Robin Stevens: String Quartets and String Quintet

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Release Date: 10th Apr 2020
Catalogue No: DDA25203
Label: Divine Art
Length: 76 minutes

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Stevens, Robin: String Quintet

Work length29:36

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Timothée Botbol (cello)
Behn Quartet

I. Adagio non troppo - Allegro molto moderato

Track length10:09

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II. Scherzo. Allegro vivace

Track length4:47

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III. Adagio non troppo

Track length7:41

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IV. Finale. Allegro non troppo

Track length6:59

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Stevens, Robin: String Quartet No. 1

Work length31:06

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Behn Quartet

Stevens, Robin: String Quartet No. 2 'Three Portraits'

Work length15:33

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Behn Quartet

I. Impulsive One

Track length4:46

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II. God-Seeker

Track length5:42

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III. Arguer

Track length3:36

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IV. Epilogue

Track length1:29

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The British composer Robin Stevens is a great talent waiting to be discovered by the global music community. His varied, stimulating and expressive work arises from many influences - from the music of the Romantic era, to mathematics, his faith, and the influence of his main teacher in undergraduate days, John Joubert, and he is now producing substantial works for varied instrumental groupings, which are modernist and original, but yet immediately accessible. This album contains the premiere recording of the String Quintet, an early work from his student days, rich in allusions to early 20th century works, but already containing many of the elements of his later work: tangy harmonies, intricate counterpoint, modal lyricism and often almost neo-Romantic expression. The two quartets are very different. The first was written in 2008 after the composer had recovered from a 17-year debilitating illness and while his style was developing considerably as he undertook his Doctorate. Its single movement is rich in variety, using a small few thematic ideas in constantly evolving forms. The second, from 2011, is a study of three character types (not necessarily real individuals) which are each distinctive but clearly related. The Behn Quartet is formed of players from England, the Netherlands, Portugal and New Zealand. The group was formed in 2015 and has given recitals at major venues and festivals across Europe.

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