Smyth: String Quartet in E Minor, Op. 1 - Delius: String Quartet in C Minor Classical Chamber Naxos

Smyth: String Quartet in E Minor, Op. 1 - Delius: String Quartet in C Minor

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Smyth: String Quartet in E Minor, Op. 1 - Delius: String Quartet in C Minor

Label Catalogue Number:
8.574376

Running Time: 01:05:18

Release Date: October 2022
Originally recorded in 2021

Genre:
Classical
Chamber

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The String Quartet in E minor by Ethel Smyth, one of the most innovative and original figures in English music, has a masterful coherence and consistency. With eloquent writing for the viola in particular, it is both playful and reverential, and ends with a flourish – forthright, bold and uncompromising, like Smyth herself. Delius wrote the early String Quartet in 1888 but it was rejected for performance and he was later to reuse the Scherzo for his mature Quartet of 1916–19(8.573586). In 2018 the score of the two opening movements of the 1888 Quartet, long assumed lost, reappeared at auction and have been edited and reunited with the final two in this premiere recording, which adds significantly to our understanding of Delius’s early compositional directions.

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“… there is music here that rewards persevering listeners.

John Dutterer – American Record Guide – March/April 2023

“… Full marks to the Villiers Quartet for bringing this new and challenging repertoire to life.”

Jeremy Dibble – Gramophone magazine – January 2023

“A Delius discovery is brought to life with compelling musicianship”

Tim Homfray – The Strad – December 2022

“… Both works receive fine, committed and sensitive performances and are well recorded …”

Nick Barnard – MusicWeb-Interantional.com – 17 November 2022

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