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Naxos Quartet No. 5 - I. Largo | |
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Naxos Quartet No. 5 - II. Lento | |
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Naxos Quartet No. 6 - I. Allegro | |
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Naxos Quartet No. 6 - II. Allegro moderato: Dominica Tertia Adventus, Antiphona | |
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Naxos Quartet No. 6 - III. Presto | |
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Naxos Quartet No. 6 - IV. Adagio molto | |
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Naxos Quartet No. 6 - V. Andante: In Die Nativitatis | |
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Naxos Quartet No. 6 - VI. Allegro |
Album Summary
Notes & Reviews:
Peter Maxwell Davies is universally acknowledged as one of the foremost composers of our time. This is the third release in a series of ten quartets commissioned by Naxos. Quartet No. 5 was inspired by the dramatic sweeping beams of Orcadian lighthouses, while the composer himself describes Naxos Quartet No. 6 as "an ambitious work of six movements - a counterbalance in the cycle of ten quartets to the relatively slight fourth and fifth."
International Record Review
I have found listening to these ten quartets an absorbing experience, at the end of which I can only suggest that listeners explore them for themselves. The performances by the musicians for whom they were written and coached by the composer, are exemplary...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Suffolk, England (05/26/2005-05/28/2005).
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Works Details
Maxwell Davies, Peter : Naxos Quartet no 5 for string quartet ("Lighthouses of Orkney and Shetland"), J. 432 - Running Time: 20 min. 43 sec.
- Period Time: Contemporary
- Written: 2004
Maxwell Davies, Peter : Naxos Quartet no 6 for string quartet, J. 437 - Running Time: 34 min. 10 sec.
- Period Time: Contemporary
- Written: 2005
