Shield: Complete Chamber Works, Vol. 1 The Dorrit Ensemble

• William Shield (1748 - 1829): String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 1:
• 1 Shield: String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 1: I. Aria con variazione 02:28
• 2 Shield: String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 1: II. Fuga. Allegro con spirito 03:01
• 3 Shield: String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 1: III. Rondo. Allegro 02:54
• String Quartet in F Major, Op. 3 No. 2:
• 4 Shield: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 3 No. 2: I. Allegro moderato 05:51
• 5 Shield: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 3 No. 2: II. Allegretto 02:15
• String Quartet in C Major, Op. 3 No. 3:
• 6 Shield: String Quartet in C Major, Op. 3 No. 3: I. Allegro moderato 08:01
• 7 Shield: String Quartet in C Major, Op. 3 No. 3: II. Tempo di minuetto 05:31
• String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 4:
• 8 Shield: String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 4: I. Allegro 02:19
• 9 Shield: String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 4: II. Adagio 02:45
• 10 Shield: String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 4: III. Rondo. Allegro 03:00
• String Quartet in D Major, Op. 3 No. 5:
• 11 Shield: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 3 No. 5: I. Allegro maestoso 06:36
• 12 Shield: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 3 No. 5: II. Adagio 01:35
• 13 Shield: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 3 No. 5: III. Rondo. Allegro 03:08
• String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 3 No. 6:
• 14 Shield: String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 3 No. 6: I. Allegro 04:11
• 15 Shield: String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 3 No. 6: II. Adagio 04:36
• 16 Shield: String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 3 No. 6: III. Allegretto 02:37
• Total Runtime 01:00:48

Info zu Shield: Complete Chamber Works, Vol. 1

William Shield stieg aus relativ bescheidenen Verhältnissen zum Hauskomponisten von Covent Garden auf, für das er Bühnenwerke voller Elan und Melodik schrieb. Er lernte Haydn kennen und freundete sich mit ihm an, der ihn nachhaltig beeinflussen sollte. 1782 veröffentlichte Shield seine Sechs Streichquartette op. 3, die zu den reichhaltigsten Werken ihrer Art im England des 18. Jahrhunderts zählen. Die Transparenz der Stimmen, der Einsatz von Imitation, die Einbeziehung von Sturm-und-Drang-Elementen sowie der bukolische und folkloristische Schreibstil zeugen von Shields Kunstfertigkeit, ebenso wie der progressive Schreibstil des letzten der sechs Quartette in c-Moll.

Das Dorrit Ensemble:
Elizabeth Layton, Violine
Elizabeth Sellars, Violine
Caroline Henbest, Viola
Edith Salzmann, Violoncello

The Dorrit Ensemble
is based at Adelaide University's Elder Conservatorium, one of Australia’s leading tertiary music institutions. Its core members, lecturers Elizabeth Layton and Edith Salzmann, are joined on this recording by Caroline Henbest from the Australian National Academy of Music and Elizabeth Sellars from the Flinders Quartet, Melbourne. Established in 2019, the Dorrit Ensemble has performed regularly across Australia and New Zealand, also throughout Europe and North America.

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