Notes and Editorial Reviews
A subscriber to Boston Symphony Orchestra concerts at the turn of the century would have known the name of Arthur Foote. A leading member of the group of composers called the Boston Classicists, Foote's works were programmed regularly in Symphony Hall and one of them, the genial E Major Suite for Strings, was recorded memorably there by Serge Koussevitsky. Derivative in nature, his music evokes comparisons with Mendelssohn, Schumann or Brahms. As Boston Symphony program annotator John Burke wrote: "his art has no concerns to shake the world. It no more than searches the beauties of certain tonal combinations within the suitable confines of an accepted form."
This is one of two discs of Foote's chamber music, part of Naxos' laudable
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American classics series. It includes his early G Minor String Quartet and C Major Piano Quartet as well as his most popular work, the mildly evocative "Night Piece" which begins his Nocturne and Scherzo for Flute and Strings. The performances feature the Colorado-based Da Vinci Quartet, recorded with varying ambiance at the University of Denver's LaMont School of Music. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Quartet for Strings no 1 in G minor, Op. 4 by Arthur Foote
Performer:
Katharine Knight (Cello),
Jerilyn Jorgensen (Violin),
Kay Kirelis (Violin),
Margaret Miller (Viola)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Da Vinci Quartet
Period: Romantic
Written: 1883; USA
Date of Recording: 1995
Venue: Foote Hall, University of Denver, CO
Length: 29 Minutes 41 Secs.
2.
Quartet for Piano and Strings in C major, Op. 23 by Arthur Foote
Performer:
Jerilyn Jorgensen (Violin),
Katharine Knight (Cello),
Kay Kirelis (Violin),
Margaret Miller (Viola),
James Barbagallo (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Da Vinci Quartet
Period: Romantic
Written: 1890; USA
Date of Recording: 1995
Venue: Foote Hall, University of Denver, CO
Length: 28 Minutes 24 Secs.
3.
Nocturne and Scherzo for Flute and String Quartet "A Night Piece" by Arthur Foote
Performer:
Katharine Knight (Cello),
Jeani Muhonen Foster (Flute),
Margaret Miller (Viola),
Jerilyn Jorgensen (Violin),
Kay Kirelis (Violin)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Da Vinci Quartet
Period: Romantic
Written: 1918; USA
Date of Recording: 1995
Venue: Foote Hall, University of Denver, CO
Length: 12 Minutes 45 Secs.
Sound Samples
Piano Quartet in C major, Op. 23: I. Allegro comodo
Piano Quartet in C major, Op. 23: II. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
Piano Quartet in C major, Op. 23: III. Adagio, ma con moto
Piano Quartet in C major, Op. 23: IV. Allegro non troppo
Nocturne and Scherzo: Nocturne ("A Night Piece"): Andantino languido
Nocturne and Scherzo: Scherzo: Vivace
String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 4: I. Allegro appassionato
String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 4: II. Scherzo: Allegro con spirito
String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 4: III. Andante con moto
String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 4: IV. Molto allegro
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