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"Kitgut" is an old word for catgut (which is not made from cat intestines), and sure enough, the Kitgut Quartet plays on historical instruments with gut strings. That's just one of the measures taken by the group to make English, four-part music of the late 17th century cohere with the Classical-era string quartet, here represented by Haydn's String Quartet in D major, Op. 71, No. 2. The ancestors of the string quartet lie in the Italian trio sonata and transitional genres like the Telemann Quadro, not in English music that happened to have four viol parts, and the Kitgut Quartet here conflates two different genres, viol consort music and instrumental pieces from theatrical works by Purcell and John Blow. Not only the instrumental sound but also the engineering has to be manipulated to make the program, with Haydn in the middle, hang together. The good news is that the players pull it off. They concede that Haydn and Purcell are two different animals but claim that "on closer inspection of the spirit, the contrasts, the play on spatial effects, the asymmetries, the dance motifs that help to structure the freest and most experimental developments, the dramatic and theatrical lyricism, one wonders if the person playing that game is not still the same." The Haydn outer movements play off the humor of the Purcell theatrical pieces nicely, with the consort music of Purcell and Matthew Locke providing the main contrast. The result is a curiously attractive program, where another layer is added to the musical meanings of the original material. It can be heard for its sensuous surfaces, or as a kind of experiment, and one awaits future releases from this young group.
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9 Fantasias, Z. 735-743 (Henry Purcell)
Kitgut Quartet (Amandine Beyer, Violin - Naaman Sluchin, Violin - Josèphe Cottet, Viola - Frédéric Baldassare, Cello) - Henry Purcell, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
The History of Timon of Athens, Z. 632 (Henry Purcell)
Kitgut Quartet (Amandine Beyer, Violin - Naaman Sluchin, Violin - Josèphe Cottet, Viola - Frédéric Baldassare, Cello) - Henry Purcell, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
The Tempest, Z. 631 (Matthew Locke)
Kitgut Quartet (Amandine Beyer, Violin - Naaman Sluchin, Violin - Josèphe Cottet, Viola - Frédéric Baldassare, Cello) - Matthew Locke, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Consort of Four Parts : Suite No. 2 in D Major (Matthew Locke)
Kitgut Quartet (Amandine Beyer, Violin - Naaman Sluchin, Violin - Josèphe Cottet, Viola - Frédéric Baldassare, Cello) - Matthew Locke, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Kitgut Quartet (Amandine Beyer, Violin - Naaman Sluchin, Violin - Josèphe Cottet, Viola - Frédéric Baldassare, Cello) - Matthew Locke, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Kitgut Quartet (Amandine Beyer, Violin - Naaman Sluchin, Violin - Josèphe Cottet, Viola - Frédéric Baldassare, Cello) - Matthew Locke, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Kitgut Quartet (Amandine Beyer, Violin - Naaman Sluchin, Violin - Josèphe Cottet, Viola - Frédéric Baldassare, Cello) - Matthew Locke, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
String Quartet in D Major, Op. 71 No. 2, Hob. III:70 (Joseph Haydn)
Kitgut Quartet (Amandine Beyer, Violin - Naaman Sluchin, Violin - Josèphe Cottet, Viola - Frédéric Baldassare, Cello) - Joseph Haydn, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Kitgut Quartet (Amandine Beyer, Violin - Naaman Sluchin, Violin - Josèphe Cottet, Viola - Frédéric Baldassare, Cello) - Joseph Haydn, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Kitgut Quartet (Amandine Beyer, Violin - Naaman Sluchin, Violin - Josèphe Cottet, Viola - Frédéric Baldassare, Cello) - Joseph Haydn, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Kitgut Quartet (Amandine Beyer, Violin - Naaman Sluchin, Violin - Josèphe Cottet, Viola - Frédéric Baldassare, Cello) - Joseph Haydn, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
9 Fantasias, Z. 735-743 (Henry Purcell)
Kitgut Quartet (Amandine Beyer, Violin - Naaman Sluchin, Violin - Josèphe Cottet, Viola - Frédéric Baldassare, Cello) - Henry Purcell, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
King Arthur, Z. 628 (Henry Purcell)
Kitgut Quartet (Amandine Beyer, Violin - Naaman Sluchin, Violin - Josèphe Cottet, Viola - Frédéric Baldassare, Cello) - Henry Purcell, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Consort of Four Parts : Suite No. 1 in D Minor (Matthew Locke)
Kitgut Quartet (Amandine Beyer, Violin - Naaman Sluchin, Violin - Josèphe Cottet, Viola - Frédéric Baldassare, Cello) - Matthew Locke, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Kitgut Quartet (Amandine Beyer, Violin - Naaman Sluchin, Violin - Josèphe Cottet, Viola - Frédéric Baldassare, Cello) - Matthew Locke, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
King Arthur, Z. 628 (Henry Purcell)
Kitgut Quartet (Amandine Beyer, Violin - Naaman Sluchin, Violin - Josèphe Cottet, Viola - Frédéric Baldassare, Cello) - Henry Purcell, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Pavan in G minor, Z. 752 (Henry Purcell)
Kitgut Quartet (Amandine Beyer, Violin - Naaman Sluchin, Violin - Josèphe Cottet, Viola - Frédéric Baldassare, Cello) - Henry Purcell, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Chacony in G minor, Z. 730 (Henry Purcell)
Kitgut Quartet (Amandine Beyer, Violin - Naaman Sluchin, Violin - Josèphe Cottet, Viola - Frédéric Baldassare, Cello) - Henry Purcell, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Venus and Adonis, Act II (John Blow)
Kitgut Quartet (Amandine Beyer, Violin - Naaman Sluchin, Violin - Josèphe Cottet, Viola - Frédéric Baldassare, Cello) - John Blow, Composer
2020 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Albumbeschreibung
"Kitgut" is an old word for catgut (which is not made from cat intestines), and sure enough, the Kitgut Quartet plays on historical instruments with gut strings. That's just one of the measures taken by the group to make English, four-part music of the late 17th century cohere with the Classical-era string quartet, here represented by Haydn's String Quartet in D major, Op. 71, No. 2. The ancestors of the string quartet lie in the Italian trio sonata and transitional genres like the Telemann Quadro, not in English music that happened to have four viol parts, and the Kitgut Quartet here conflates two different genres, viol consort music and instrumental pieces from theatrical works by Purcell and John Blow. Not only the instrumental sound but also the engineering has to be manipulated to make the program, with Haydn in the middle, hang together. The good news is that the players pull it off. They concede that Haydn and Purcell are two different animals but claim that "on closer inspection of the spirit, the contrasts, the play on spatial effects, the asymmetries, the dance motifs that help to structure the freest and most experimental developments, the dramatic and theatrical lyricism, one wonders if the person playing that game is not still the same." The Haydn outer movements play off the humor of the Purcell theatrical pieces nicely, with the consort music of Purcell and Matthew Locke providing the main contrast. The result is a curiously attractive program, where another layer is added to the musical meanings of the original material. It can be heard for its sensuous surfaces, or as a kind of experiment, and one awaits future releases from this young group.
© TiVo
Details of original recording : Recorded February 2019, Ferme de Villefavard en Limousin (France)
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 00:53:04
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Kitgut Quartet
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: harmonia mundi
- Genre: Klassiek
2020 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
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