Frank Bridge, Benjamin Britten, Joseph Phibbs, Mark-Anthony Turnage

Piatti Quartet

Albion Refracted

Type CD
Label Champs Hill
UPC 5060212591517
Catalog number CHRCD 145
Release date 05 October 2018

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About the album

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.

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Three Idylls for String Quartet I. Adagio molto espressivo

08:10
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Three Idylls for String Quartet II. Allegretto poco lento

03:02
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Three Idylls for String Quartet III. Allegro con moto

04:03
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Three Divertimenti for String Quartet I. March : Allegro maestoso

03:39
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Three Divertimenti for String Quartet II. Waltz : Allegretto

03:29
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Three Divertimenti for String Quartet III. Burlesque : Presto

03:46
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String Quartet No.1 I. Andante

03:18
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String Quartet No.1 II. Canto 1 ? Con forza ? Duo 1

07:17
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String Quartet No.1 III. Allegro ? Duo 2

02:25
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String Quartet No.1 IV. Canto 2 ? Piu mosso ? Duo 3 ? Duo 4 ? Canto 3

05:52
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String Quartet No.1 V. Vocalise

03:39
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Twisted Blues with Twisted Ballad I. Twisted blues : variants on Led Zeppelin's

08:37
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Twisted Blues with Twisted Ballad II. Funeral blues

05:28
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Twisted Blues with Twisted Ballad III. Twisted ballad : reflections on Led Zeppelin's

08:32