William Alwyn: String Quartets 6, 7, 8, 9 - Villiers Quartet
SRCD.386 (Lyrita Recorded Edition, CD)
DDD
Stereo/UHJ
NEW RELEASE
Playing time: 75'35" or 75'11"
Tracks: 15
Booklet pages: 12
© 2020 Lyrita Recorded Edition
Main country of recording: United Kingdom
Country of manufacture: United Kingdom
Reviewer: Patrick Maxwell
Review of William Alwyn: String Quartets 6, 7, 8, 9 - Villiers Quartet published on 19 May 2020
Listen: William Alwyn: String Quartet No 9 (track 15, 6:06-7:04)
Villiers Quartet:
James Dickinson, violin
Tamaki Higashi, violin
Carmen Flores, viola
Nick Stringfellow, cello
William Alwyn (1905-1985):
Early String Quartets
String Quartet No 7 in A (1929)
1 Prelude. Allegro
2 Passacaglia. Moderato
3 Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo
4 Retrospect. Adagio e tranquillo
String Quartet No 6 in E minor (1927)
5 Moderato
6 Interlude. Andante con moto -
7 Scherzo. Allegro
8 Theme, Variations and Finale. Allegretto
String Quartet No 8 in D minor (1931)
9 Adagio molto e tranquillo (I) - Adagio ma non troppo (II) - Poco piu mosso (III)
10 Andantino (quasi Allegretto) (IV) - Allegro moderato (V) - Andante con moto (VI)
11 Allegro (VII)
Seven Irish Tunes for String Quartet (1923)
12 The Little Red Lark; Air; The Maiden Ray
13 The Ewe with the Crooked Horn; The Gentle Maiden; Who'll buy my Besoms?
14 Jig
String Quartet No 9 in One Movement (1931)
15 Adagio molto e tranquillo - poco agitato - Adagio
Recorded 18-19 June 2019 at Wyastone Leys, Monmouth, UK