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CHAN 20124
Multiple Set of 2 CDs
Britten: String Quartets, etc
Running Time: 110:38
Release Date: April 2019
Originally recorded in 2018
Composer
Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten
Composer
Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell
Chamber
Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten
Producer
Jonathan Cooper
Jonathan Cooper
Engineer
Jonathan Cooper
Jonathan Cooper
Engineer assistant
Cheryl Jessop
Cheryl Jessop
Engineer assistant
Rosanna Fish
Rosanna Fish
Venue 15-18 October 2018
Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk
Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk
Genre:
String Quartet
String Quartet
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COMPACT DISC ONE
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
String Quartet No.1, Op.25 (1941)
26:22
in D major • in D-Dur • en ré majeur
To Mrs Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
1.
I
Andante sostenuto (Tempo I) - Allegro vivo (Tempo II) - Tempo I (Andante) - Tempo II (Allegro) -
9:05
Tempo I - Tempo II - Tempo I - Tempo II
2.
II
Allegretto con slancio
2:55
3.
III
Andante calmo - Poco animato - A tempo tranquillo
10:28
4.
IV
Molto vivace - Con anima
3:40
Three Divertimenti (1933-36)
9:58
for String Quartet
5.
I
March. Allegro maestoso - Marciando - Con slancio - Avanti! - Maestoso
3:36
6.
II
Waltz. Allegretto (molto rubato sempre) - Agitato - Con fuoco
2:58
7.
III
Burlesque. To Francis Barton - Presto - Con brio - Pesante - Animato -
3:18
Sempre in tempo - Prestissimo
String Quartet No.3, Op.94 (1975)
27:23
To Hans Keller
8.
1
Duets. With moderate movement - Quietly - Very quietly
5:38
9.
2
Ostinato. Very fast
3:11
10.
3
Solo. Very calm - Lively - [As before]
6:01
11.
4
Burlesque. Fast, con fuoco - Quasi 'Trio' - ('Maggiore')
2:16
12.
5
Recitative and Passacaglia (La Serenissima). Slow - Slowly moving
10:01
Total time: 47:52
COMPACT DISC TWO
HENRY PURCELL
Fantasias (1680)
17:00
in Four Parts
1.
VI
Fantasia, Z 737 (14 June 1680). [ ] - Slow - Quick - Slow
3:27
in F major • in F-Dur • en fa majeur
2.
VII
Fantasia, Z 738 (19 June 1680)
3:29
in C minor • in c-Moll • en ut mineur
3.
VIII
Fantasia, Z 739 (19/22 June 1680). [ ] - Brisk - Slow
3:41
in D minor • in d-Moll • en rè mineur
4.
IX
Fantasia, Z 740 (23 June 1680). [ ] - Quick
2:55
in A minor • in a-Moll • en la mineur
5.
X
Fantasia, Z 741 (30 June 1680). [ ] - Slow - Quick
3:27
in E minor • in e-Moll • en mi mineur
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
String Quartet No.2, Op.36 (1945)
30:41
in C major • in C-Dur • en ut majeur
For Mrs J.L. Behrend
6.
I
Allegro calmo senza rigore - Animato - Sempre con moto - Energico -
8:13
7.
II
Vivace
3:23
8.
III
Chacony. Sostenuto - Cadenza, ad libitum [cello] -
18:56
Molto più andante - Cadenza, ad libitum [viola] -
Molto più adagio - Cadenza, ad libitum [violin I] -
Maestoso (quasi tempo I)
Total time: 47:52
Chamber: Benjamin Britten
Alex Redington violin
Jonathan Stone violin
Hélène Clément viola
John Myerscough cello
