CATALAN STRING QUARTETS - KREUTZER QUARTET

ID: MSVCD92026 (EAN: 809730202629)  | 1 CD | DDD
Ausgefolgt: 2000

LABEL:

METIER

Subkolektion:

String instruments

Komponisten:

ROGER, Miquel | SARDA, Albert | SOLER, Josep

Ensembles:

Kreutzer String Quartet

Andere Infos:

While the string quartet is most usually associated with the Germanic traditions, many fine quartets have emanated from a variety of sources in more recent times, and the Catalan area is such. The four quartets recorded here are important becuase they offer a picture of quartet writing outside the main European canon; the four composers are of the generation after the great Roberto Gerhard, who left Spain for Britain in 1939 but whose roots in Catalan music created the cornerstone for this new school of expression. 
tracks:Miquel Roger:String Quartet no. 2 (1994)Albert Sarda:String Quartet (1978) Josep Soler:String Quartet no. 1 (1974)String Quartet no. 5 (1995)

The Kreutzer Quartet includes:

Peter Sheppard Skærved (Violin)
Mihailo Trandafilovski and previously Gordon MacKay (Violin)
Morgan Goff and previously Bridget Carey (Viola)
Neil Heyde (Cello)

“Were it not for fiercely dedicated independents such as David Lefeber's Metier label, music lovers with a taste for adventure would be far less served. This Catalan string quartet disc is a remarkable release. The recording itself… is about as good as they get. This is exemplary string sound and the ambient space is exactly right. The Kreutzer Quartet plays with precision, heart, and soul… marvelous stuff.” - Mike Silverton (LaFolia)

“All this music is wonderfully played and recorded in a Loughton church with ideal acoustics for the purpose; the Kreutzers leave you in no doubt of their commitment and conviction. Taken one at a time, I enjoyed them all” - Peter Grahame Woolf (Musical Pointers)