Alfred Hill: String Quartets, Vol. 5

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
November 11, 2014
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      HILL, ALFRED
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Dominion String Quartet
    • PERFORMER
      DOMINION STRING QUARTET
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 11, 2014
    • UPC
      747313326778
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8573267
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Adagio - Allegro

      Composer: Alfred Hill

      Ensemble: Dominion String Quartet

    2. II. Humoreske: Allegretto

      Composer: Alfred Hill

      Ensemble: Dominion String Quartet

    3. III. Reverie: Andante

      Composer: Alfred Hill

      Ensemble: Dominion String Quartet

    4. IV. Finale

      Composer: Alfred Hill

      Ensemble: Dominion String Quartet

    5. I. Adagio - Allegro molto

      Composer: Alfred Hill

      Ensemble: Dominion String Quartet

    6. II. Scherzo

      Composer: Alfred Hill

      Ensemble: Dominion String Quartet

    7. III. Barcarole

      Composer: Alfred Hill

      Ensemble: Dominion String Quartet

    8. IV. Finale

      Composer: Alfred Hill

      Ensemble: Dominion String Quartet

    9. I. Adagio - Andante - Allegro

      Composer: Alfred Hill

      Ensemble: Dominion String Quartet

    10. II. Adagio

      Composer: Alfred Hill

      Ensemble: Dominion String Quartet

    11. III. Menuet

      Composer: Alfred Hill

      Ensemble: Dominion String Quartet

    12. IV. Finale

      Composer: Alfred Hill

      Ensemble: Dominion String Quartet


Although Australian by birth, Alfred Hill spent much of his youth in New Zealand before embarking on studies in Leipzig, where he met Brahms, Dvořák and Tchaikovsky. + A prolific symphonist and operatic composer, he also wrote a sequence of seventeen notable string quartets. + His style evolved constantly, the influence of Dvořák leading on to the impressionism of his mid-period. + By the time of the String Quartets Nos. 12 to 14 his mastery of technique – in his younger days he had played in a prominent string quartet – ensure that the music is balanced, subtle, and full of playful wit. + This is the fifth of six volumes of the complete Alfred Hill String Quartets.