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Britten's Endgame
A film by John Bridcut, CRUX PRODUCTIONS
String Quartet no. 3, 'Recitative and Passacaglia' by Benjamin Britten.
String Quartet no. 3, 'Recitative and Passacaglia' by Benjamin Britten.
Linn Records
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Bruckner: String Quintet and Quartet
Vaughan Williams: On Wedlock Edge
Haydn: The Seven Last Words
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet
Vaughan Williams: On Wedlock Edge
Haydn: The Seven Last Words
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet
Period Instruments
The Fitzwilliam play on both period and modern instruments.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Click above for video, with Lucy Russell & Jonathan Sparey (violins), Alan George (viola), Nicola Tait Baxter (cello)
The FSQ made its name in the 1970s as the first group to record Shostakovich's complete string quartets. 50 years later, Shostakovich continues to feature prominently in the group's repertoire.
New Music
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UWE STEINMETZ: ABSOLUTELY! Divine Art Records
The creation of German Saxophonist and composer Uwe Steinmetz, fuses Jazz and Classical as well as new and old with original compositions by Uwe Steinmetz and improvisations over music by Purcell and Bach played by the FSQ, Steinmetz and Grammy-winning Jazz violinist Mads Tolling. |
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JOHN RAMSAY: STRING QUARTETS 1-4 Divine Art Records
John Ramsay's Romantic 'post-modernist' music is pure self expression: passionate and driven and, at the opposite end of the spectrum, heartfelt and mournful. |
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MICHAEL BLAKE: STRING QUARTETS 1, 2 & PIANO QUINTET
South African composer Michael Blake captures the sound-world of traditional African musics in string quartets and a piano quintet. |