Britten - Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge
Jean-Paul Minali-Bella (arpegina)
European Camerata, Laurent Quénelle
To find a continental ensemble concentrating on Britten is something of a novelty, but this disc of string music contains performances of superb sensitivity. The Frank Bridge variations and...
Britten - Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge
Jean-Paul Minali-Bella (arpegina)
European Camerata, Laurent Quénelle
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To find a continental ensemble concentrating on Britten is something of a novelty, but this disc of string music contains performances of superb sensitivity. The Frank Bridge variations and...
About
The European Camerata was founded in 1995, to continue the work of the Youth Orchestra of the European Community, from which all members originate. It is conducted by violinist Laurent Quénelle, the orchestra plays standing up and this is only their second recording. Fuga Libera is delighted to welcome the European Camerata into its catalogue with four early works of Benjamin Britten.The Lachrimae, in the orchestral version first heard in 1976, is performed here on the arpegina, a large dissymmetrical viol, created by lutenist Bernard Sabatier for Jean-Paul Minali-Bella.
Contents and tracklist
- European Camerata, Laurent Quénelle
- European Camerata, Laurent Quénelle, Jean-Paul Minali-Bella
Britten:
Two Portraits for String Orchestra: I. "David Layton" for String Orchestra, Poco presto
Work length8:39
- European Camerata, Laurent Quénelle
Britten:
Two Portraits for String Orchestra: II. "E.B.B." for Solo Viola and String Orchestra, Poco lento
Work length5:37
- European Camerata, Laurent Quénelle, Jean-Paul Minali-Bella
- European Camerata, Laurent Quénelle
Awards and reviews
To find a continental ensemble concentrating on Britten is something of a novelty, but this disc of string music contains performances of superb sensitivity. The Frank Bridge variations and the Simple Symphony
are given the edge of spectacular brilliance they demand and a depth of feeling to boot. ..the sound is haunting.
