Sankt Annae Girls' Choir - String Quartets Nos 1 & 3 - SUPER-AUDIO CD [Super Audio CD (SACD)]

Album Tracks 1. Simple Symphony Boisterous Bouree 2. Simple Symphony Playful Pizzicato 3. Simple Symphony Sentimental Saraband 4. Simple Symphony Frolicsome Finale 5. Quartettino Andante 6. Quartettino Poco Adagio Ma Con Moto 7. Quartettino Allegro Molto Vivace 8. Alla Marcia 9. String Quartet No. 3, Op. 94 Duets With Moderate Movement 10. String Quartet No. 3, Op. 94 Ostinato Very Fast 11. String Quartet No. 3, Op. 94 Solo Very Calm 12. String Quartet No. 3, Op. 94 Burlesque Fast - Con Fuoco 13. String Quartet No. 3, Op. 94 Recitative and Passacaglia (La Serenissima)

Album Tracks 1. Utrecht String Quartet - Streichquartett F-Dur (19 2. 1. Allegro Vivace E Con Brio 3. 2. Andante 4. 3. Allegro Vivace 5. 4. Allegro Molto 6. Utrecht String Quartet - Rhapsody 7. Utrecht String Quartet - Streichquartett D-Dur (19 8. 1. Allegro Maestoso 9. 2. Lento Ed Espressivo 10. 3. Allegro Giocoso 11. Utrecht String Quartet - Alla Marcia (Fuer Streich 12. Utrecht String Quartet - Divertimenti NR. 1-3 (Fue 13. NR. 1 March 14. NR. 2 Waltz 15. NR. 3 Burlesque

This collection of works for string orchestra combines two of Britten's first masterpieces, Simple Symphony and the Frank Bridge Variations, with the even earlier Elegy for Strings - recorded here for the first time - and Two Portraits, composed between the ages of 14-16. Directed by the Norwegian violinist Terje Tonnesen, the Swedish string ensemble Camerata Nordica performs this program with an engaging directness and striking virtuosity - qualities which no doubt contributed to the team being entrusted by the Britten-Pears Foundation with making the world premiere recording of the Elegy, as well as giving it's first public performance during the 2013 BBC Proms. Details 1. Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge Op 10 2. Simple Symphony Op 4 3. Lachrymae Op 48A 4. Two Portraits