British String Quartets at the Cheltenham Festival
Robert Worby presents Giles Swayne, Hugh Wood, and Michael Nyman recorded by the Castalian String Quartet at the Cheltenham Festival. Plus Helmut Lachenmann's Mouvement.
Robert Worby presents British string quartets recorded at the Cheltenham Festival.
Hugh Wood: String Quartet No. 1
Giles Swayne: String Quartet No. 3
Castalian String Quartet
And in the latest instalment of the Hear and Now Fifty, pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard champions the music of maverick German composer Helmut Lachenmann and his 1980s work for ensemble Mouvement (- vor der Erstarrung); conductor Richard Bernas explains how the use of unconventional playing techniques created a rich and highly crafted soundworld the composer has described as "musique concr猫te instrumentale".
Helmut Lachenmann: Mouvement (- vor der Erstarrung)
Ensemble Modern
Franck Ollu (conductor)
Recorded at the Aldeburgh Festival last month.
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