Emperor string quartet

A miscellaneous collection of excerpts from different Beethoven works. It is not an independent authorial cycle and has no common composition date, opus number or movement list.

`Adagio Cantabile` from ``Sonate Pathétique``, Op. 13. EMPEROR QUARTET. Recorded at Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto (Ontario), Canada, July 1993.Read moreCollapse
`Adagio Cantabile` from ``Sonate Pathétique``, Op. 13. EMPEROR QUARTET. Recorded at Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto (Ontario), Canada, July 1993.
Phantasy in F minor for string quintet.

John Metcalfe - viola II. April 2011 at Potton Hall, Suffolk, England.Read moreCollapse
John Metcalfe - viola II. April 2011 at Potton Hall, Suffolk, England.
Quartettino.

April 2011 at Potton Hall, Suffolk, England.Read moreCollapse
April 2011 at Potton Hall, Suffolk, England.
Rhapsody.

April 2011 at Potton Hall, Suffolk, England.Read moreCollapse
April 2011 at Potton Hall, Suffolk, England.
String Quartet in F.

April 2011 at Potton Hall, Suffolk, England.Read moreCollapse
April 2011 at Potton Hall, Suffolk, England.
Dedication: `Dedicated to Audrey Alston (Mrs Lincolne Sutton)`
Audrey Alston (1883-1966) - English violinist and viola player. Britten`s viola teacher in the 1920s.

Movements:
1. Boisterous...Read more
Dedication: `Dedicated to Audrey Alston (Mrs Lincolne Sutton)`
Audrey Alston (1883-1966) - English violinist and viola player. Britten`s viola teacher in the 1920s.

Movements:
1. Boisterous bourrée
2. Playful pizzicato
3. Sentimental saraband
4. Frolicsome finale

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April 2011 at Potton Hall, Suffolk, England.Read moreCollapse
April 2011 at Potton Hall, Suffolk, England.
“Salut d’amour” for violin and piano.
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Recorded at Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto (Ontario), Canada, July 1993Read moreCollapse
Recorded at Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto (Ontario), Canada, July 1993
Opera “Porgy and Bess” (excerpts).

It Ain`t Necessarily So EMPEROR QUARTET: Stephen SITARSKI (violin); Jef ten KORTENAAR (violin); David WADLEY (viola); Maurizio BACCANTE (cello). Recorded at Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto (Ontario), Canada, July 1993.Read moreCollapse
It Ain`t Necessarily So
EMPEROR QUARTET: Stephen SITARSKI (violin); Jef ten KORTENAAR (violin); David WADLEY (viola); Maurizio BACCANTE (cello). Recorded at Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto (Ontario), Canada, July 1993.
Parts of works.

`Prelude` from ``Three Preludes for Piano``. EMPEROR QUARTET. Recorded at Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto (Ontario), Canada, July 1993.Read moreCollapse
`Prelude` from ``Three Preludes for Piano``. EMPEROR QUARTET. Recorded at Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto (Ontario), Canada, July 1993.
Old Viennese Dances. No. 2 “Liebesleid” for violin and piano.
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EMPEROR QUARTET. Recorded at Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto (Ontario), Canada, July 1993.Read moreCollapse
EMPEROR QUARTET. Recorded at Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto (Ontario), Canada, July 1993.

`The Merry Widow Waltz`. EMPEROR QUARTET: Stephen SITARSKI (violin); Jef ten KORTENAAR (violin); David WADLEY (viola); Maurizio BACCANTE (cello). Recorded at Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto (Ontario), Canada, July 1993.Read moreCollapse
`The Merry Widow Waltz`. EMPEROR QUARTET: Stephen SITARSKI (violin); Jef ten KORTENAAR (violin); David WADLEY (viola); Maurizio BACCANTE (cello). Recorded at Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto (Ontario), Canada, July 1993.
String Quartet No. 3.

Recorded on 5th-8th August 2002 at Holy Trinity Church Wentworth, South Yorkshire, England.Read moreCollapse
Recorded on 5th-8th August 2002 at Holy Trinity Church Wentworth, South Yorkshire, England.
1. Allegro poco moderato
2. Allegro scherzando
3. Adagio
4. Allegro

Recorded on 5th-8th August 2oo2 at Holy Trinity Church Wentworth, South Wagxige England.Read moreCollapse
Recorded on 5th-8th August 2oo2 at Holy Trinity Church Wentworth, South Wagxige England.
String Quartet No. 5.

Recorded on 5th-8th August 2002 at Holy Trinity Church Wentworth, South Yorkshire England.Read moreCollapse
Recorded on 5th-8th August 2002 at Holy Trinity Church Wentworth, South Yorkshire England.
Excerpts from works.

EMPEROR QUARTET. Recorded at Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto (Ontario), Canada, July 1993.Read moreCollapse
EMPEROR QUARTET. Recorded at Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto (Ontario), Canada, July 1993.
A collection of individual movements and excerpts from different works by Dmitri Shostakovich.
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`Romance` from ``The Gadfly``, Op. 97. EMPEROR QUARTET. Recorded at Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto (Ontario), Canada, July 1993.Read moreCollapse
`Romance` from ``The Gadfly``, Op. 97. EMPEROR QUARTET. Recorded at Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto (Ontario), Canada, July 1993.
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Recorded at Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto (Ontario), Canada, July 1993Read moreCollapse
Recorded at Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto (Ontario), Canada, July 1993
1. Allegro-A tempo piu mosso
2. Presto
3. Lento-A tempo poco piu mosso-A tempo I-A tempo II (poco piu mosso)
4. Allegro molto-[ ]-Poco a poco piu animato

THE: and Clare Hayes (violins), Fiona Bonds (viola), William Schofield (cello). Released in 2001Read moreCollapse
THE: and Clare Hayes (violins), Fiona Bonds (viola), William Schofield (cello). Released in 2001
 
 

 
 
     
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