Love & Death / Various- Love & Death (CD)
One of the UK's finest chamber ensembles, the Navarra Quartet, presents a programme of music exploring those eternal human preoccupations: Love and Death. Tolstoy's Kreutzer Sonata, inspired by Beethoven's work, in turn prompted Janácek to write his String Quartet No.1, a piece that reflects Tolstoy's story of passion and drama. Schubert's immortal 'Death and the Maiden' Quartet includes variations based on his song of the same name, in which the maiden attempts to delay Death's advances. In Chrysanthemums, Puccini evokes flowers at an Italian funeral, and Spanish composer JoaquÃn Turina wrote The Bullfighter's Prayer about a bullfighter's moment of contemplation before facing his audience, and his own mortality. These works are interspersed with gems by Kurtág, including a piece composed as a memorial for some of his dearest friends. The Navarra Quartet describes this programme as an "imaginary dialogue", and the unique, conversational rapport of these musicians draws the listener into their intricate musical world.
Tracklist:
- La Oración De Torero, Op. 34 (Version For String Quartet)
- Signs, Games & Messages: III. Ligatura Y (Version For String Trio)
- Crisantemi, Sc 65
- String Quartet No. 1, Jw VII/8 "Kreuzer Sonata": I. Adagio Con Moto
- String Quartet No. 1, Jw VII/8 "Kreuzer Sonata": II. Con Moto
- String Quartet No. 1, Jw VII/8 "Kreuzer Sonata": III. Con Moto - Vivace - Andante
- String Quartet No. 1, Jw VII/8 "Kreuzer Sonata": IV. Con Moto - Più Mosso
- Officium Breve In Memoriam Andreae Szervánszky, Op. 28: XV. Arioso Interrotto (Di Endre Szervánsky). Larghetto
- String Quartet In D Minor D. 810 "Death And The Maiden": I. Allegro
- String Quartet In D Minor D. 810 "Death And The Maiden": II. Andante Con Moto
- String Quartet In D Minor D. 810 "Death And The Maiden": III. Scherzo. Allegro Molto
- String Quartet In D Minor D. 810 "Death And The Maiden": IV. Presto
UPC > 5060189561353
Format > New CD
Label > Orchid Classics
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One of the UK's finest chamber ensembles, the Navarra Quartet, presents a programme of music exploring those eternal human preoccupations: Love and Death. Tolstoy's Kreutzer Sonata, inspired by Beethoven's work, in turn prompted Janácek to write his String Quartet No.1, a piece that reflects Tolstoy's story of passion and drama. Schubert's immortal 'Death and the Maiden' Quartet includes variations based on his song of the same name, in which the maiden attempts to delay Death's advances. In Chrysanthemums, Puccini evokes flowers at an Italian funeral, and Spanish composer JoaquÃn Turina wrote The Bullfighter's Prayer about a bullfighter's moment of contemplation before facing his audience, and his own mortality. These works are interspersed with gems by Kurtág, including a piece composed as a memorial for some of his dearest friends. The Navarra Quartet describes this programme as an "imaginary dialogue", and the unique, conversational rapport of these musicians draws the listener into their intricate musical world.
Tracklist:
- La Oración De Torero, Op. 34 (Version For String Quartet)
- Signs, Games & Messages: III. Ligatura Y (Version For String Trio)
- Crisantemi, Sc 65
- String Quartet No. 1, Jw VII/8 "Kreuzer Sonata": I. Adagio Con Moto
- String Quartet No. 1, Jw VII/8 "Kreuzer Sonata": II. Con Moto
- String Quartet No. 1, Jw VII/8 "Kreuzer Sonata": III. Con Moto - Vivace - Andante
- String Quartet No. 1, Jw VII/8 "Kreuzer Sonata": IV. Con Moto - Più Mosso
- Officium Breve In Memoriam Andreae Szervánszky, Op. 28: XV. Arioso Interrotto (Di Endre Szervánsky). Larghetto
- String Quartet In D Minor D. 810 "Death And The Maiden": I. Allegro
- String Quartet In D Minor D. 810 "Death And The Maiden": II. Andante Con Moto
- String Quartet In D Minor D. 810 "Death And The Maiden": III. Scherzo. Allegro Molto
- String Quartet In D Minor D. 810 "Death And The Maiden": IV. Presto
UPC > 5060189561353
Format > New CD
Label > Orchid Classics
Shop online at Darkside Records.
Follow us on Instagram.