Delius & Elgar: String Quartets / Villiers Quartet

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
May 12, 2017
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      DELIUS ELGAR
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Villiers Quartet
    • PERFORMER
      VILLIERS QUARTET
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. I. With animation

      Composer: Frederick Delius

      Ensemble: Villiers Quartet

    2. II. Quick and lightly

      Composer: Frederick Delius

      Ensemble: Villiers Quartet

    3. III. Late Swallows: Slow and wistfully

      Composer: Frederick Delius

      Ensemble: Villiers Quartet

    4. IV. Very quick and vigorously

      Composer: Frederick Delius

      Ensemble: Villiers Quartet

    5. I. Allegro moderato, with animation

      Composer: Frederick Delius

      Ensemble: Villiers Quartet

    6. II. Late Swallows: With slow waving movement

      Composer: Frederick Delius

      Ensemble: Villiers Quartet

    7. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Villiers Quartet

    8. II. Piacevole (poco andante)

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Villiers Quartet

    9. III. Allegro molto

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Villiers Quartet


The legacy of the First World War left its mark on the music of near contemporaries Edward Elgar and Frederick Delius. The powerful outer movements of Elgar's String Quartet in E minor frame a wistful and sombre Andante piacevole. Delius was dissatisfied with the first, three-movement version of his Quartet and revised the score. On this recording the final 1917 version is followed by the original versions of the opening movement and of the Late Swallows slow movement, offering a rare glimpse into Delius's compositional workshop.