Górecki: String Quartets No. 3, Sonata for 2 Violins Tippett Quartet

• Henryk Górecki (1933 - 2010): Sonata for 2 Violins, Op. 10:
• 1 Sonata for 2 Violins, Op. 10: I. Allegro molto 09:21
• 2 Sonata for 2 Violins, Op. 10: II. Adagio sostenuto 03:21
• 3 Sonata for 2 Violins, Op. 10: III. Andante con moto 04:48
• String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67 "Songs Are Sung":
• 4 String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67 "Songs Are Sung": I. Adagio - Molto andante - Cantabile 10:25
• 5 String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67 "Songs Are Sung": II. Largo, cantabile 12:49
• 6 String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67 "Songs Are Sung": III. Allegro, sempre ben marcato 04:57
• 7 String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67 "Songs Are Sung": IV. Deciso - Espressivo ma ben tenuto 13:33
• 8 String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67 "Songs Are Sung": V. Largo - Tranquillo 15:06
• Total Runtime 01:14:20

Info for Górecki: String Quartets No. 3, Sonata for 2 Violins

The Sonata for Two Violins is one of Henryk Goreckis earliest acknowledged works- its contrasts, instrumental rivalries and sophisticated technique a worthy rounding-off of his formative period. The Third String Quartet with its evocative subtitle songs are sung represents a culmination of Goreckis preoccupations with elaborate and emotive melodic shapes and closely intertwined harmonies, its final minutes recalling the beauty and poignancy of the composers Third Symphony. The First and Second String Quartets can be heard on Naxos as well: a recording deserving of the very highest recommendation. (Gramophone).

Tippett Quartet

Tippett Quartet
For over a decade and a half, the celebrated Tippett Quartet has delighted critics and audiences alike with its animated, virtuosic performances and it’s inspired and attractive programming. They have performed at the BBC Proms, Cheltenham Festival, Snape Proms and numerous festivals throughout the UK and abroad, including tours of Europe, Canada and Mexico. The quartet regularly appears at Kings Place, Purcell Room, Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Bridgewater Hall and frequently performs on BBC Radio 3. Alongside a busy touring schedule, the Tippett Quartet pursues a keen interest in educational work with both schools and universities and was Ensemble in Residence at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University for 2012-13. In September 2015 they began an exciting new residency at Royal Holloway University, London.

Their broad and diverse repertoire highlights the Tippett Quartet’s unique versatility. They are equally at home with the giants of the classical world as they are with great Hollywood composers. Their impressive catalogue of over twenty releases have not only topped the classical charts but have also entered the pop charts and received universal critical acclaim. They have recorded for Naxos, EMI Classics, Signum, Classic FM, Guild, Real World, Dutton Epoch and Tocatta Classics. The quartet has given numerous world and UK premieres including works by John Adams, Howard Goodall and Stephen Dodgson. 2013 saw them rediscover Gustav Holst’s Fantasy on British Folk Songs which, with the help of the eminent musicologist Roderick Swanston, they were able to complete and give a world premiere on BBC Radio 3. They have also worked with Peter Maxwell-Davies for a performance of his 9th Quartet at the South Bank, with Anthony Payne on his Quartet No.1 for a live BBC broadcast from Spitalfields Festival, and Hugh Wood on his String Quartet No.3 at the Presteigne Festival.

They have had the great pleasure of collaborating with inspirational soloists such as Kathryn Stott, Craig Ogden, Stephanie Gonley, Lawrence Power, Melvin Tan, Nick Van Bloss, Julian Bliss and Ashley Wass. In 2011 they celebrated the anniversary of the iconic film composer Bernard Herrmann by commissioning an arrangement of Psycho and performing it alongside his clarinet quintet Souvenir de Voyages and Echoes in a series of concerts and radio broadcasts. They had the great pleasure of collaborating with Herrmann’s widow Norma Herrmann on many occasions.

The Tippett Quartet have also performed with the Royal Ballet at Covent Garden and have premiered a newly written film score for Alfred Hitchcock’s 1927 silent film classic The Lodger. In 2014 they started a collaboration with some of the UK’s finest Jazz musicians with the launch of their ‘Close To You’ project – a tribute to the album that Frank Sinatra made with the Hollywood String Quartet. In 2015 they are now continuing this collaboration with “Hollywood Romance” featuring singer and broadcaster Claire Martin OBE.

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