Release Date: 04 September 2015
Label: Challenge Classics
Packaging Type: Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 608917265521
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Description
This specially priced 2CD set by the Brodsky Quartet includes their celebrated recordings of the complete String Quartets written by Benjamin Britten. It finally assembles all of these 2001 recordings in one set.
The Brodsky Quartet is a major player at the forefront of international chamber music scene, and has been performing and recording since 1972. Uniquely, though, they have pushed back the boundaries of string quartet playing, with exciting new commissions and bold collaborations with Elvis Costello and Björk, musicians who are perhaps better known in the rock and pop fields.
Pushing back the boundaries is not confined to their repertoire. While the tradition all over the world is for string quartets to perform sitting down the Brodsky Quartet plays standing up, making performances a unique experience: "…that they choose to stand when playing drives the music and gives a real edge to their performance. The intensity of concentration and communication between the players reaches out from the stage right into the audience" - BBC Radio 3
The Brodsky Quartet has enjoyed working and performing with some of the world's most outstanding musicians, including Maria Joao Pires, Joanna MacGregor, Dimitri Ashkenazy and Anne Sofie von Otter. They have also worked closely with composers such as John Tavener, Witold Lutoslawski, Peter Sculthorpe, Django Bates, Julian Nott and Dave Brubeck.
Personnel: Brodsky Quartet
Tracklisting
Narratio Quartet
Piano Duo Scholtes & Janssens
Matteo Cicchitti, Musica Elegentia
Cappella Pratensis, Stratton Bull, Sollazzo Ensemble
La Sfera Armoniosa, Oscar Verhaar, Mike Fentross
Simona Marchesi, Bartolomeo Dandolo Marchesi
Ben Kim, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend
Brodsky Quartet
