Britten: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 3 / Emperor Quartet

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Label
BIS
Release Date
September 24, 2013
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BRITTEN
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Emperor Quartet
    • PERFORMER
      EMPEROR QUARTET
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 24, 2013
    • UPC
      7318599915708
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-1570
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Andante sostenuto - Allegro vivo

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Emperor Quartet

    2. II. Allegretto con slancio

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Emperor Quartet

    3. III. Andante calmo

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Emperor Quartet

    4. IV. Molto vivace

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Emperor Quartet

    5. Alla marcia

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Emperor Quartet

    6. I. Duets: With moderate movement

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Emperor Quartet

    7. II. Ostinato: Very fast

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Emperor Quartet

    8. III. Solo: Very calm - Lively

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Emperor Quartet

    9. IV. Burlesque: Fast

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Emperor Quartet

    10. V. Recitative and passacaglia (La serenissima): Slow

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: Emperor Quartet


On this second disc of the Emperor Quartet’s survey of Britten’s music for string quartet, Alla Marcia appears as an interlude between the first and last of Britten’s three published string quartets. The first disc in this series of three was released in 2010, and included a performance of the Second String Quartet described as “stupendous” in Classic FM Magazine and “magnificent” in Scherzo, while a Fono Forum reviewer likened it to “an entire cosmos of colours and nuances.”