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Toccata

Simon Bainbridge: Chamber Music / Kreutzer Quartet

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Details

Composer
BAINBRIDGE, SIMON
Artist
Merrick
Format
CD
Label
Toccata
Released
Feb 05, 2021
Catalog #
TOCC0573
UPC
5060113445735

About

The composing career of Simon Bainbridge (born in London in 1952) is spanned by the four chamber works in this album, all of them cast as single narrative spans. The First String Quartet, written when its composer was not yet twenty, blends lyricism and pointillism, rather as if it were recasting abstract poetry in sound; and the recent Second offers a kaleidoscopic tableau of color and nervous energy inspired by visual art. In his Cheltenham Fragments, as the title suggests, Bainbridge uses mosaic technique to build up textures and thematic outlines. And the long lines of the virtuosic Clarinet Quintet generate fleetfooted whirlwinds as they unfold. Linda Merrick and the Kreutzer Quartet worked closely with the composer on the preparation of these recordings.

Tracklist 4 tracks

  1. 1 String Quartet No. 1 11:18
    Track
    1
    Title
    String Quartet No. 1
    Duration
    11:18
    Composer
    Simon Bainbridge
    Ensemble
    Kreutzer Quartet
  2. 2 Clarinet Quintet 18:34
    Track
    2
    Title
    Clarinet Quintet
    Duration
    18:34
    Composer
    Simon Bainbridge
    Performer
    Linda Merrick
    Ensemble
    Kreutzer Quartet
  3. 3 Cheltenham Fragments 05:54
    Track
    3
    Title
    Cheltenham Fragments
    Duration
    05:54
    Composer
    Simon Bainbridge
    Ensemble
    Kreutzer Quartet
  4. 4 String Quartet No. 2 21:00
    Track
    4
    Title
    String Quartet No. 2
    Duration
    21:00
    Composer
    Simon Bainbridge
    Ensemble
    Kreutzer Quartet