Composer(s): Blake, Howard
Ensemble(s): Edinburgh Quartet
Label: Naxos
Genre: Chamber Music
Period: Contemporary
Catalogue No: 8.572688
Barcode: 747313268870
Release Date: 07/2011

BLAKE, H.: Spieltrieb / String Trio / A Month in the Country (Edinburgh Quartet)

Howard Blake is well known for his superbly effective film scores, and this programme brings première string quartet recordings of the award-winning music for A Month in the Country and the famous Walking in the Air theme from The Snowman. New discoveries emerge in the sensual and atmospheric ballet Leda and the Swan, and a specially revised String Trio. One of Britain’s foremost and senior ensembles, The Edinburgh Quartet celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with the commission of Blake’s dramatic Spieltrieb.

Tracklist

Blake, Howard
Edinburgh Quartet (Ensemble)
1 Spieltrieb, Op. 594 14:10
Edinburgh Quartet (Ensemble)
Edinburgh Quartet (Ensemble)
2 I. Idyll: Larghetto, espressivo 03:31
Edinburgh Quartet (Ensemble)
3 II. March: Alla marcia, tempo giusto 01:22
Edinburgh Quartet (Ensemble)
4 III. Elegy: Adagio 04:17
Edinburgh Quartet (Ensemble)
5 IV. Scherzo: Scherzando 01:31
Edinburgh Quartet (Ensemble)
6 V. Finale: Andante espressivo 03:12
Edinburgh Quartet (Ensemble)
Edinburgh Quartet (Ensemble)
7 Leda and the Swan, Op. 249a 09:37
Edinburgh Quartet (Ensemble)
Edinburgh Quartet (Ensemble)
8 I. Allegro energico 04:23
Edinburgh Quartet (Ensemble)
9 II. Andante doloroso 03:35
Edinburgh Quartet (Ensemble)
10 III. Allegro capriccioso 03:43
Edinburgh Quartet (Ensemble)
Edinburgh Quartet (Ensemble)
11 Walking in the Air (version for string quartet), Op. 615 06:24
Edinburgh Quartet (Ensemble)

Total Playing Time: 55:45