Britten: Simple Symphony
Emperor Quartet
With the Emperor Quartet's quick reactions, the [Simple Symphony] takes on a new guise in this intimate form, at once spikily alive in the outer movements and confiding of private secrets at...
Britten: Simple Symphony
Emperor Quartet
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With the Emperor Quartet's quick reactions, the [Simple Symphony] takes on a new guise in this intimate form, at once spikily alive in the outer movements and confiding of private secrets at...
About
For this final disc in the series, the Emperor Quartet have gathered five works from the composer's earliest period, from the String Quartet in F, by a fourteen-year old schoolboy, to the Simple Symphony, composed six years later and the work which may be regarded as his breakthrough.
As discussed in the insightful liner notes by the musicologist Arnold Whittall, these compositions demonstrate how the young Britten developed a personal style of his own.
Contents and tracklist
Work length16:02
- Emperor Quartet
I. Boisterous Bourrée
Track length2:56
II. Playful Pizzicato
Track length3:13
III. Sentimental Sarabande
Track length6:43
IV. Frolicsome Finale
Track length3:10
Work length7:42
- Emperor Quartet
Work length16:36
- Emperor Quartet
I. Andante
Track length6:21
II. Poco adagio ma con moto
Track length6:35
III. Allegro molto vivace
Track length3:40
Work length11:18
- Emperor Quartet
Britten:
String Quartet in F Major
Work length22:54
- Emperor Quartet
I. Allegro vivace e con brio
Track length8:42
II. Andante
Track length2:58
III. Allegro vivace
Track length4:26
IV. Allegro molto
Track length6:48
Awards and reviews
November 2014
With the Emperor Quartet's quick reactions, the [Simple Symphony] takes on a new guise in this intimate form, at once spikily alive in the outer movements and confiding of private secrets at the heart of the 'Sentimental Sarabande'...these youthful pieces repay one's attention.
