About the Album
The record features Berg's intricate Lyric Suite and Wellesz's Sonnets by Elizabeth Barrett-Browning, sung in German translations by Rainer Maria Rilke.
Celebrating its 40th anniversary, the Emerson String Quartet releases Chaconnes and Fantasias Music of Britten and Purcell. Exclusively featuring repertoire never before recorded by the quartet, the album comprises Britten's String Quartets Nos. 2 and 3 as well as a selection of chaconnes and fantasias from Purcell, including Chacony in G Minor, Z 730 and Fantazia No. 11 in G Major, Z 742. This is the ensemble's first feature recording including cellist Paul Watkins, who joined in 2013.
Chaconnes And Fantasias - Music Of Britten And Purcell
Chaconnes And Fantasias - Music Of Britten And Purcell
The record features Berg's intricate Lyric Suite and Wellesz's Sonnets by Elizabeth Barrett-Browning, sung in German translations by Rainer Maria Rilke.
Celebrating its 40th anniversary, the Emerson String Quartet releases Chaconnes and Fantasias Music of Britten and Purcell. Exclusively featuring repertoire never before recorded by the quartet, the album comprises Britten's String Quartets Nos. 2 and 3 as well as a selection of chaconnes and fantasias from Purcell, including Chacony in G Minor, Z 730 and Fantazia No. 11 in G Major, Z 742. This is the ensemble's first feature recording including cellist Paul Watkins, who joined in 2013.
Celebrating its 40th anniversary as well as the arrival of new cellist Paul Watkins, the Emerson String Quartet releases Chaconnes and Fantasias - Music of Britten and Purcell.
The record features Berg's intricate Lyric Suite and Wellesz's Sonnets by Elizabeth Barrett-Browning, sung in German translations by Rainer Maria Rilke.
Celebrating its 40th anniversary, the Emerson String Quartet releases Chaconnes and Fantasias Music of Britten and Purcell. Exclusively featuring repertoire never before recorded by the quartet, the album comprises Britten's String Quartets Nos. 2 and 3 as well as a selection of chaconnes and fantasias from Purcell, including Chacony in G Minor, Z 730 and Fantazia No. 11 in G Major, Z 742. This is the ensemble's first feature recording including cellist Paul Watkins, who joined in 2013.
The record features Berg's intricate Lyric Suite and Wellesz's Sonnets by Elizabeth Barrett-Browning, sung in German translations by Rainer Maria Rilke.
Celebrating its 40th anniversary, the Emerson String Quartet releases Chaconnes and Fantasias Music of Britten and Purcell. Exclusively featuring repertoire never before recorded by the quartet, the album comprises Britten's String Quartets Nos. 2 and 3 as well as a selection of chaconnes and fantasias from Purcell, including Chacony in G Minor, Z 730 and Fantazia No. 11 in G Major, Z 742. This is the ensemble's first feature recording including cellist Paul Watkins, who joined in 2013.
Album Info
Label: Decca Gold
Released: April 21, 2017