Quatuor Arod - Schubert: Death and the Maiden String Quartets N0. 4 & 12 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The string quartets of Debussy and Ravel, composed within a decade of each other, make a natural pairing. The Arod Quartet, celebrating it's 10th anniversary in 2023, sets these two belle époque masterpieces in a present-day context with a third work Al Asr, by the young French composer Benjamin Attahir. The scope of this Erato is further expanded with a DVD documentary about the Arod Quartet, entitled Ménage à quatre and directed by Bruno Monsaingeon. His first experience of the Arod Quartet was a revelation InchHad I ever heard such sheer strength of attack, such dramatic power, such a variety of sonic colour or dramatic range - all combined with such prodigious delicacy of phrasing?Inch It was in 2017 that the Arod Quartet gave the premiere of Benjamin Attahir's Al Asr, a substantial work which takes poetic inspiration from the Muslim afternoon prayer and the intense heat of the moment midway between noon and sunset. InchAl Asr is dedicated to my wonderful friends in the Quatuor Arod,Inch says Attahir. InchThey have brought it to life in a way I would never have dared to dream.Inch Album Tracks 1. * Debussy String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 2. I. Animé Et TRÈS Décidé 3. II. Assez Vif Et Bien Rythmé 4. III. Andantino Doucement Expressif 5. IV. TRÈS Mouvementé Et Avec Passion 6. * Attahir Al' Asr 7. Quatuor Arod (String Quartet) 8. I. Intense 9. II. Ancora Poco Più Mosso 10. III. Lontano E Misterioso 11. IV. Agitato 12. V. Fuga 13. * Ravel String Quartet in F Major 14. I. Modéré - TRÈS Doux 15. II. Assez Vif. TRÈS Rythmé 16. III. TRÈS Lent 17. IV. Vif Et Agité

If one loves music, one can never be totally unhappy. (Franz Schubert) In his short lifetime Franz Schubert created a considerable amount of works. He composed in almost all genre types lieder works - over 600, operas, symphonies, masses, octets, chamber music, dance music waltzes, ländler, gallops, écossaises... String quartets are part of his works for small instrumental ensembles and are among his most performed pieces. Schubert himself pays special attention to them. In a letter to his friend, the painter Leopold Kupelwiezer, he wrote that he intended to InchpaveInch the path to the Inchbig symphonyInch, composing string quartets in Inchhigh styleInch and with Inchsymphonic proportionsInch. This is entirely true of his later quartets, including the quartet in D minor InchDer Tod und das MädchenInch (1824). The title is derived from the poem of the same name written by Matthias Claudius, and this is the main theme in the second part of the work. The unfinished quartet in D minor InchQuartettsatzInch (1820) precedes the last three quartets and is a kind of introduction to the new expressive techniques characteristic of Schubert's work at the end of his life. The two quartets are performed in this by the Valchev String Quartet - one of the most widely recognised Bulgarian chamber ensembles in the period 1973-1982. It had many concert performances in Bulgaria and abroad Germany, Austria, Hungary, the former USSR, Poland, Belgium, France, Czech Republic and Slovakia, Switzerland, Greece, Syria, Spain and Cuba. The quartet specialised under prominent professors Prof. Vilmos Tatray (Budapest), Prof. Frantz Samohil (Vienna) and Prof. Rudolf Nell (Munich). It's mastership of performing was highly appreciated at prestigious international competitions, where it ranked among the award winners. Album Tracks 1. String Quartet in D minor InchDer Tod Und Das MadchenIn

Mark Butcher - Now Playing [COMPACT DISCS] UK - Import date 07/12/2019