Weiland: String Quartets Nos. 4 and 5
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DOUGLAS WEILAND
Weiland: String Quartets Nos. 4 and 5
Melbourne Quartet
[ Naxos / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 1 May 2020
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British composer Douglas Weiland has long been acclaimed as one of contemporary music's most outstanding composers for the string quartet medium, and his evolving cycle has won much admiration. Composed between 2011 and 2012 the Fourth and Fifth Quartets show him at the height of his artistic powers, where he seeks connections across time, and shows a Classical commitment to form, invention and melodic beauty. His conceptions can be Schubertian in scale and scope, while also displaying the influence of Haydn and Bartók.
"The Naxos sound constitutes one of the most natural, generous and sympathetic quartet recordings I have yet encountered on the label. Hats off to the engineers who have harnessed the impressive acoustic of Melbourne's Iwaki Auditorium most effectively; music and playing of this quality merit nothing less. I certainly hope Naxos will record more, much more of Douglas Weiland's music. The other three (to date) quartets would constitute an apt follow-up. Meanwhile lovers of fine English chamber music should snap this up without delay." MusicWeb Recommended
Tracks:
String Quartet No. 5, Op. 51
String Quartet No. 4, Op. 50
