Shield: 6 String Quartets

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
October 10, 2025
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      William Shield
    • PERFORMER
      The Dorrit Ensemble
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 10, 2025
    • UPC
      747313444670
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8574446
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Air con variazione

      Composer: William Shield

      Ensemble: The Dorrit Ensemble

    2. II. Fuga: Allegro con spirito

      Composer: William Shield

      Ensemble: The Dorrit Ensemble

    3. III. Rondeau: Allegro

      Composer: William Shield

      Ensemble: The Dorrit Ensemble

    4. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: William Shield

      Ensemble: The Dorrit Ensemble

    5. II. Allegretto

      Composer: William Shield

      Ensemble: The Dorrit Ensemble

    6. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: William Shield

      Ensemble: The Dorrit Ensemble

    7. II. Tempo di minuetto

      Composer: William Shield

      Ensemble: The Dorrit Ensemble

    8. I. Allegro

      Composer: William Shield

      Ensemble: The Dorrit Ensemble

    9. II. Adagio

      Composer: William Shield

      Ensemble: The Dorrit Ensemble

    10. III. Rondeau: Allegro

      Composer: William Shield

      Ensemble: The Dorrit Ensemble

    11. I. Allegro maestoso

      Composer: William Shield

      Ensemble: The Dorrit Ensemble

    12. II. Adagio

      Composer: William Shield

      Ensemble: The Dorrit Ensemble

    13. III. Rondo: Allegro

      Composer: William Shield

      Ensemble: The Dorrit Ensemble

    14. I. Allegro

      Composer: William Shield

      Ensemble: The Dorrit Ensemble

    15. II. Adagio

      Composer: William Shield

      Ensemble: The Dorrit Ensemble

    16. III. Allegretto

      Composer: William Shield

      Ensemble: The Dorrit Ensemble


William Shield rose from relatively humble beginnings to become the 'house' composer to Covent Garden, for which he wrote stage works full of panache and tunefulness. He met and befriended Haydn who was to prove a lasting influence. In 1782 Shield published his Six String Quartets, Op. 3, some of the most richly rewarding works of their type in 18th-century England. The transparency of parts, use of imitation, infusion of Sturm und Drang elements as well as the bucolic and folkloric writing, all demonstrate Shield's art, as does the progressive writing of the last of the six, in C minor.