David Matthews: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 5 Kreutzer Quartet
Album info
Album-Release:
2022
HRA-Release:
02.09.2022
Label: Toccata Classics
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Artist: Kreutzer Quartet
Composer: David Matthews (1943)
Album including Album cover Booklet (PDF)
- David Matthews (b. 1943): String Quartet No. 14, Op. 145:
- 1 Matthews: String Quartet No. 14, Op. 145: I. Night. Adagio 03:41
- 2 Matthews: String Quartet No. 14, Op. 145: II. Sunrise. Lento e sostenuto 05:10
- 3 Matthews: String Quartet No. 14, Op. 145: III. Day. Molto vivace con gioia 03:48
- String Quartet No. 15, Op. 159:
- 4 Matthews: String Quartet No. 15, Op. 159: I. Allegro 01:53
- 5 Matthews: String Quartet No. 15, Op. 159: II. Molto adagio 06:06
- 6 Matthews: String Quartet No. 15, Op. 159: III. Giocoso 03:03
- 7 Matthews: String Quartet No. 15, Op. 159: IV. Moderato 03:48
- String Quartet No. 13, Op. 136:
- 8 Matthews: String Quartet No. 13, Op. 136: I. Green. In tranquilla attesa 04:25
- 9 Matthews: String Quartet No. 13, Op. 136: II. Woollahra Magpies. Poco lento - Vivace 03:57
- 10 Matthews: String Quartet No. 13, Op. 136: III. Sun in Me. Con luminosità costante 04:33
- 11 Matthews: String Quartet No. 13, Op. 136: IV. The Song Thrush. Moderato 01:55
- 12 Matthews: String Quartet No. 13, Op. 136: V. Lux Aeterna. Con il movimento pacifico 03:26
- Sir Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934): Sospiri, Op. 70 (Arr. D. Matthews for String Quartet):
- 13 Elgar: Sospiri, Op. 70 (Arr. D. Matthews for String Quartet) 03:56
- Minuet in D Major, K. 355 (Arr. D. Matthews for String Quartet):
- 14 Elgar: Minuet in D Major, K. 355 (Arr. D. Matthews for String Quartet) 02:34
- Gigue in G Major, K. 574 (Arr. D. Matthews for String Quartet):
- 15 Elgar: Gigue in G Major, K. 574 (Arr. D. Matthews for String Quartet) 02:19
- Bagatelle in C Major, WoO 56 (Arr. D. Matthews for String Quartet):
- 16 Elgar: Bagatelle in C Major, WoO 56 (Arr. D. Matthews for String Quartet) 02:16
- Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht, H. 145 (Arr. D. Matthews for String Quartet):
- 17 Elgar: Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht, H. 145 (Arr. D. Matthews for String Quartet) 01:50
- Dichterliebe, Op. 48:
- 18 Elgar: Dichterliebe, Op. 48: No. 1, Im wunderschönen Monat Mai (Arr. D. Matthews for String Quartet) 01:37
- David Matthews: Canon for Michael Tippett:
- 19 Matthews: Canon for Michael Tippett 00:55
- Canon for Michael Berkeley:
- 20 Matthews: Canon for Michael Berkeley 00:57
Info for David Matthews: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 5
Der amerikanische Kritiker Robert Reilly beschrieb die Musik auf Band eins dieses Zyklus der gesamten Streichquartette von David Matthews (geb. 1943) als "einige der konzentriertesten, eindringlichsten Werke für dieses Medium in den letzten 30 Jahren oder mehr. Es ist musikalisches Denken auf höchstem Niveau und ein Quartett in der großen Tradition von Beethoven, Bartok, Britten und Tippett". Die drei jüngsten Quartette von Matthews enthalten eine breite Palette von Bezügen. Vogelgesang - zu hören in Nr. 13 und 14 - ist ein Standard-Topos von Matthews; und das fugierte Nr. 15 scheint einen Mittelweg zwischen dem späten Beethoven und der Volksmusik zu finden. Nr. 13 stellt die größte Überraschung dar: Sie führt vier Solostimmen ein und siedelt das Werk irgendwo zwischen Bergs Lyrischer Suite und Vaughan Williams' Serenade to Music an. Einige berührende Arrangements und zwei Kanons für zwei Michaels - Tippett und Berkeley - runden das Programm ab.
Kreutzer Quartett:
Peter Sheppard Skærved, Violine
Mihailo Trandafilovski, Violine
Morgan Goff, Bratsche
Neil Heyde, Violoncello
The Kreutzer Quartet
has forged an enviable reputation as one of the Europe's most dynamic and innovative string quartets. They are the dedicatees of numerous works, and over many years have forged creative partnerships with composers including Sir Michael Tippett, David Matthews, Michael Finnissy, Judith Weir, and Haflidi Hallgrimsson. They have a particularly strong relationship to a cross-section of leading American composers, having collaborated intensively with George Rochberg in the last few years of his life, as long as working closely with figures as Elliott Schwartz, and the prolific symphonist Gloria Coates. As recording artists they have won critical acclaim for their discs on the Naxos, Metier, and Chandos labels. They are Artists in Association at Quartet at York University, and at Wiltons Music Hall. Their work in collaboration with art galleries has garnered much attention, and large audiences, particularly their annual residency at the Tate Gallery, St Ives.
Booklet for David Matthews: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 5