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New World Quartets / Brodsky Quartet
Chandos

New World Quartets / Brodsky Quartet

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Details

Composer
DVORAK COPLAND BARBER GERSH
Artist
BRODSKY QUARTET
Format
CD
Label
Chandos
Released
Jan 28, 2014
Catalog #
CHAN 10801
UPC
095115180129

About

The Brodsky Quartet, continuing to pioneer unique repertoire on Chandos Records, presents a programme of works from the ‘New World’ that explores an American sound in the string quartet. The earliest piece on the disc is the American String Quartet, in F major by Antonín Dvorák, the only non-American composer in the release. His attempt to capture an American sound results in music of notable simplicity, directness, and good humour. In the String Quartet by Samuel Barber we hear an unashamedly romantic composer displaying a more European style. The central Adagio has become enormously popular in an arrangement for string orchestra. Far more distinctively American in idiom is the music of George Gershwin whose Lullaby was his first attempt at classical composition. Copland’s Two Pieces, a work written as a tribute to Gabriel Fauré, is featured along with an original arrangement by members of the Brodsky Quartet of his Hoe–Down. This famous work is enormously evocative of rural America and is heavily indebted to traditional tunes from Celtic settlers. Dave Brubeck is best known as a jazz pianist but he employs his classical training in Regret, which evokes the soundworld and emotional depth of the high baroque style while creating a unique link between the worlds of classical and jazz. - Chandos

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro ma non troppo 10:05
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    10:05
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    Brodsky Quartet
  2. 2 II. Lento 08:27
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Lento
    Duration
    08:27
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    Brodsky Quartet
  3. 3 III. Molto vivace 03:45
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Molto vivace
    Duration
    03:45
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    Brodsky Quartet
  4. 4 IV. Finale: Vivace ma non troppo 05:22
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Finale: Vivace ma non troppo
    Duration
    05:22
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    Brodsky Quartet
  5. 5 Lento molto 06:05
    Track
    5
    Title
    Lento molto
    Duration
    06:05
    Composer
    Aaron Copland
    Ensemble
    Brodsky Quartet
  6. 6 Rondino 03:50
    Track
    6
    Title
    Rondino
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    Aaron Copland
    Ensemble
    Brodsky Quartet
  7. 7 I. Molto allegro e appassionato 08:28
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Molto allegro e appassionato
    Duration
    08:28
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Ensemble
    Brodsky Quartet
  8. 8 II. Molto adagio 08:45
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Molto adagio
    Duration
    08:45
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Ensemble
    Brodsky Quartet
  9. 9 III. Molto allegro 02:23
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Molto allegro
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Ensemble
    Brodsky Quartet
  10. 10 Lullaby 09:02
    Track
    10
    Title
    Lullaby
    Duration
    09:02
    Composer
    George Gershwin
    Ensemble
    Brodsky Quartet
  11. 11 Rodeo - 4 Dance Episodes: IV. Hoe-Down (arr. P. Cassidy and J. Thomas for string quartet) 03:39
    Track
    11
    Title
    Rodeo - 4 Dance Episodes: IV. Hoe-Down (arr. P. Cassidy and J. Thomas for string quartet)
    Duration
    03:39
    Composer
    Aaron Copland
    Ensemble
    Brodsky Quartet
  12. 12 Regret (version for string quartet) 06:13
    Track
    12
    Title
    Regret (version for string quartet)
    Duration
    06:13
    Composer
    Dave Brubeck
    Ensemble
    Brodsky Quartet