Arcadia Quartet: Weinberg: String Quartets, Vol. 5 - COMPACT DISCS

Arcadia Quartet: Weinberg: String Quartets, Vol. 5 - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Weinberg: String Quartets, Vol. 5

Artist:

Arcadia Quartet

Label:

Chandos

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

0095115232828

Genre:

Classical Artists

Release Date:

2025-04-25

Number of Discs:

1

The Arcadia Quartet reaches the penultimate release in it's acclaimed complete Weinberg string quartets series with this volume, featuring Quartets Nos 3, 9, and 14. As in previous volumes, the works are taken from contrasting periods of Weinberg's compositional development, and so present a varied programme that works in it's own right. Quartet No. 3, composed in 1944, could be considered as the first 'mature' quartet, and is set in three movements. The Ninth Quartet, composed in 1963, dates from his self-described 'starry decade', when his work was championed by a significant group of enthusiastic performers, including Emil Gilels, Leonid Kogan, Kirill Kondrashin, Rudolf Barshai, and the Borodin Quartet. Quartet No. 14 dates from 1978, three years after the death of Weinberg's great friend and mentor Shostakovich: a time when Weinberg was questioning and renewing his artistic identity. The album also includes the short Improvisation and Romance, from 1950.

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