Edinburgh Quartet - Contemporary String Quartets from Scotland (2007)

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Title: Contemporary String Quartets from Scotland
Year Of Release: 2007
Label: Delphian
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:18:16
Total Size: 364 Mb
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Tracklist:

01. String Quartet No. 4 (The Cold Dancer) (00:12:22)
02. The Great Divorce for String Quartet (00:16:02)
03. String Quartet: I. Serene - attacca - (00:05:37)
04. String Quartet: II. Con moto - attacca - (00:05:05)
05. String Quartet: III. Presto (00:02:39)
06. String Quartet No. 3: I. Lento/Allegro - Andante, un poco lento (viola solo) - Allegro (00:09:11)
07. String Quartet No. 3: II. Andante/Più lento (viola solo) - Lento/Allegro - Con moto (00:10:12)
08. String Quartet No. 3: III. Tempo rubato - Vivace - Molto rubato, expressivo (cello solo) - Vivace (00:17:08)

Total length: 01:18:16
Label: Delphian Records

Performers:
Edinburgh Quartet

Composers:
Clapperton, James (b.1968)
Dempster, Kenneth (b.1962)
Sweeney, William (b.1950)
Weir, Judith (b.1954)

James Clapperton has lived outside Scotland for much of his adult life. The Great Divorce derives from the title of a CS Lewis book…It’s highly contemplative and still…Judith Weir’s 1990 Quartet…has her accustomed grace and generosity…it sounds very rewarding to play and equally rewarding to hear…William Sweeney’s long Third Quartet…For all its length there’s no fat here – everything counts and counts well…these are fine works by four excellent composers. The Edinburgh Quartet plays with tactile and bright commitment; no warming cocoon and fully attuned to the acerbities of the writing. So not always pretty – but invariably on the money emotively.