Burgess: Complete Guitar Quartets / Mēla Guitr Quartet

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
September 22, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Traditional, Anthony Burgess, Gustav Holst, Carl Maria von Weber
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Mela Guitar Quartet
    • PERFORMER
      Mela Guitar Quartet
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 22, 2023
    • UPC
      747313442379
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8574423
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Très vif

      Composer: Anthony Burgess

      Ensemble: Mēla Guitar Quartet

    2. II. Passacaille: Assez lent

      Composer: Anthony Burgess

      Ensemble: Mēla Guitar Quartet

    3. III. Très vivace

      Composer: Anthony Burgess

      Ensemble: Mēla Guitar Quartet

    4. The Planets, Op. 32: III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger (arr. A. Burgess for guitar quartet)

      Composer: Gustav Holst

      Ensemble: Mēla Guitar Quartet

    5. I. Prélude: Poco lento - Fuga: Molto moderato

      Composer: Anthony Burgess

      Ensemble: Mēla Guitar Quartet

    6. II. Scherzo: Presto

      Composer: Anthony Burgess

      Ensemble: Mēla Guitar Quartet

    7. III. Chorale: Moderato

      Composer: Anthony Burgess

      Ensemble: Mēla Guitar Quartet

    8. IV. Rondo: Allegro

      Composer: Anthony Burgess

      Ensemble: Mēla Guitar Quartet

    9. No. 1. The Ballad of Persse O'Reilly

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Mēla Guitar Quartet

    10. No. 2. The Lark in the Clear Air

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Mēla Guitar Quartet

    11. No. 3. Jig, "The Irish Washerwoman"

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Mēla Guitar Quartet

    12. I. Allegro vivace -

      Composer: Anthony Burgess

      Ensemble: Mēla Guitar Quartet

    13. II. Andantino

      Composer: Anthony Burgess

      Ensemble: Mēla Guitar Quartet

    14. III. Moderato molto

      Composer: Anthony Burgess

      Ensemble: Mēla Guitar Quartet

    15. Oberon, J. 306: Overture (arr. A. Burgess for guitar quartet)

      Composer: Carl Maria von Weber

      Ensemble: Mēla Guitar Quartet


Composer and novelist; Anthony Burgess; was a remarkably diverse artist. The three guitar quartets on this album range from the well-crafted First Quartet intended as a homage to Ravel; while the Second and Third Quartets explore virtuoso technique alongside adventurous and at times haunting harmonies and polytonality. A selection of Burgess’s arrangements for guitar quartet are also featured; including Holst’s Mercury; the Winged Messenger from The Planets. Three of Burgess's orchestral works can be heard on 8.573472 and The Bad-Tempered Electronic Keyboard: 24 Preludes and Fugues on Grand Piano GP773.