Listen & tracks
1 of 8 tracks have a preview · 7 works · 66:22
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1 String Quartet No. 2 in D Alexander Borodin Nocturne 7:52
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2 String Quartet No. 9 Peter Sculthorpe 12:36
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3 Italian Serenade Hugo Wolf 6:59
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Torquing Points for String QuartetGordon Kerry 2 movements10:28
- 4 1st movement 5:16
- 5 2nd movement 5:12
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6 String Quartet Movement in C Minor, D. 703 Franz Schubert Quartettsatz 8:55
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7 The Quick or the Dead Mark Pollard 12:51
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8 String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Andante Cantabile 6:41
Includes the Nocturne from String Quartet no. 2 in D (Borodin), String Quartet no. 9 (Sculthorpe), Italian Serenade (Hugo Wolf), Quartettsatz from the String Quartet movement in C minor, D. 703 (Schubert), and Andante cantabile from String Quartet no. 1 in D major, op. 11 (Tchaikovsky).
The Melbourne String Quartet pairs those 19th-century movements with three Australian works from the 1970s and 1990s: Sculthorpe's String Quartet No. 9, Kerry's two-movement Torquing Points, and Pollard's The Quick or the Dead. The programme was recorded digitally at Move Records Studio in April 1994.
Reviews
More unexpected is the delicious, European-drawing-room sound that Move's engineers have given to this CD.
I hardly need say that the Melbourne String Quartet plays these pieces superbly well.
Artists
Melbourne String Quartet
ensemble
The Melbourne String Quartet has appeared in various guises over the years. One group formed in 1973 and another in 1994.
Alexander Borodin
composer
Alexander Borodin's Nocturne from the String Quartet No. 2 in D is pure lyric warmth: long-breathed melody and glowing harmonic colour that sit easily beside Schubert and Tchaikovsky.
Gordon Kerry
composer
Gordon Kerry's music ranges from the symphonic through chamber music to choral music and opera. Australian orchestras, chamber ensembles, festivals and soloists commission him regularly, as do ensembles in the USA and Europe.
Mark Pollard
composer
Australian composer Mark Clement Pollard has an eclectic style that draws on improvisation, jazz, pop, minimalism and the indigenous musics of South-East Asia.
Franz Schubert
composer
Franz Schubert (1797–1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. In only thirty-one years he left a vast body of work, including over six hundred Lieder, and remains among the most frequently performed composers.
Peter Sculthorpe
composer
Peter Sculthorpe (1929–2014) was a Tasmanian-born composer whose orchestral and chamber music drew the Australian landscape, neighbouring Asian traditions and Indigenous materials into a clear, personal language. He wrote extensively for strings, piano and voice.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
composer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic era. His ballets, concertos and orchestral works remain among the most widely performed music in the classical repertoire.
Hugo Wolf
composer
Hugo Wolf (1860–1903) was an Austrian composer, celebrated above all for his intensely expressive art songs, or Lieder, and for chamber works such as the Italian Serenade.
Digital booklet
Digital booklet Notes, texts and credits — read online or download the PDF Download the PDFPerformers
- Melbourne String Quartet · ensemble
- Carl Pini · violin
- Gerard van der Weide · violin
- Jane Hazelwood · viola
- Arturs Ezergailis · cello
Technical credits
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Recording Engineer
Martin Wright
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Venue
Move Records Studio
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Credit
Chris van Otterloo
Musica Viva
Phil Scamp
Ron Layton
Details
- List price
- $25.00 AUD
- Total playing time
- 66 minutes 22 seconds
- Release date
- 1994
- Categories
- Australian, Classical
- Musical work copyright
- © 1994 Move Records
- Sound recording copyright
- ℗ 1994 Move Records
- Catalogue
- MD 3143
- EAN
- 9314574314328
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