Piatti Quartet – Albion Refracted (2018) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Piatti Quartet – Albion Refracted (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz  | Time – 01:11:14 minutes | 1,13 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Champs Hill Records

The Piatti Quartet present British music for string quartet, including two world premieres by Joseph Phibbs and Mark-Anthony Turnage alongside works by Britten and Bridge. The inspiration for the album began with their commission of Joseph Phibbs’ String Quartet No. 1 in 2014, premiered at the Rye Arts Festival, where audiences were enthusiastic to hear the work again. The Three Idylls by Frank Bridge are apt companion pieces to the Variations on a theme by Frank Bridge by Benjamin Britten. The finale to this British-themed compendium owes its inclusion to the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition, where the Piatti Quartet won a special prize in 2015 for a performance of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s piece Contusion. This is the world-premiere recording of Twisted Blues with Twisted Ballad, premiered in 2010 by the Belcea Quartet. In this piece the outer movements draw on themes by Led Zeppelin, from Dazed and Confused and Stairway to Heaven and the central movement is dedicated to Fausto Moroni, long-term partner of the composer Hans Werner Henze with whom Turnage studied.

Tracklist:
1. Three Idylls for String Quartet: I. Adagio molto espressivo 08:09
2. Three Idylls for String Quartet: II. Allegretto poco lento 03:02
3. Three Idylls for String Quartet: III. Allegro con moto 04:03
4. Three Divertimenti for String Quartet: I. March, Allegro maestoso 03:39
5. Three Divertimenti for String Quartet: II. Waltz, Allegretto 03:28
6. Three Divertimenti for String Quartet: III. Burlesque, Presto 03:46
7. String Quartet No. 1: I. Andante 03:18
8. String Quartet No. 1: II. Canto 1 – Con forza – Duo 1 07:17
9. String Quartet No. 1: III. Allegro – Duo 2 02:25
10. String Quartet No. 1: IV. Canto 2 – Piu mosso – Duo 3 – Duo 4 – Canto 3 05:51
11. String Quartet No. 1: V. Vocalise 03:39
12. Twisted Blues with Twisted Ballad: I. Twisted Blues (Variants on “Dazed and Confused” by Led Zeppelin) 08:37
13. Twisted Blues with Twisted Ballad: II. Funeral Blues 05:28
14. Twisted Blues with Twisted Ballad: III. Twisted Ballad (Reflections on “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin) 08:32

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