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…enjoyable and sensitively played accounts of some of Tippett's most characteristic and durable pieces. — Gramophone Magazine, November 2008 More…

Release Date: 29th Sep 2008
Catalogue No: 8570496
Label: Naxos
Length: 64 minutes

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Tippett: String Quartet No. 1

Work length18:45

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Tippett Quartet

I. Allegro appassionato

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II. Lento cantabile -

Track length6:43

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III. Allegro assai

Track length5:07

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Tippett: String Quartet No. 2

Work length19:46

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Tippett Quartet

I. Allegro grazioso

Track length6:23

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II. Andante

Track length4:40

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III. Presto

Track length3:10

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IV. Allegro appassionato

Track length5:33

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Tippett: String Quartet No. 4

Work length25:46

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Tippett Quartet

I. Molto legato -

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II. Fast -

Track length6:24

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III. Moderately slow -

Track length6:21

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IV. Very fast

Track length9:58

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Michael Tippett, who was ‘invincibly drawn to the quartet medium’ when he heard performances by the Busch and Léner Quartets during his student years in London, wrote five string quartets spanning his entire compositional life.

On this first disc of the complete Quartets, the tuneful String Quartet No. 1 is followed by the String Quartet No. 2, notable for its abundant lyricism and lithe, dancing rhythms.

In sharp contrast to both these works stands the more dissonant String Quartet No. 4, an unbroken sequence of numbered movements, which reflect the String Quartet Op. 131 of Tippett’s compositional hero, Beethoven.

The Tippett Quartet is one of Britain’s most exciting young string quartets, founded in 1998. They are committed to combining mainstream repertoire with contemporary works and have been described as “bold and innovative” by The Times.

“The Tippett Quartet plays with a seasoned cohesion and rapport, but also with the tang of youthful spirit….The Tippett’s response embraced an arresting spectrum of colouring between extremes of astringency and refined delicacy. Huge enjoyable and provocative, the concert identified a quartet of such exciting ideas and vital interpretative insight that it promises to make a significant contribution to the realms of chamber music.” The Daily Telegraph

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November 2008

…enjoyable and sensitively played accounts of some of Tippett's most characteristic and durable pieces.

24th October 2008

The 1978 Fourth Quartet, which was explicitly modelled on the form of Beethoven's C sharp minor Quartet Op 131...remains true to itself in a birth-to-death sequence that ends in Tippett's own brand of transcendence.

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