Hill: String Quartets, Vol. 4

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
December 13, 2011
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      HILL, ALFRED
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Dominion String Quartet
    • PERFORMER
      Mapp
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      December 13, 2011
    • UPC
      747313284474
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8572844
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro

      Composer: Alfred Hill

      Ensemble: Dominion String Quartet

    2. II. Adagio

      Composer: Alfred Hill

      Ensemble: Dominion String Quartet

    3. III. Scherzo

      Composer: Alfred Hill

      Ensemble: Dominion String Quartet

    4. IV. Finale: Allegro moderato

      Composer: Alfred Hill

      Ensemble: Dominion String Quartet

    5. I. Andantino - Lento - Allegro

      Composer: Alfred Hill

      Ensemble: Dominion String Quartet

    6. II. Adagio

      Composer: Alfred Hill

      Ensemble: Dominion String Quartet

    7. III. Allegretto

      Composer: Alfred Hill

      Ensemble: Dominion String Quartet

    8. I. Grave - Allegro

      Composer: Alfred Hill

      Ensemble: Dominion String Quartet

      Performer: Richard Mapp

    9. II. Marche funebre

      Composer: Alfred Hill

      Ensemble: Dominion String Quartet

      Performer: Richard Mapp

    10. III. Scherzo

      Composer: Alfred Hill

      Ensemble: Dominion String Quartet

      Performer: Richard Mapp

    11. IV. Finale, "Gloria in excelsis Deo": Adagio maestoso - Allegro maestoso (version for voices and piano quintet)

      Composer: Alfred Hill

      Ensemble: Dominion String Quartet

      Performer: Bryony Williams, Amelia Berry, Linden Loader, Annabelle Cheetham, Richard Greager, Chris Berentson, Daniel O'Connor, Keith Small, Richard Mapp

      Conductor: Mark Dorrell


Alfred Hill was the doyen of Australasian composers, and his exploration of the string quartet demonstrates the range of his imagination. Both the Tenth and Eleventh quartets were written in 1935, but they offer richly differing affiliations.