Linda Merrick & Kreutzer Quartet – Michael Finnissy: Six Sexy Minuets Three Trios and Other Works (2018) [FLAC 24bit/192kHz]

Linda Merrick & Kreutzer Quartet – Michael Finnissy: Six Sexy Minuets Three Trios and Other Works (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:08:10 minutes | 2,29 GB | Genre: Classical
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Michael Finnissy is one of the acknowledged geniuses in the field of new music, with a style which can be exceptionally adventurous (and difficult) but almost always retains a tonal core which reveals his myriad influences and inspirations often from folk music and classic literature. Of the current recordings in our catalog, those featuring works for string quartet, with or without other instruments, have been the most regularly popular.

Here we welcome back the Kreutzer Quartet, one of London’s premiere ensembles, together with leading clarinetist (and Principal of the Royal Northern College of Music), Linda Merrick. This is the 13th in the Métier Finnissy series, celebrating the work of one of today’s leaders in the new-music world. The album contains the Clarinetten-Liederkreis (‘Clarinet Song Cycle) which features Merrick; the other works are all for string quartet. Included is Finnissy’s ‘continuation’ (not ‘completion’!) of Bach’s unfinished final part of The Art of Fugue. A spellbinding and astonishingly perfect piece of four part counterpoint which extends and stretches Bach’s structures.

Tracklist:
1. Kreutzer Quartet – Civilisation: I. — (02:13)
2. Kreutzer Quartet – Civilisation: II. — (05:01)
3. Kreutzer Quartet – Civilisation: III. — (04:10)
4. Kreutzer Quartet – Civilisation: IV. — (02:49)
5. Kreutzer Quartet – Civilisation: V. Largo tranquillo (03:26)
6. Kreutzer Quartet – Civilisation: VI. Vivace assai (02:18)
7. Kreutzer Quartet – Contrapunctus XIX (06:26)
8. Linda Merrick & Kreutzer Quartet – Clarinetten-Liederkreis: I. Poco allegretto (04:06)
9. Linda Merrick & Kreutzer Quartet – Clarinetten-Liederkreis: II. Largo appassionato (04:35)
10. Linda Merrick – Clarinetten-Liederkreis: III. Folklorico. Quasia parlando (02:44)
11. Linda Merrick & Kreutzer Quartet – Clarinetten-Liederkreis: IV. Vigoroso (01:43)
12. Linda Merrick & Kreutzer Quartet – Clarinetten-Liederkreis: V. A Capriccio (01:37)
13. Kreutzer Quartet – Mad Men in the Sand (02:05)
14. Kreutzer Quartet – Six Sexy Minuets Three Trios: I. Piuttosto sostenuto (01:48)
15. Kreutzer Quartet – Six Sexy Minuets Three Trios: II. Grazioso e con dignita (01:32)
16. Kreutzer Quartet – Six Sexy Minuets Three Trios: III. — (02:03)
17. Kreutzer Quartet – Six Sexy Minuets Three Trios: IV. Allegretto capriccioso (01:30)
18. Kreutzer Quartet – Six Sexy Minuets Three Trios: V. Quasi allegretto, un poco minaccioso (01:05)
19. Kreutzer Quartet – Six Sexy Minuets Three Trios: VI. — (03:58)
20. Kreutzer Quartet – Six Sexy Minuets Three Trios: VII. Affettato (01:25)
21. Kreutzer Quartet – Six Sexy Minuets Three Trios: VIII. Adagio – Allegretto (03:16)
22. Kreutzer Quartet – Six Sexy Minuets Three Trios: IX. Andante malinconico (08:20)

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