Complete Works for String Quartet & Trios

by Brian Ferneyhough / Arditti Quartet / Claron McFadden

Complete Works for String Quartet & Trios cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 29 April 2014
  • Label: æon
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 3:00:34
  • Community rating: 4.01/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Arditti Quartet, Claron McFadden

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The Gramophone Classical Music Awards, launched in 1977, are one of the most significant honours bestowed on recordings in the classical record industry. The British awards are often viewed as equivalent to or surpassing the American Grammy Awards, and referred to as the Oscars for classical music. They are widely regarded as the most influential and prestigious classical music awards in the world. According to Matthew Owen, national sales manager for Harmonia Mundi USA, "ultimately it is the classical award, especially worldwide." The winners are selected annually by critics for the Gramophone magazine and various members of the industry, including retailers, broadcasters, arts administrators, and musicians. Awards are usually presented in September each year in London.

Genres

Descriptors: strings, chamber, atonal, complex, virtuosic

Tracklist

  1. Sonatas for String Quartet: I. Alpha (2:03)
  2. Sonatas for String Quartet: II. Beta (3:26)
  3. Sonatas for String Quartet: III. Gamma (2:47)
  4. Sonatas for String Quartet: IV. Delta (1:32)
  5. Sonatas for String Quartet: V. Epsilon (1:53)
  6. Sonatas for String Quartet: VI. Zeta (1:46)
  7. Sonatas for String Quartet: VII. Eta (0:38)
  8. Sonatas for String Quartet: VIII. Theta (2:19)
  9. Sonatas for String Quartet: IX. Iota (2:35)
  10. Sonatas for String Quartet: X. Kappa (2:13)
  11. Sonatas for String Quartet: XI. Lambda (2:38)
  12. Sonatas for String Quartet: XII. Mu (2:32)
  13. Sonatas for String Quartet: XIII. Nu (1:34)
  14. Sonatas for String Quartet: XIV. Xi (1:22)
  15. Sonatas for String Quartet: XV. Omicron (1:17)
  16. Sonatas for String Quartet: XVI. Pi (0:22)
  17. Sonatas for String Quartet: XVII. Rho (1:38)
  18. Sonatas for String Quartet: XVIII. Sigma (1:29)
  19. Sonatas for String Quartet: XIX. Tau (0:40)
  20. Sonatas for String Quartet: XX. Upsilon (1:05)
  21. Sonatas for String Quartet: XXI. Phi (1:39)
  22. Sonatas for String Quartet: XXII. Chi (1:19)
  23. Sonatas for String Quartet: XXIII. Psi (1:07)
  24. Sonatas for String Quartet: XXIV. Omega (2:13)
  25. String Quartet No. 2 (10:51)
  26. Adagissimo (1:37)
  27. String Quartet No. 3: I. — (11:28)
  28. String Quartet No. 3: II. — (8:35)
  29. String Quartet No. 4: I. — (2:43)
  30. String Quartet No. 4: II. — (5:42)
  31. String Quartet No. 4: III. — (3:29)
  32. String Quartet No. 4: IV. — (8:18)
  33. Streichtrio (1:17)
  34. String Trio (24:24)
  35. String Quartet No. 5 (15:12)
  36. Dum Transisset: I. Reliquary (3:28)
  37. Dum Transisset: II. Totentanz (3:13)
  38. Dum Transisset: III. Shadows (3:35)
  39. Dum Transisset: IV. Contrafacta (2:23)
  40. Exordium (8:14)
  41. String Quartet No. 6 (23:58)

Credits

  • Lucas Fels - cello
  • Brian Ferneyhough - composed by
  • Nora Brandenburg - edited by [additional editing]
  • Armin Koehler - executive-producer
  • Harry Vogt - executive-producer
  • Brian Ferneyhough - liner notes
  • Fabrice Fitch - liner notes
  • Irvine Arditti - liner notes
  • John Fallas - liner notes
  • Charlotte Oswald - photography by
  • Dolorès Marat - photography by
  • Sacha de Boer - photography by
  • Claron McFadden - soprano vocals
  • Moritz Bergfeld - supervised by
  • Stephan Schmidt - supervised by
  • Ralf Ehlers - viola
  • Ashot Sarkissjan - violin
  • Irvine Arditti - violin

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