Center: Chamber and Instrumental Music, Vol. 2 / Fejes Quartet

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Label
Toccata
Release Date
September 3, 2021
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      CENTER, RONALD
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      The Fejes Quartet
    • PERFORMER
      THE FEJES QUARTET
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 03, 2021
    • UPC
      5060113445339
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      TOCC0533
    • LABEL
      Toccata
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Lento - Allegro

      Composer: Ronald Center

      Ensemble: Fejes Quartet

    2. II. Allegro ma non troppo

      Composer: Ronald Center

      Ensemble: Fejes Quartet

    3. III. Adagio

      Composer: Ronald Center

      Ensemble: Fejes Quartet

    4. IV. Moderato - Allegro

      Composer: Ronald Center

      Ensemble: Fejes Quartet

    5. I. Adagio - Allegro

      Composer: Ronald Center

      Ensemble: Fejes Quartet

    6. II. Vivace

      Composer: Ronald Center

      Ensemble: Fejes Quartet

    7. III. Mesto

      Composer: Ronald Center

      Ensemble: Fejes Quartet

    8. IV. Allegro molto

      Composer: Ronald Center

      Ensemble: Fejes Quartet

    9. I. Lento - Andante

      Composer: Ronald Center

      Ensemble: Fejes Quartet

    10. II. Espressivo

      Composer: Ronald Center

      Ensemble: Fejes Quartet

    11. III. Molto moderato e sostenuto

      Composer: Ronald Center

      Ensemble: Fejes Quartet

    12. IV. Andante

      Composer: Ronald Center

      Ensemble: Fejes Quartet

    13. V. Allegro

      Composer: Ronald Center

      Ensemble: Fejes Quartet

    14. VI. Andantino

      Composer: Ronald Center

      Ensemble: Fejes Quartet

    15. VII. Allegro feroce

      Composer: Ronald Center

      Ensemble: Fejes Quartet


Ronald Center (1913–73) is sometimes described as ‘the Scottish Bartók’, and his music does indeed capture some of the stark, wild energy of the Scottish landscape in a style of Bartókian asperity. These three string quartets show him, in his northeast corner of Scotland, to have been fully conversant with the quartets being written around the same time by Barber, Britten and Shostakovich, but their direct manner, terse expression, wiry humor and roots in Scottish folk-music ensure that Center is his own man.