Mēla Guitar Quartet – Burgess: Complete Guitar Quartets (2023) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Mēla Guitar Quartet – Burgess: Complete Guitar Quartets (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 59:34 minutes | 954 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Naxos

Composer and novelist, Anthony Burgess, was a unique creative artist whose dual mastery of music and literature resulted in a career strewn with an output of remarkable diversity. Burgess came into contact with the Aighetta Guitar Quartet while living in Monte Carlo in 1986, and the sublime arrangements and original works in this recording were all composed for this ensemble. The three guitar quartets range from the well-crafted First Quartet intended as a homage to Ravel, while the Second and Third Quartets explore virtuoso technique alongside adventurous and at times haunting harmonies and polytonality.

Tracklist:

01. Mēla Guitar Quartet – Guitar Quartet No. 1 “Quatuor en hommage à Maurice Ravel”: I. Très vif (04:20)
02. Mēla Guitar Quartet – Guitar Quartet No. 1 “Quatuor en hommage à Maurice Ravel”: II. Passacaille. Assez lent (04:17)
03. Mēla Guitar Quartet – Guitar Quartet No. 1 “Quatuor en hommage à Maurice Ravel”: III. Très vivace (04:19)
04. Mēla Guitar Quartet – The Planets, Op. 32, H. 125: III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger (Arr. for Guitar Quartet by Anthony Burgess) (04:10)
05. Mēla Guitar Quartet – Guitar Quartet No. 2: I. Prélude. Poco lento – Fuga. Molto moderato (03:25)
06. Mēla Guitar Quartet – Guitar Quartet No. 2: II. Scherzo. Presto (03:26)
07. Mēla Guitar Quartet – Guitar Quartet No. 2: III. Chorale. Moderato (04:34)
08. Mēla Guitar Quartet – Guitar Quartet No. 2: IV. Rondo. Allegro (04:51)
09. Mēla Guitar Quartet – 3 Morceaux Irlandais: No. 1, The Ballad of Persse O’Reilly (02:04)
10. Mēla Guitar Quartet – 3 Morceaux Irlandais: No. 2, The Lark in the Clear Air (02:01)
11. Mēla Guitar Quartet – 3 Morceaux Irlandais: No. 3, Jig “The Irish Washerwoman” (00:54)
12. Mēla Guitar Quartet – Guitar Quartet No. 3: I. Allegro vivace (05:06)
13. Mēla Guitar Quartet – Guitar Quartet No. 3: II. Andantino (02:52)
14. Mēla Guitar Quartet – Guitar Quartet No. 3: III. Moderato molto (04:14)
15. Mēla Guitar Quartet – Oberon, J. 306: Overture (Arr. for Guitar Quartet by Anthony Burgess) (08:54)

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