Edinburgh Quartet - Blake: Spieltrieb - A Month in the Country (2011)

Tracklist

01. Spieltrieb, Op. 594
02. A Month in the Country, Op. 611: I. Idyll: Larghetto, espressivo
03. A Month in the Country, Op. 611: II. March: Alla marcia, tempo giusto
04. A Month in the Country, Op. 611: III. Elegy: Adagio
05. A Month in the Country, Op. 611: IV. Scherzo: Scherzando
06. A Month in the Country, Op. 611: V. Finale: Andante espressivo
07. Leda and the Swan, Op. 249a
08. String Trio, Op. 199: I. Allegro energico
09. String Trio, Op. 199: II. Andante doloroso
10. String Trio, Op. 199: III. Allegro capriccioso
11. Walking in the Air (version for string quartet), Op. 615

In addition to his distinguished career as a pianist and conductor, Howard Blake is a popular and prolific composer who has received an OBE for services to music. Besides film scores (which include the extraordinarily successful and popular The Snowman), choral, orchestral and instrumental works, ballets and opera, his output includes much chamber music.

This programme brings première string quartet recordings of the award-winning music for A Month in the Country and the famous Walking in the Air theme from The Snowman. New discoveries emerge in the sensual and atmospheric ballet Leda and the Swan, and a specially revised String Trio.

One of Britain’s foremost and senior ensembles, The Edinburgh Quartet celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with the commission of Blake’s dramatic Spieltrieb.

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