Hill: String Quartets Vol 1 / Dominion Quartet

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Album Summary

Composer

• Alfred Hill (1869 - 1960)

Notes & Reviews:

The musical language of Alfred Hill's string quartets is reminiscent of Dvorak and Tchaikovsky with easily remembered melodies crafted within the harmonic texture of the romantic era, rhythmic vitality in the outer movements, and consistently beautiful slow movements of much charm. The blend of antipodean nationalism with the traditional forms and musical language of late nineteenth-century Europe brings a uniqueness and freshness that has appeal on a first hearing, yet reveals a wealth of underlying ideas on further acquaintance.

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Works Details

Hill, Alfred : Quartet for Strings no 1 in B flat major ("Maori")

• Notes: Expressions Theater, Upper Hutt, New Zealand (05/22/2006-10/23/2006)
• Running Time: 22 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1896

Hill, Alfred : Quartet for Strings no 2 in G minor ("A Maori Legend in Four Scenes")

• Notes: Expressions Theater, Upper Hutt, New Zealand (05/22/2006-10/23/2006)
• Running Time: 21 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1907-1911

Hill, Alfred : Quartet for Strings no 3 in A minor ("The Carnival")

• Notes: Expressions Theater, Upper Hutt, New Zealand (05/22/2006-10/23/2006)
• Running Time: 20 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1912