27)
4. String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96 (B179) "The American" : Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96 (B179) "The American" - 4. Finale. Vivace ma non troppo (05:23)
5. String Quartet No. 13 in G, Op. 106 ( B192) : Dvořák: String Quartet No. 13 in G, Op. 106 ( B192) - 1. Allegro moderato (09:33)
6. String Quartet No. 13 in G, Op. 106 ( B192) : Dvořák: String Quartet No. 13 in G, Op. 106 ( B192) - 2. Adagio ma non troppo (12:36)
7. String Quartet No. 13 in G, Op. 106 ( B192) : Dvořák: String Quartet No. 13 in G, Op. 106 ( B192) - 3. Molto vivace (06:05)
8. String Quartet No. 13 in G, Op. 106 ( B192) : Dvořák: String Quartet No. 13 in G, Op. 106 ( B192) - 4. Finale. Andante sostenuto - Allegro con fuoco (10:38)

The Lindsays are England's finest active string quartet. They have a somewhat raw and edgy sound, but they perform with a passion and spontaneity that makes up in excitement what they sometimes lack in seductive tone. They attack these two quartets as though their very lives depended on it, and while this makes for a very high-pressure The American Quartet,the performance of No. 13 is simply electrifying. In a way, this is more important, because The American Quartet is so charming as to be almost performer-proof. It always works. No. 13, on the other hand, is a flaming masterpiece that repays the 110 percent conviction it receives here. A great quartet record. -- David Hurwitz