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Golden Oldies: A 50th Birthday Celebration
première recordings
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
1.
Deuxième Arabesque
3:56
from Deux Arabesques
for Solo Piano
Arranged for String Quartet by Paul Cassidy
Allegretto scherzando - Meno mosso - A tempo I
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
2.
Prelude X, BWV 855 *
2:46
in E Minor • in e-Moll • en mi mineur
from Das wohltemperirte Clavier, oder Praelaudia, und Fugen durch
alle Tone und Semitonia
for Keyboard
Arranged for String Quintet by Paul Cassidy
Andante - Presto
GABRIEL FAURÉ
3.
Après un rêve, Op.7 No.1
3:21
in C Minor • in c-Moll • en ut mineur
from Trois Mélodies
À Madame Marguerite Baugnies
Arranged for String Quartet by Paul Cassidy
Andantino
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Two Movements from Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano
4:03
Edited from the Music for the Film The Gadfly
by Levon Atovmyan (1901 - 1973)
Arranged for String Quartet by Jacqueline Thomas
4.
III
Elegy. Andantino - Poco più mosso - Tempo I
2:27
in A Major • in A-Dur • en la majeur
5.
V
Polka. Vivace
1:31
in D Major • in D-Dur • en ré majeur
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
6.
Prélude VI *
4:01
(...des pas sur la neige)
from Préludes, Book 1 (1910)
for Solo Piano
Arranged for String Quintet by Paul Cassidy
Triste et lent - En animant surtout dans l''expression -
Plus lent - Très lent
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
7.
Les Cygnes *
2:47
in G Major • in G-Dur • en sol majeur
''Le Cygne'' for Cello and Piano
from Le Carnaval des animaux
Aranged for String Quintet by Paul Cassidy
Adagio
ARAM IL'YICH KHACHATURIAN
8.
Sabra Dance
2:35
in G Major • in G-Dur • en sol majeur
No.5 from Suite No.3 (1943) from the Ballet Gayane
for Orchestra
Arranged for String Quartet by Andrew Haveron
Presto
SIR EDWARD ELGAR (1857 – 1934)
9.
Adieu †
2:37
in B Minor • in h-Moll • en si mineur
for Solo Piano
Arranged for Piano Quintet by Paul Cassidy
Presto
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
10.
Première Arabesque
5:12
from Deux Arabesques
for Solo Piano
Arranged for String Quartet by Paul Cassidy
(For Holly)
Andantino con moto - Poco mosso -
Tempo rubato (Un peu moins vite) - Mosso -
A tempo - Risoluto - Tempo I
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
11.
Adagio sostenuto
6:40
in C-Sharp Minor • in cis-Moll • en ut dièse mineur
First Movement from Sonata quasi una fantasia, Op.27 No.2 ''Moonlight''
for Solo Piano
Der Gräfin Giulietta Guicciardi gewidmet
Arranged for String Quartet by Paul Cassidy
(For Celia)
ÉRIK SATIE
12.
Gnossienne No.1
3:26
in F Minor • in f-Moll • en fa mineur
for Solo Piano
Arranged for String Quartet by Krysia Osostowicz
Lent
13.
Gnossienne No.2
1:48
in E Minor • in f-Moll • en mi mineur
for Solo Piano
Aranged for String Quartet by Krysia Osostowicz
Avec étonnement
14.
Gnossienne No.6
1:29
in C Minor • in c-Moll • en ut mineur
for Solo Piano
Arranged for String Quartet by Krysia Osostowicz
Avec conviction et avec une tristesse rigoureuse
SCOTT JOPLIN
15.
Solace
7:01
in F Major • in F-Dur • en fa majeur
''A Mexican Serenade''
Habanera for Solo Piano
Arranged for String Quartet by Jacqueline Thomas
Very slow march time
FRANCIS POULENC
16.
Prélude
2:12
First Movement from Sonate pour piano à quatre mains, FP 8
(Sonata for Piano Four Hands)
À Mademoiselle Simone Tilliard
Arranged for String Quartet by Jacqueline Thomas
Modéré - [ ] - Tempoo I - Presto, strident
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
17.
Prélude IX
2:46
(...la sérémade interrompue)
from Préludes, Book 1 (1910)
for Solo Piano
Arranged for String Quartet by Paul Cassidy
Modérément animé - Très vif - A tempo - Librement -
Modèrè - Ragque - Modéré - Rageur - Rubato - A tempo
PABLO CASALS
18.
El cant dels ocells *
4:47
(The Song of the Birds)
for String Orchestra, or Cello and Piano, or Orchestra of Cellos
Arranged for String Quintet by Paul Cassidy
(In memory of Joshua Banninster)
Molto lento
ANTONIO BAZZINI
19.
La Ronde des lutins, Op.25
5:24
(Round of the Goblins)
in E Minor / Major • in e-Moll / E-Dur • en mi mineur / majeur
Scherzo fantastique
for Violin and Piano
Arranged for String Quartet by Jacqueline Thomas
Quasi presto
ISIDORA ŽEBELJAN
20.
An Intimate Letter from the Judean Desert
3:02
for String Quartet
Largo desolato
Total time: 69:48
Chamber: Brodsky Quartet
Krysia Osostowicz violin I
Ian Belton violin II
Paul Cassidy viola
Jacqueline Thomas cello I
with
Laura van der Heijden cello II *
Julian Jacobson piano †
13-15 December 2021 (El cant dels ocells and 4-6 April 2022 (other works)
About
Since its formation in 1972 the Brodsky Quartet has performed more than 3000 concerts on the major concert stages of the world and has released more than seventy recordings. A natural curiosity and insatiable desire to explore have propelled the group in many artistic directions and continue to ensure it not only a place at the very forefront of the international chamber music scene but also a rich and varied musical existence. The cellist, Jacqueline Thomas, writes: ‘The Brodsky Quartet celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2022. Looking back, I find it wonderful that ten- and twelve-year-olds were already infused with passion and with a belief in the longevity that is now playing out. Two of us remain from the beginning; one joined as we turned professional, forty years ago, and our new fourth member has trodden her own similar path in the endlessly fulfilling life that is the string quartet. It has become something of a tradition that we release a compilation disc once every ten years, and so now, in our Golden Anniversary year, we have assembled a playlist from past and new arrangements, taking inspiration from the old days and even revamping some of our childhood efforts.’
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Reviews
Performance **** Recording *****
“… the easy synergy the group demonstrates throughout this winningly played recital bodes well for its sixth decade of existence.”
Terry Blain – BBC Music magazine – June 2023
Editor’s Choice – May 2023
“Golden, but not so old: the Brodsky Quartet celebrates its 50th in style.” ****½
Tony Way – Limelightmagazine.com.au – 13 April 2023
“… lovingly presented and played with consummate finesse [this album] is like a selection box of handmade musical confectionery… Encores should ideally seen effortless, but the best linger in the imagination long after the concert has ended. These do exactly that.”
Richard Bratby – Gramophone magazine – May 2023
“A joyous jumble of encores from an ever-youthful quartet… In the greatest encore piece of them all the Brodsky’s players battle exuberantly through Khachaturian’s ‘Sabre Dance’, with swoops and biting down bows and, surely, big smiles on their faces. The recording does them full justice.”
Tim Homfray –The Strad – April 2023
“…The sound is impeccable. Anyone who wants both a souvenir of a group which has now become a “British Institution” – a term I am sure they would detest! – playing a selection of highly diverting, lighter works will delight in it.”
Ralph Moore – Musicwebinternational.com – 20 March 2023
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