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Britten - Emperor Quartet

BIS-1870 SACD

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Playing time: 74'36"
Tracks: 13
Booklet pages: 24
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Sent to a reviewer on 7 April 2015

Listen: Britten: Andante (String Quartet in F) (track 11, 0:00-0:51)

Emperor Quartet:
Martin Burgess, violin
Clare Hayes, violin
Fiona Bonds, viola
William Schofield, cello

John Metcalfe, viola II (Phantasy)

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976):

Simple Symphony, Op 4 (1933-4)
1 Boisterous Bourée
2 Playful Pizzicato
3 Sentimental Saraband
4 Frolicsome Finale

5 Rhapsody (1929)
Andante - Allegro ed animato - Andante come primo tempo

Quartettino (1930)
6 Andante - (attacca) -
7 Poco adagio ma con moto
8 Allegro molto vivace

9 Phantasy in F minor for string quartet (1932)
Andante (ma non troppo lento) - Allegro scherzando - Poco più lento (Andante lento) - Tempo primo più animato

String Quartet in F (1928)
10 Allegro vivace e con brio
11 Andante
12 Allegro vivace
13 Allegro molto


Recorded in April 2011 at Potton Hall, Suffolk, UK

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