{"product_id":"britten-doric-string-quartet-string-quartets-1-3-three-divertimenti","title":"Benjamin Britten: String Quartets 1-3 \/ Three Divertimenti - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eString Quartets 1-3 \/ Three Divertimenti\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eBenjamin Britten\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eChandos\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e095115212424\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eClassical\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2019-04-05\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e2\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eAdditional Details: \u003c\/b\u003e2 PACK\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         Founded in 1998 at Pro Corda, Suffolk, the multi-award-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.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 \u003cbr\u003e1.2 1. I. Andante Sostenuto - Allegro Vivo 00:09:05 \u003cbr\u003e1.3 2. II. Allegretto Con Slancio 00:02:55 \u003cbr\u003e1.4 3. III. Andante Calmo 00:10:28 \u003cbr\u003e1.5 4. IV. Molto Vivace 00:03:40 \u003cbr\u003e1.6 3 Divertimenti \u003cbr\u003e1.7 5. No. 1. March: Allegro Maestoso 00:03:36 \u003cbr\u003e1.8 6. No. 2. Waltz: Allegretto 00:02:58 \u003cbr\u003e1.9 7. No. 3. Burlesque: Presto 00:03:18 \u003cbr\u003e1.10 String Quartet No. 3, Op. 94 \u003cbr\u003e1.11 8. I. Duets: With Moderate Movement 00:05:38 \u003cbr\u003e1.12 9. II. Ostinato: Very Fast 00:03:11 \u003cbr\u003e1.13 10. III. Solo: Very Calm - Lively 00:06:01 \u003cbr\u003e1.14 11. IV. Burlesque: Fast 00:02:16 \u003cbr\u003e1.15 12. V. Recitative and Passacaglia (La Serenissima): Slow 00:10:01 \u003cbr\u003e1.16 22 Purcell, Henry - Classical Composer \u003cbr\u003e1.17 1. Fantasia a 4 No. 6 in F Major, Z. 737 00:03:27 \u003cbr\u003e1.18 2. Fantasia a 4 No. 7 in C minor, Z. 738 00:03:29 \u003cbr\u003e1.19 3. Fantasia a 4 No. 8 in D minor, Z. 739 00:03:41 \u003cbr\u003e1.20 4. Fantasia a 4 No. 9 in a Minor, Z. 740 00:02:55 \u003cbr\u003e1.21 5. Fantasia a 4 No. 10 in E minor, Z. 741 00:03:27 \u003cbr\u003e1.22 Britten, Benjamin - Classical Composer \u003cbr\u003e1.23 String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 36 \u003cbr\u003e1.24 6. I. Allegro Calmo Senza Rigore 00:08:13 \u003cbr\u003e1.25 7. II. Vivace 00:03:23 \u003cbr\u003e1.26 8. III. Chacony: Sostenuto 00:18:56\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Benjamin Britten","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32423492386887,"sku":"38783630","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/3905526.jpg?v=1747804117","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/britten-doric-string-quartet-string-quartets-1-3-three-divertimenti","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}