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American Classics - Foote: Piano Quintet, Quartets /Da Vinci

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Details

Composer
FOOTE
Artist
James, Barbagallo
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Oct 01, 1999
Catalog #
8559009
UPC
636943900925

About

The first real school of American composers arrived in the last quarter of the 19th century and were known as the Boston classicists. Comprised largely of well-to-do New Englanders who were trained in Europe by way of Harvard and worshipped Brahms, they were a pretty conservative bunch all around. Prominent among them was Arthur Foote of Salem, Massachusetts. His studies with John Knowles Paine at Harvard culminated in the first graduate degree in music ever granted by an American university and though he did not go on to study in Germany, he spent the following summer at Bayreuth soaking up the rays before returning to Boston to teach, compose and serve as choirmaster and organist of the First Unitarian Church.
Foote's chamber music is strongly influenced by Mendelssohn and Brahms, neoclassical in outlook, graceful and lyrical with little hint of storm or stress. This disc, featuring the Piano Quintet along with the Op. 32 and Op. 70 string quartets, is one of two of all-Foote releases which are part of Naxos' admirable American Classics series. The recordings feature the Da Vinci Quartet, a very good Colorado-based ensemble which has undertaken the performance of all of this composer's chamber works.

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro giusto: appassionato 06:45
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro giusto: appassionato
    Duration
    06:45
    Composer
    Arthur Foote
    Performer
    James Barbagallo
    Ensemble
    Da Vinci Quartet
  2. 2 II. Allegretto - Trio: Molto più allegro 07:27
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegretto - Trio: Molto più allegro
    Duration
    07:27
    Composer
    Arthur Foote
    Performer
    James Barbagallo
    Ensemble
    Da Vinci Quartet
  3. 3 III. Scherzo: Vivace - Trio: Un poco meno mosso 04:05
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Vivace - Trio: Un poco meno mosso
    Duration
    04:05
    Composer
    Arthur Foote
    Performer
    James Barbagallo
    Ensemble
    Da Vinci Quartet
  4. 4 IV. Allegro giusto 05:13
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro giusto
    Duration
    05:13
    Composer
    Arthur Foote
    Performer
    James Barbagallo
    Ensemble
    Da Vinci Quartet
  5. 5 I. Allegro giocoso 06:37
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro giocoso
    Duration
    06:37
    Composer
    Arthur Foote
  6. 6 II. Scherzo: Vivace - Trio: Più vivace 04:28
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Vivace - Trio: Più vivace
    Duration
    04:28
    Composer
    Arthur Foote
  7. 7 III. Tema con variazioni: Andante espressivo, ma con moto 09:58
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Tema con variazioni: Andante espressivo, ma con moto
    Duration
    09:58
    Composer
    Arthur Foote
  8. 8 IV. Allegro Assai 05:39
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Allegro Assai
    Duration
    05:39
    Composer
    Arthur Foote
  9. 9 I. Allegro 07:09
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    07:09
    Composer
    Arthur Foote
  10. 10 II. Scherzo: Capriccioso 05:35
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Capriccioso
    Duration
    05:35
    Composer
    Arthur Foote
  11. 11 III. Andante esspressivo 06:26
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Andante esspressivo
    Duration
    06:26
    Composer
    Arthur Foote
  12. 12 IV. Andante esspressivo - Allegro non troppo, marcato 05:53
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Andante esspressivo - Allegro non troppo, marcato
    Duration
    05:53
    Composer
    Arthur Foote