專輯類型: 2CD 發行年份: 2019 國際條碼: 0095115212424 音樂廠牌: Chandos 留聲機雜誌2019年5月推薦最佳古典專輯之一 布列頓: 弦樂四重奏1~3號, 三首嬉遊曲 普塞爾: 幻想曲 多利克弦樂四重奏 Doric String Quartet Founded in 1998 at Pro Corda, Suffolk, the multi-award-winning Doric String Quartet describes recording Britten’s quartets as a significant milestone: ‘In our recording we have endeavoured to tread a line that brings out the humanity in these works but also recognises the need for distance and fragility. This is very personal and intimate music, yet also world-encompassing and timeless.’ The Quartet continues: ‘Another feature of this recording is that Helene Clement, our violist, is playing on Benjamin Britten’s own viola. This instrument (on loan from the Britten-Pears Foundation) was made in 1843 in Milan by Francesco Guissani. It was previously owned by the composer Frank Bridge who gave it to Britten, as a departure gift when Britten and Pears set sail for the USA in 1939.’ Helene Clement writes: ‘To be able to explore the music of Britten with the very sound that the composer had in his ears is the greatest honour and joy I could have imagined.’ CD 1 BENJAMIN BRITTEN String Quartet No.1, Op.25 (1941) 26:22 in D major To Mrs Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge 1 .I Andante sostenuto (Tempo I) - Allegro vivo (Tempo II) - Tempo I (Andante) - Tempo II (Allegro) - 9:05 2. II Allegretto con slancio 2:55 3. III Andante calmo - Poco animato - A tempo tranquillo 10:28 4. IV Molto vivace - Con anima 3:40 Three Divertimenti (1933-36) 9:58 for String Quartet 5. I March. Allegro maestoso - Marciando - Con slancio - Avanti! - Maestoso 3:36 6. II Waltz. Allegretto (molto rubato sempre) - Agitato - Con fuoco 2:58 7. III Burlesque. To Francis Barton - Presto - Con brio - Pesante - Animato - 3:18 Sempre in tempo - Prestissimo String Quartet No.3, Op.94 (1975) 27:23 To Hans Keller 8.1 Duets. With moderate movement - Quietly - Very quietly 5:38 9.2 Ostinato. Very fast 3:11 10.3 Solo. Very calm - Lively - [As before] 6:01 11.4 Burlesque. Fast, con fuoco - Quasi 'Trio' - ('Maggiore') 2:16 12.5 Recitative and Passacaglia (La Serenissima). Slow - Slowly moving 10:01 Total time: 47:52 CD 2 HENRY PURCELL Fantasias (1680) 17:00 in Four Parts 1. VI Fantasia, Z 737 (14 June 1680). [ ] - Slow - Quick - Slow 3:27 2. VII Fantasia, Z 738 (19 June 1680)3:29 3. VIII Fantasia, Z 739 (19/22 June 1680). [ ] - Brisk - Slow 3:41 4. IX Fantasia, Z 740 (23 June 1680). [ ] - Quick 2:55 5. X Fantasia, Z 741 (30 June 1680). [ ] - Slow - Quick 3:27 BENJAMIN BRITTEN String Quartet No.2, Op.36 (1945) 30:41 in C major For Mrs J.L. Behrend 6. I Allegro calmo senza rigore - Animato - Sempre con moto - Energico - 8:13 7. II Vivace 3:23 8. III Chacony. Sostenuto - Cadenza, ad libitum [cello] - 18:56 Total time: 47:52