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The Four Quarters

Solem Quartet

This terrific, imaginative debut recording from the young British quartet is built around the eponymous 2011 work by Thomas Adès, which is interleaved with the group's own arrangements of works... More…
  • Presto Editor's Choice
    September 2021

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This release includes a digital booklet

Contents

Adès: The Four Quarters

Work length6:22
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  • The Solem Quartet, Amy Tress, William Newell, Stephen Upshaw, Stephanie Tress

I. Nightfalls

Track length6:22
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Excerpt, Gurney: Five Elizabethan Songs

Work length3:53
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  • The Solem Quartet, Amy Tress, William Newell, Stephen Upshaw, Stephanie Tress

No. 5, Sleep (Arr. W. Newell for String Quartet)

Track length3:53
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Miller, Cassandra: Warblework

Work length4:21
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  • The Solem Quartet, Amy Tress, William Newell, Stephen Upshaw, Stephanie Tress

III. Hermit Thrush

Track length4:21
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Ca' the Yowes (Arr. S. Tress for String Quartet)

Work length2:20
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  • Stephanie Tress (electronics), The Solem Quartet, Amy Tress, William Newell, Stephen Upshaw

Adès: The Four Quarters

Work length3:18
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  • The Solem Quartet, Amy Tress, William Newell, Stephen Upshaw, Stephanie Tress

II. Serenade, Morning Dew

Track length3:18
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Purcell: By beauteous softness (from Now does the glorious day appear, Z332)

Work length3:26
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  • Arr. Amy Tress for String Quartet
  • The Solem Quartet, Amy Tress, William Newell, Stephen Upshaw, Stephanie Tress

Marsey: Be nice to see you

Work length7:46
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  • William Marsey (tape), The Solem Quartet, Amy Tress, William Newell, Stephen Upshaw, Stephanie Tress

Miller, Cassandra: Warblework

Work length4:53
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  • The Solem Quartet, Amy Tress, William Newell, Stephen Upshaw, Stephanie Tress

IV. Veery

Track length4:53
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Adès: The Four Quarters

Work length3:49
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  • The Solem Quartet, Amy Tress, William Newell, Stephen Upshaw, Stephanie Tress

III. Days

Track length3:49
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Price, F: Summer Moon

Work length3:11
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  • Arr. W. Newell for String Quartet
  • The Solem Quartet, Amy Tress, William Newell, Stephen Upshaw, Stephanie Tress

Bartók: Hungarian Sketches, BB 103, Sz. 97: No. 1, Evening in Transylvania

Work length2:59
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  • Arr. W. Newell for String Quartet
  • The Solem Quartet, Amy Tress, William Newell, Stephen Upshaw, Stephanie Tress

Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15: XII. Kind im Einschlummern

Work length2:09
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  • The Solem Quartet, Amy Tress, William Newell, Stephen Upshaw, Stephanie Tress

Parker, Aaron: Tuoretu

Work length4:32
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  • The Solem Quartet, Amy Tress, William Newell, Stephen Upshaw, Stephanie Tress

IV. Easqelä (Suspended, Spacious, in a Dusky Half Light)

Track length4:32
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Adès: The Four Quarters

Work length4:00
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  • The Solem Quartet, Amy Tress, William Newell, Stephen Upshaw, Stephanie Tress

IV. The Twenty-Fifth Hour

Track length4:00
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Bush, K: And Dream of Sheep (Arr. W. Newell for String Quartet)

Work length4:23
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  • Arr. W. Newell for String Quartet
  • William Newell (tape), The Solem Quartet, Amy Tress, Stephen Upshaw, Stephanie Tress