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Shield: 6 String Quartets

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Details

Composer
William Shield
Artist
The Dorrit Ensemble
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Oct 10, 2025
Catalog #
8574446
UPC
747313444670

About

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.

Tracklist 16 tracks

  1. 1 I. Air con variazione 02:27
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Air con variazione
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    William Shield
    Ensemble
    The Dorrit Ensemble
  2. 2 II. Fuga: Allegro con spirito 03:02
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Fuga: Allegro con spirito
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    William Shield
    Ensemble
    The Dorrit Ensemble
  3. 3 III. Rondeau: Allegro 02:52
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Rondeau: Allegro
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    William Shield
    Ensemble
    The Dorrit Ensemble
  4. 4 I. Allegro moderato 05:50
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    05:50
    Composer
    William Shield
    Ensemble
    The Dorrit Ensemble
  5. 5 II. Allegretto 02:13
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Allegretto
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    William Shield
    Ensemble
    The Dorrit Ensemble
  6. 6 I. Allegro moderato 08:00
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    08:00
    Composer
    William Shield
    Ensemble
    The Dorrit Ensemble
  7. 7 II. Tempo di minuetto 05:29
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Tempo di minuetto
    Duration
    05:29
    Composer
    William Shield
    Ensemble
    The Dorrit Ensemble
  8. 8 I. Allegro 02:18
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    William Shield
    Ensemble
    The Dorrit Ensemble
  9. 9 II. Adagio 02:43
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    William Shield
    Ensemble
    The Dorrit Ensemble
  10. 10 III. Rondeau: Allegro 02:57
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Rondeau: Allegro
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    William Shield
    Ensemble
    The Dorrit Ensemble
  11. 11 I. Allegro maestoso 06:39
    Track
    11
    Title
    I. Allegro maestoso
    Duration
    06:39
    Composer
    William Shield
    Ensemble
    The Dorrit Ensemble
  12. 12 II. Adagio 01:33
    Track
    12
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    William Shield
    Ensemble
    The Dorrit Ensemble
  13. 13 III. Rondo: Allegro 03:06
    Track
    13
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegro
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    William Shield
    Ensemble
    The Dorrit Ensemble
  14. 14 I. Allegro 04:09
    Track
    14
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    04:09
    Composer
    William Shield
    Ensemble
    The Dorrit Ensemble
  15. 15 II. Adagio 04:35
    Track
    15
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    04:35
    Composer
    William Shield
    Ensemble
    The Dorrit Ensemble
  16. 16 III. Allegretto 02:38
    Track
    16
    Title
    III. Allegretto
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    William Shield
    Ensemble
    The Dorrit Ensemble