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Founded in 1998 at Pro Corda, Suffolk, the multiaward-winning Doric String Quartet describes recording Britten’s quartets as a significant milestone: ‘In our recording we have endeavoured to tread a line that brings out the humanity in these works but also recognises the need for distance and fragility. This is very personal and intimate music, yet also world-encompassing and timeless.’ The Quartet continues: ‘Another feature of this recording is that Hélène Clément, our violist, is playing on Benjamin Britten’s own viola. This instrument (on loan from the Britten-Pears Foundation) was made in 1843 in Milan by Francesco Guissani. It was previously owned by the composer Frank Bridge who gave it to Britten, as a departure gift when Britten and Pears set sail for the USA in 1939.’ Hélène Clément writes: ‘To be able to explore the music of Britten with the very sound that the composer had in his ears is the greatest honour and joy I could have imagined.’ © Chandos
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String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 (Benjamin Britten)
Benjamin Britten, Composer - Doric String Quartet, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
Benjamin Britten, Composer - Doric String Quartet, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
Benjamin Britten, Composer - Doric String Quartet, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
Benjamin Britten, Composer - Doric String Quartet, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
Three Divertimenti (Benjamin Britten)
Benjamin Britten, Composer - Doric String Quartet, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
Benjamin Britten, Composer - Doric String Quartet, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
Benjamin Britten, Composer - Doric String Quartet, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
String Quartet No. 3, Op. 94 (Benjamin Britten)
Benjamin Britten, Composer - Doric String Quartet, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
Benjamin Britten, Composer - Doric String Quartet, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
Benjamin Britten, Composer - Doric String Quartet, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
Benjamin Britten, Composer - Doric String Quartet, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
Benjamin Britten, Composer - Doric String Quartet, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
DISC 2
Fantasias in Four Parts (Henry Purcell)
Henry Purcell, Composer - Doric String Quartet, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
Henry Purcell, Composer - Doric String Quartet, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
Henry Purcell, Composer - Doric String Quartet, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
Henry Purcell, Composer - Doric String Quartet, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
Henry Purcell, Composer - Doric String Quartet, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
String Quartet No. 2, Op. 36 (Benjamin Britten)
Benjamin Britten, Composer - Doric String Quartet, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
Benjamin Britten, Composer - Doric String Quartet, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
Benjamin Britten, Composer - Doric String Quartet, MainArtist, ChamberMusicEnsemble
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
Album review
Founded in 1998 at Pro Corda, Suffolk, the multiaward-winning Doric String Quartet describes recording Britten’s quartets as a significant milestone: ‘In our recording we have endeavoured to tread a line that brings out the humanity in these works but also recognises the need for distance and fragility. This is very personal and intimate music, yet also world-encompassing and timeless.’ The Quartet continues: ‘Another feature of this recording is that Hélène Clément, our violist, is playing on Benjamin Britten’s own viola. This instrument (on loan from the Britten-Pears Foundation) was made in 1843 in Milan by Francesco Guissani. It was previously owned by the composer Frank Bridge who gave it to Britten, as a departure gift when Britten and Pears set sail for the USA in 1939.’ Hélène Clément writes: ‘To be able to explore the music of Britten with the very sound that the composer had in his ears is the greatest honour and joy I could have imagined.’ © Chandos
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:51:44
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Doric String Quartet
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Chandos
- Genre: Classical Chamber Music Quartets
2019 Chandos Records 2019 Chandos Records
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