Animare Ensemble, Heath Quartet & Berkeley Ensemble - Raftery: Chamber Works (2017) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist
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01. String Quartet No. 1
02. First Companion: I. To Canterbury & Back
03. First Companion: II. Melodies
04. First Companion: III. Vivace
05. Pleasantries: I. A Little Bird Told Me
06. Pleasantries: II. You Can Say That Again
07. Pleasantries: III. A Bit Windy
08. Pleasantries: IV. I Was Gobsmacked
09. Pleasantries: V. I'm So Sorry
10. Pleasantries: VI. Go On, Then
11. Pleasantries: VII. Those Were the Days
12. Pleasantries: VIII. How Pathetic
13. Pleasantries: IX. Reading Between the Lines
14. Quintet for Flute, Harp, Violin, Viola & Cello "Friedhof": I. Andante non tranquillo
15. Quintet for Flute, Harp, Violin, Viola & Cello "Friedhof": II. Cantabile
16. Quintet for Flute, Harp, Violin, Viola & Cello "Friedhof": III. Vivace


Kevin Raftery is an American composer who has been working in the UK since 1989, and also plays bassoon and sings contemporary vocal music. His work is thoroughly modern, without classical limitations, but is also in turn lyrical, tuneful, dramatic and serene, giving ppeal to more than just fans of modernist music. In fact this is top-class post-modern work. While the Quartet and Quintet are formal works, the Pleasantries suite is full of wit, based on figure of speech expressions.

The three ensembles here are all celebrated in their own right: The Heath Quartet, quartet in residence at Middlebury College, Vermont, near to Metier HQ, have appeared at the BBC Proms, at Carnegie Hall and the Lincoln Center and have made several acclaimed recordings. The Berkeley Ensemble and Animare Ensemble were both formed to explore modern chamber music as well as more traditional material: both have flexible configurations and employ some of the UKs top soloists and orchestral principals.

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