Dominion String Quartet - Alfred Hill: String Quartets Volume 1-6 (2007-2015)

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Artist: Dominion String Quartet
Title: Alfred Hill: String Quartets Volume 1-6
Year Of Release: 2007-2015
Label: Naxos
Genre: Classical
Quality: flac lossless / flac 24bits - 96.0kHz +Booklet
Total Time: 06:54:09
Total Size: 2.0 gb / 1.3 gb
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Tracklist

Alfred Hill: String Quartets Volume 1
01. String Quartet No. 1 in B-Flat Major, "Maori": I. Moderato - Allegro
02. String Quartet No. 1 in B-Flat Major, "Maori": II. Waiata
03. String Quartet No. 1 in B-Flat Major, "Maori": III. Tang
04. String Quartet No. 1 in B-Flat Major, "Maori": IV. Finale
05. String Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, "A Maori Legend in 4 Scenes": I. The Forest
06. String Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, "A Maori Legend in 4 Scenes": II. The Dream
07. String Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, "A Maori Legend in 4 Scenes": III. Scherzo
08. String Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, "A Maori Legend in 4 Scenes": IV. Finale
09. String Quartet No. 3 in A Minor, "The Carnival": I. In the Streets
10. String Quartet No. 3 in A Minor, "The Carnival": II. Andantino
11. String Quartet No. 3 in A Minor, "The Carnival": III. Scherzo
12. String Quartet No. 3 in A Minor, "The Carnival": IV. Finale

Alfred Hill: String Quartets Volume 2
01. String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor: I. Allegro
02. String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor: II. Adagio ma non troppo
03. String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor: III. Scherzo
04. String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor: IV. Finale - Rondo
05. String Quartet No. 6 in G Major, "The Kids": I. Allegro
06. String Quartet No. 6 in G Major, "The Kids": II. Scherzo. Trio
07. String Quartet No. 6 in G Major, "The Kids": III. Adagio ma non troppo
08. String Quartet No. 6 in G Major, "The Kids": IV. Finale. Allegretto
09. String Quartet No. 8 in A Major: I. Allegro deciso - Andante
10. String Quartet No. 8 in A Major: II. Intermezzo
11. String Quartet No. 8 in A Major: III. Andante
12. String Quartet No. 8 in A Major: IV. Finale. Allegro

Alfred Hill: String Quartets Volume 3
01. String Quartet No. 5 in E-Flat Major, "The Allies": I. Artistic: Allegro risoluto - Andantino
02. String Quartet No. 5 in E-Flat Major, "The Allies": II. Syncopated: Intermezzo. Allegro moderato
03. String Quartet No. 5 in E-Flat Major, "The Allies": III. Romantic: Romance
04. String Quartet No. 5 in E-Flat Major, "The Allies": IV. Nautical: Finale. Allegretto
05. String Quartet No. 7 in A Major: I. Maestoso: Allegro moderato
06. String Quartet No. 7 in A Major: II. Intermezzo. Allegretto
07. String Quartet No. 7 in A Major: III. Andante
08. String Quartet No. 7 in A Major: IV. Finale. Allegro
09. String Quartet No. 9 in A Minor: I. Adagio - Allegro
10. String Quartet No. 9 in A Minor: II. Andantino
11. String Quartet No. 9 in A Minor: III. Scherzo
12. String Quartet No. 9 in A Minor: IV. Finale. Maestoso

Alfred Hill: String Quartets Volume 4
01. String Quartet No. 10 in E major: I. Allegro
02. String Quartet No. 10 in E major: II. Adagio
03. String Quartet No. 10 in E major: III. Scherzo
04. String Quartet No. 10 in E major: IV. Finale. Allegro moderato
05. String Quartet No. 11 in D minor: I. Andantino - Lento - Allegro
06. String Quartet No. 11 in D minor: II. Adagio
07. String Quartet No. 11 in D minor: III. Allegretto
08. Life Quintet: I. Grave - Allegro
09. Life Quintet: II. Marche funebre
10. Life Quintet: III. Scherzo
11. Life Quintet: IV. Finale, "Gloria in excelsis Deo": Adagio maestoso - Allegro maestos

Alfred Hill: String Quartets Volume 5
01. String Quartet No. 12 in E Major: I. Adagio - Allegro
02. String Quartet No. 12 in E Major: II. Humoreske. Allegretto
03. String Quartet No. 12 in E Major: III. Reverie. Andante
04. String Quartet No. 12 in E Major: IV. Finale
05. String Quartet No. 13 in E-Flat Major: I. Adagio - Allegro molto
06. String Quartet No. 13 in E-Flat Major: II. Scherzo
07. String Quartet No. 13 in E-Flat Major: III. Barcarole
08. String Quartet No. 13 in E-Flat Major: IV. Finale
09. String Quartet No. 14 in B Minor: I. Adagio - Andante - Allegro
10. String Quartet No. 14 in B Minor: II. Adagio
11. String Quartet No. 14 in B Minor: III. Menuet
12. String Quartet No. 14 in B Minor: IV. Finale

Alfred Hill: String Quartets Volume 6
01. String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor: I. Adagio - Allegro con spirito
02. String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor: II. Canzona
03. String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor: III. Serenade
04. String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor: IV. Finale: Allegretto
05. String Quartet No. 16 in B-Flat Major "Celtic": I. Adagio - Allegretto
06. String Quartet No. 16 in B-Flat Major "Celtic": II. Shule Agra: Adagio
07. String Quartet No. 16 in B-Flat Major "Celtic": III. Jig
08. String Quartet No. 16 in B-Flat Major "Celtic": IV. Finale: Adagio - Allegretto
09. String Quartet No. 17 in C Major: I. Adagio - Allegro
10. String Quartet No. 17 in C Major: II. Introduction and Serenade
11. String Quartet No. 17 in C Major: III. Finale: Allegretto

Alfred Hill was the leading Australian-born composer of the Late Romantic era. During his studies in Leipzig from 1887 to 1891, he encountered luminaries such as Brahms, Dvořak, Tchaikovsky and Strauss.

His 17 String Quartets, the first significant examples of the genre from Australasia, are beautifully crafted works which draw on the legacy of European chamber music. With their Schubert-like melodies and rhythms, the outer movements of String Quartet No.15 frame a pair of harmonically more adventurous movements, No.16 ‘Celtic’ includes a setting of a 17th-century Irish song followed by an Irish Jig, while the poignant No.17 concludes with a brief quotation from Dvořak’s ‘New World Symphony’.