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Gorecki: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1 / Tippett Quartet

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Details

Composer
GORECKI, HENRYK MIKOLAJ
Artist
TIPPETT QUARTET
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Nov 09, 2018
Catalog #
8573919
UPC
747313391974

About



With the belated success of his Third Symphony ‘Symphony of Sorrowful Songs’ Gorecki emerged in the 1990s as a composer of world stature. Between 1988 and 1995 he wrote three string quartets for the Kronos Quartet that are among his most important mature works. String Quartet No. 1 reveals chorale-like themes, so much a feature of his later writing, as well as hectic, dance-like motion, while the Second Quartet’s wider range of expression explicitly evokes Beethoven. Genesis I: Elementi offers a powerful contrast- a string trio from 1962 of uncompromising immediacy. The Tippett Quartet appear regularly at King’s Place, the Purcell Room, Wigmore Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hall and Bridgewater Hall, and perform regularly on BBC Radio 3. They have performed at the BBC Proms and toured Europe, Canada and Mexico. Their broad and diverse repertoire highlights the Tippett Quartet’s unique versatility. Their impressive catalogue of recordings has been released across several labels to universal acclaim and with classical chart-topping success.

Tracklist 6 tracks

  1. 1 String Quartet No. 1, Op. 62, "Już się zmierzcha" (Already it is Dusk) 15:13
    Track
    1
    Title
    String Quartet No. 1, Op. 62, "Już się zmierzcha" (Already it is Dusk)
    Duration
    15:13
    Composer
    Henryk Mikołaj Górecki
    Ensemble
    Tippett Quartet
  2. 2 Genesis I: Elementi, Op. 19, No. 1 12:32
    Track
    2
    Title
    Genesis I: Elementi, Op. 19, No. 1
    Duration
    12:32
    Composer
    Henryk Mikołaj Górecki
    Ensemble
    Tippett Quartet
  3. 3 I. Largo sostenuto 08:26
    Track
    3
    Title
    I. Largo sostenuto
    Duration
    08:26
    Composer
    Henryk Mikołaj Górecki
    Ensemble
    Tippett Quartet
  4. 4 II. Deciso - Energico 06:51
    Track
    4
    Title
    II. Deciso - Energico
    Duration
    06:51
    Composer
    Henryk Mikołaj Górecki
    Ensemble
    Tippett Quartet
  5. 5 III. Arioso: Adagio cantabile 08:02
    Track
    5
    Title
    III. Arioso: Adagio cantabile
    Duration
    08:02
    Composer
    Henryk Mikołaj Górecki
    Ensemble
    Tippett Quartet
  6. 6 IV. Allegro 09:29
    Track
    6
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    09:29
    Composer
    Henryk Mikołaj Górecki
    Ensemble
    Tippett Quartet