Piatti Quartet – Albion Refracted (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Piatti Quartet – Albion Refracted (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:11:20 minutes | 1,14 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Champs Hill Records

The Piatti Quartet present British music for string quartet, including two world premieres by Joseph Phibbs and Mark-Anthony Turnage alongside works by Britten and Bridge. 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.

Tracklist:

1-01. Piatti Quartet – Three Idylls for String Quartet: I. Adagio molto espressivo (08:09)
1-02. Piatti Quartet – Three Idylls for String Quartet: II. Allegretto poco lento (03:02)
1-03. Piatti Quartet – Three Idylls for String Quartet: III. Allegro con moto (04:03)
1-04. Piatti Quartet – Three Divertimenti for String Quartet: I. March, Allegro maestoso (03:39)
1-05. Piatti Quartet – Three Divertimenti for String Quartet: II. Waltz, Allegretto (03:28)
1-06. Piatti Quartet – Three Divertimenti for String Quartet: III. Burlesque, Presto (03:46)
1-07. Piatti Quartet – String Quartet No. 1: I. Andante (03:18)
1-08. Piatti Quartet – String Quartet No. 1: II. Canto 1 – Con forza – Duo 1 (07:17)
1-09. Piatti Quartet – String Quartet No. 1: III. Allegro – Duo 2 (02:25)
1-10. Piatti Quartet – String Quartet No. 1: IV. Canto 2 – Piu mosso – Duo 3 – Duo 4 – Canto 3 (05:51)
1-11. Piatti Quartet – String Quartet No. 1: V. Vocalise (03:39)
1-12. Piatti Quartet – Twisted Blues with Twisted Ballad: I. Twisted Blues (Variants on “Dazed and Confused” by Led Zeppelin) (08:37)
1-13. Piatti Quartet – Twisted Blues with Twisted Ballad: II. Funeral Blues (05:28)
1-14. Piatti Quartet – Twisted Blues with Twisted Ballad: III. Twisted Ballad (Reflections on “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin) (08:32)

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