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American Classics - Foote: Piano Quartet, Etc / Da Vinci

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Composer
FOOTE
Artist
Jeani Muhonen, James, Foster, Barbagallo
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Aug 10, 2004
Catalog #
8559014
UPC
636943901427

About

A subscriber to Boston Symphony Orchestra concerts at the turn of the century would have known the name of Arthur Foote. A leading member of the group of composers called the Boston Classicists, Foote's works were programmed regularly in Symphony Hall and one of them, the genial E Major Suite for Strings, was recorded memorably there by Serge Koussevitsky. Derivative in nature, his music evokes comparisons with Mendelssohn, Schumann or Brahms. As Boston Symphony program annotator John Burke wrote: "his art has no concerns to shake the world. It no more than searches the beauties of certain tonal combinations within the suitable confines of an accepted form."
This is one of two discs of Foote's chamber music, part of Naxos' laudable American classics series. It includes his early G Minor String Quartet and C Major Piano Quartet as well as his most popular work, the mildly evocative "Night Piece" which begins his Nocturne and Scherzo for Flute and Strings. The performances feature the Colorado-based Da Vinci Quartet, recorded with varying ambiance at the University of Denver's LaMont School of Music.

Tracklist 10 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro comodo 06:43
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro comodo
    Duration
    06:43
    Composer
    Arthur Foote
  2. 2 II. Scherzo: Allegro vivace 05:12
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
    Duration
    05:12
    Composer
    Arthur Foote
  3. 3 III. Adagio, ma con moto 10:22
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Adagio, ma con moto
    Duration
    10:22
    Composer
    Arthur Foote
  4. 4 IV. Allegro non troppo 06:03
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    06:03
    Composer
    Arthur Foote
  5. 5 Nocturne ("A Night Piece"): Andantino languido 08:11
    Track
    5
    Title
    Nocturne ("A Night Piece"): Andantino languido
    Duration
    08:11
    Composer
    Arthur Foote
  6. 6 Scherzo: Vivace 04:24
    Track
    6
    Title
    Scherzo: Vivace
    Duration
    04:24
    Composer
    Arthur Foote
  7. 7 I. Allegro appassionato 09:41
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro appassionato
    Duration
    09:41
    Composer
    Arthur Foote
  8. 8 II. Scherzo: Allegro con spirito 06:46
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Allegro con spirito
    Duration
    06:46
    Composer
    Arthur Foote
  9. 9 III. Andante con moto 06:38
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Andante con moto
    Duration
    06:38
    Composer
    Arthur Foote
  10. 10 IV. Molto allegro 06:32
    Track
    10
    Title
    IV. Molto allegro
    Duration
    06:32
    Composer
    Arthur Foote