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D. Matthews: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 5 / Kreutzer Quartet
Toccata

D. Matthews: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 5 / Kreutzer Quartet

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Composer
David Matthews
Artist
Rebecca Lea, Jess Dandy, James Robinson, Will Dawes, Peter Sheppard Skaerved, Miha
Format
CD
Label
Toccata
Released
Sep 02, 2022
Catalog #
TOCC0554
UPC
5060113445544

About

The American critic Robert Reilly described the music on Volume One of this cycle of the complete string quartets of David Matthews (b. 1943) as ‘some of the most concentrated, penetrating writing for this medium in the past 30 years or more. It is musical thinking of the highest order and quartet writing in the great tradition of Beethoven, Bartok, Britten, and Tippett’. Matthews’ three most recent quartets call in a wide range of references. Birdsong – heard in Nos. 13 and 14 – is a standard Matthews topos; and the fugal No. 15 seems to find a middle ground between late Beethoven and folk-music. No. 13 presents the biggest surprise: it introduces four solo voices, siting the work somewhere between Berg’s Lyric Suite and Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music. Some touching arrangements and two canons for two Michaels – Tippett and Berkeley – complete the program.

REVIEWS:

Perhaps the most important series of quartets written in the last two decades.

The disc is topped off with various miniatures, mainly beautifully idiomatic arrangements for string quartet of pieces which Matthews finds particularly interesting, as he explains in his booklet essay, or written for friends or for special occasions...if you have been collecting David Matthews quartets on this wonderfully enterprising label, then you will wish to snap up this one...One cannot find fault with the four singers or with the Kreutzer Quartet who clearly understand the composer’s requirements and communicate them lucidly and intelligently.There is little or no difference in the acoustic and atmosphere of the recordings made at varying venues. The sound is consistent and always transparent.Gary Higginson

Tracklist 20 tracks

  1. 1 I. Night: Adagio - 03:41
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Night: Adagio -
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    David Matthews
    Ensemble
    Kreutzer Quartet
  2. 2 II. Sunrise: Lento e sostenuto - 05:10
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Sunrise: Lento e sostenuto -
    Duration
    05:10
    Composer
    David Matthews
    Ensemble
    Kreutzer Quartet
  3. 3 III. Day: Molto vivace con gioia 03:48
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Day: Molto vivace con gioia
    Duration
    03:48
    Composer
    David Matthews
    Ensemble
    Kreutzer Quartet
  4. 4 I. Allegro 01:53
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    David Matthews
    Ensemble
    Kreutzer Quartet
  5. 5 II. Molto adagio 06:06
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Molto adagio
    Duration
    06:06
    Composer
    David Matthews
    Ensemble
    Kreutzer Quartet
  6. 6 III. Giocoso 03:03
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Giocoso
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    David Matthews
    Ensemble
    Kreutzer Quartet
  7. 7 IV. Moderato 03:48
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Moderato
    Duration
    03:48
    Composer
    David Matthews
    Ensemble
    Kreutzer Quartet
  8. 8 I. Green: In tranquilla attesa 04:25
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Green: In tranquilla attesa
    Duration
    04:25
    Composer
    David Matthews
    Performer
    Rebecca Lea, Jess Dandy, James Robinson, Will Dawes
    Ensemble
    Kreutzer Quartet
  9. 9 II. Woollahra Magpies: Poco lento - Vivace 03:57
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Woollahra Magpies: Poco lento - Vivace
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    David Matthews
    Ensemble
    Kreutzer Quartet
  10. 10 III. Sun in me: Con luminosità costante 04:33
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Sun in me: Con luminosità costante
    Duration
    04:33
    Composer
    David Matthews
    Performer
    Rebecca Lea, Jess Dandy, James Robinson, Will Dawes
    Ensemble
    Kreutzer Quartet
  11. 11 IV. The Song Thrush: Moderato 01:55
    Track
    11
    Title
    IV. The Song Thrush: Moderato
    Duration
    01:55
    Composer
    David Matthews
    Ensemble
    Kreutzer Quartet
  12. 12 V. Lux Aeterna: Con il movimento pacifico 03:26
    Track
    12
    Title
    V. Lux Aeterna: Con il movimento pacifico
    Duration
    03:26
    Composer
    David Matthews
    Performer
    Rebecca Lea, Jess Dandy, James Robinson, Will Dawes
    Ensemble
    Kreutzer Quartet
  13. 13 Sospiri, Op. 70 (arr. D. Matthews for string quartet) 03:56
    Track
    13
    Title
    Sospiri, Op. 70 (arr. D. Matthews for string quartet)
    Duration
    03:56
    Composer
    Edward Elgar
    Ensemble
    Kreutzer Quartet
  14. 14 Minuet in D Major, K. 355 (arr. D. Matthews for string quartet) 02:34
    Track
    14
    Title
    Minuet in D Major, K. 355 (arr. D. Matthews for string quartet)
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Kreutzer Quartet
  15. 15 Gigue in G Major, K. 574, "Leipziger Gigue" (arr. D. Matthews for string quartet) 02:19
    Track
    15
    Title
    Gigue in G Major, K. 574, "Leipziger Gigue" (arr. D. Matthews for string quartet)
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Kreutzer Quartet
  16. 16 Bagatelle in C Major, WoO 56 (arr. D. Matthews for string quartet) 02:16
    Track
    16
    Title
    Bagatelle in C Major, WoO 56 (arr. D. Matthews for string quartet)
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Kreutzer Quartet
  17. 17 Stille Nacht (Silent Night) (arr. D. Matthews for string quartet) 01:50
    Track
    17
    Title
    Stille Nacht (Silent Night) (arr. D. Matthews for string quartet)
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Franz Xaver Gruber
    Ensemble
    Kreutzer Quartet
  18. 18 Dichterliebe in Op. 48: No. 1. Im wunderschonen Monat Mai (arr. D. Matthews for string quartet) 01:37
    Track
    18
    Title
    Dichterliebe in Op. 48: No. 1. Im wunderschonen Monat Mai (arr. D. Matthews for string quartet)
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Ensemble
    Kreutzer Quartet
  19. 19 Canon for Michael Tippett 00:55
    Track
    19
    Title
    Canon for Michael Tippett
    Duration
    00:55
    Composer
    David Matthews
    Ensemble
    Kreutzer Quartet
  20. 20 Canon for Michael Berkeley 00:57
    Track
    20
    Title
    Canon for Michael Berkeley
    Duration
    00:57
    Composer
    David Matthews
    Ensemble
    Kreutzer Quartet