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Kocian Quartet
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The Kocián Quartet is a Czech classical chamber ensemble. Originally named the New String Quartet, it was founded in 1972 by three members of the Prague Symphony Orchestra (Jan Odstrčil – 2nd violin, Jiří Najnar – viola, Václav Bernášek – cello) with Pravoslav Kohout as 1st violin. In 1975 they were renamed the Kocián Quartet in honor of famous violinist Jaroslav Kocián.
Between 2001 and 2009, the quartet consisted of: Pavel Hůla – 1st violin, Miloš Černý – 2nd violin, Zbyněk Paďourek – viola and Václav Bernášek – cello.
The quartet has regularly appeared at the Prague Spring International Music Festival since 1976.
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Discography
Albums
- 1980 Glazunov: Saxophone Concerto / Fried: Clarinet Concerto / Guernica
- 1984 Dvorak String Quartets
- 1986 The Complete String Quartets 4: String Quartets Nos. 20 & 21 In D Major, KV 499 - In D Major, KV 575
- 1988 Brahms Sextets No. 1 & 2
- 1995 String Quartets No. 1, No. 2, No. 6
- 1995 String Quartets Nos. 0 - 2 / Fünf Stücke
- 1995 String Sextet / Divertimento / Duo
- 1996 Piano Quintet / Songs of a Winter Night / 13 Slovak Songs
- 1996 String Quartets No."0", No.3, No.4, No.5 / Overture to the "Flying Dutchman" / Minimax
- 1996 The Complete String Quartets
- 1997 Complete Chamber Music
- 1998 The Complete String Quartets (7) / Overture for The Flying Dutchman / “Militärminimax”
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- 1999 Czech "Degenerate Music", Vol. II: String Quartets
- 1999 Early String Quartets
- 2000 String quartet in D / String quartet Op. 45
- 2000 Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525, Divertimenti, K. 136-138, Adagio and Fugue, K. 546
- 2001 Lobkowitz Quartets, op. 77, Unfinished Quartet, op. 103
- 2001 String Quintets No. 2 & No. 3 “American”
- 2002 String Quartet No. 3, Piano Sonatas Nos. 5, 6 & 7
- 2002 Czech “Degenerate Music”, Vol. III
- 2003 Quintet for piano and winds / String sextet
- 2003 String Quartets Nos. 2, 3
- 2004 Six String Quartets (1919-1945)
- 2004 Chamber Music
- 2004 String Quartets Op. 74 “Apponyi Quartets” No. 1, No. 2 & No. 3 “The Rider”
- 2004 Chamber Music: Czech Degenerate Music, Vol. IV: Chamber Music
- 2005 String Octet / Piano Sextet
- 2006 String Quartets Nos. 2, 4 & 5
- 2006 String Sextets
- 2007 Chamber Music
- 2007 The Chamber Music for Strings
- 2007 The Two Piano Quintets
- 2007 Smetana: String Quartet No. 2 - Dvořák: String Quartet No. 13, Two Waltzes
- 2008 Piano Quintet no. 1, op. 1 / Piano Quintet no. 2, op. 26 / Cello Sonata, op. 8
- 2009 Piano Quintets, H 229, 298 / Piano Quartet, H 287
- 2009 Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 'From My Life' / Sibelius: String Quartet Op. 56 'Voces Intimae' / Andante Festivo
- 2009 String Quintet No. 2, String Quartet No. 2
- 2010 String Quartets
- 2010 Chamber Music III
- 2010 Grieg: String Quartet, Op. 27 - Svendsen: String Octet, Op. 3
- 2016 String Sextet / Quintet for Piano and Winds / Schéhérazade
- Antonín Reicha: Piano Quintet, Trio for Three Cellos
- Kocian Quartet
- Paris, spring of 1932