British string quartet active from 1965 to 2005
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2022-01-25 00:00:00
Michael Tippett:1.01. - 1.03. String Quartet No. 1 in A major (1934-35) [19'20]1.04. - 1.07. String Quartet No. 2 in F-sharp major (1941-42) [20'45]1.08. - 1.12. String Quartet No. 3 (1945-46) [30'45]2.01. - 2.04. String Quartet No. 4 (1978) * [23'31]2.05. - 2.06. String Quartet No. 5 (1990-91) * [27'55]Lindsay String Quartet [Peter Cropper & Ronald Birks- violins, Roger Bigley & Robin Ireland*- viola, Bernard Gregor-Smith- cello]ASV CDDCS231 [recorded for L'Oiseau-Lyre/Decca in May 1975 (disc 1) and January 1988 and December 1992 (disc 2); digital download released 2015][digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans plus booklet sourced from Wayback Machine]Recording venues: All Saints, Petersham [disc 1]; Arnold Freeman Hall, Sheffield and Wigmore Hall, London [disc 2]; Recording engineers: John Dunkerley [disc 1] and Martin Haskell [disc 2]Producers: Peter Wadland [disc 1]; Roy Emerson and Alexander Waugh [disc 2]Download from Mega.
2021-12-08 08:30:33
2022 Sheffield Chamber Music Festival features composer Helen Grime as guest curator
Ensemble 360 Next year's Sheffield Chamber Music Festival will feature composer Helen Grime as the festival's first Guest Curator. Running from 13 to 21 May 2022, Music in the Round's festival features resident group, Ensemble 360 in 15 concerts, the majority at Sheffield's Crucible Studio Theatre. Grime explained that "Each concert features the music of at least one female composer, including overlooked gems from the last few hundred years, as well as more recent pieces and a world premiere". There will also be guest artists including guitarist Sean Shibe, soprano Ruby Hughes & pianist Joseph Middleton, folk duo Karine Polwart & Dave Milligan, and Bastard Assignments. There are concerts at Sunrise and Sunset, links between works of art and music, a Nordic journey and an exploration of music in 20th century France. Throughout the festival, performances of Grime's music run as a thread including her String Quartet no. 1, […]
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2021-01-14 11:15:31
Quiet death of famous quartet member
We have received belated confirmation of the death of Ronald Birks, second violin of the Lindsay Quartet and later of the Chilingarians. Ronnie was 79. Selected for the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain in 1959, he spent two years with the Northern Sinfonia Orchestra before joining the Lindsays in 1971 and remaining with them […]
2020-07-24 23:00:00
Martinu - Piano Quintets Nos. 1 and 2 - Sonata for Two Violins and Piano
Bohuslav MartinuPiano Quintet No. 1Piano Quintet No. 2Sonata for Two Violins and PianoKarel Kosarek pianoMartinu SQNaxos 2007flac, cue, logs, booklet and covers Martinu’s Second Piano Quintet dates from 1944, the same time as the Third and Fourth Symphonies, and if you love those works you’ll be thrilled by this quintet, which sounds just like them albeit scored for smaller forces. Right from the dreamy opening Martinu’s personal blend of impressionistic harmony and sweetly lyrical, syncopated melody makes the work instantly recognizable, and unforgettable. The Adagio second movement must number among his finest in any medium, while the finale, with its alternations of quick and slow tempos and unsettled emotional climate, anticipates that of the Fifth Symphony. In short, this is a great work, certainly one of the best piano quintets of the 20th century (not that there are all that many worth noting).The Piano Quintet No. 1 dates from 1933, when […]