Benjamin Britten, Brodsky Quartet - Britten String Quartets 2 & 3 Album

Tracklist

1	III. Solo: Very Calm	5:53
2	String Quartet No.2 In C Op.36
3	V. Recitative And Passacaglia (La Serenissima): Slow - Slowly moving	10:47
4	II. Vivace	3:50
5	I. Duets: With Moderate Movement	6:32
6	I. Allegro Calmo, Senza Rigore	8:39
7	III. Chacony: Sostenuto	19:15
8	II. Ostinato: Very Fast	3:16
9	String Quartet No. 3 Op.94
10	IV. Burlesque: Fast, Con Fuoco	2:17

Credits

• Cello – Jacqueline Thomas
• Composed By – Benjamin Britten
• Viola – Paul Cassidy
• Violin – Andrew Haveron, Ian Belton

Notes

Brodsky Quartet recorded at Snape Maltings 10-12 December 2001

Album

String Quartet No. 3 in G major, Op. 94, by English composer Benjamin Britten was his last completed major work, and his last completed instrumental work. It was written in October November 1975 during his final illness: the first four movements at his home, The Red House, Aldeburgh, and the fifth during his last visit to Venice, at Hotel Danieli. It was dedicated to the musicologist Hans Keller. In December 1975, brothers Colin and David Matthews performed it privately for the composer in a piano. The Brodsky's forte is perhaps the sober contrapuntal work in the death-haunted String Quartet No. 3 of 1975, with its magnificent final chaconne swan song. But they also excel in movements where Britten the dramatist is putting his 1940s operatic breakthroughs into a chamber music context. Sample the magical first movement of the String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 25, with its points-of-light texture that places considerable demands on the performers. By Benjamin Britten. More by Brodsky String Quartet. Tchaikovsky & Britten: String Quartets. The Juliet Letters. Delius: Song of Summer, The Walk to the Paradise Garden, String Quartet. Albums You May Also Like. Shostakovich: Complete String Quartets. Brodsky Quartet. Bruckner: Symphony No. Berliner Philharmoniker & Daniel Barenboim. Collins Classics OFFICIAL - Britten FULL ALBUM String Quartet No. 2 and No. 0:00 - String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, : I. Allegro calmo senza rigore 8:57 - String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, : II. Vivace 12:33 - String Quartet No. 2 In C Op. Allegro calmo, senza rigore, String Quartet No. 36: II. Vivace and more. 8 tracks . Do you know any background info about this album Start the wiki. Benjamin Britten. Vivace, 03:43. Duets, 06:05. 3, : II. Ostinato, 03:28. 3, : III. Solo, 07:48. 3, : IV. Burlesque, 02:17. 형식: CD , Album, Stereo. 국가: Austria. 1 Opus 25 In D major 1941. 3 Op. Britten Quartet: String Quartet No. 2 in D Major: I. Allegro moderato, String Quartet No. 3, Op. Duets: With moderate movement, String Quartet in D Major: II. Lento ed espressivo и другие песни. Britten's string quartets are a revelation - dark, daring, hugely innovative, often very melodic yet undeniably cutting edge. Still, after all these years On this CD beautifully played by The Britten Quartet you get the lot, in every sense - all four String Quartets and his 'Simple Symphony - Opus 4. If you, like me, are discovering this great British composer for the first time, then this CD is as good a place to start as any that I can think of. Read more