Burgess / Holst / Mela Guitar Quartet- Complete Guitar Quartets (CD)
Composer and novelist; Anthony Burgess; was a remarkably diverse artist. The three guitar quartets on this album range from the well-crafted First Quartet intended as a homage to Ravel; while the Second and Third Quartets explore virtuoso technique alongside adventurous and at times haunting harmonies and polytonality. A selection of Burgess's arrangements for guitar quartet are also featured; including Holst's Mercury; the Winged Messenger from The Planets. Three of Burgess's orchestral works can be heard on 8.573472 and The Bad-Tempered Electronic Keyboard: 24 Preludes and Fugues on Grand Piano GP773.
Tracklist:
- I. Très vif [04:20]
- II. Passacaille: Assez lent [04:14]
- III. Très vivace [04:17]
- The Planets, Op. 32: III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger (arr. A. Burgess for guitar quartet) [04:08]
- I. Prélude: Poco lento - Fuga: Molto moderato [03:24]
- II. Scherzo: Presto [03:25]
- III. Chorale: Moderato [04:31]
- IV. Rondo: Allegro [04:49]
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- The Ballad of Persse O'Reill y [02:04]
- No.
- The Lark in the Clear Air [02:01]
- No.
- Jig, "The Irish Washerwoman" [00:52]
- I. Allegro vivace - [05:07]
- II. Andantino [02:52]
- III. Moderato molto [04:11]
- Oberon, J. 306: Overture (arr. A. Burgess for guitar quartet) [08:57
Composer and novelist; Anthony Burgess; was a remarkably diverse artist. The three guitar quartets on this album range from the well-crafted First Quartet intended as a homage to Ravel; while the Second and Third Quartets explore virtuoso technique alongside adventurous and at times haunting harmonies and polytonality. A selection of Burgess's arrangements for guitar quartet are also featured; including Holst's Mercury; the Winged Messenger from The Planets. Three of Burgess's orchestral works can be heard on 8.573472 and The Bad-Tempered Electronic Keyboard: 24 Preludes and Fugues on Grand Piano GP773.
Tracklist:
- I. Très vif [04:20]
- II. Passacaille: Assez lent [04:14]
- III. Très vivace [04:17]
- The Planets, Op. 32: III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger (arr. A. Burgess for guitar quartet) [04:08]
- I. Prélude: Poco lento - Fuga: Molto moderato [03:24]
- II. Scherzo: Presto [03:25]
- III. Chorale: Moderato [04:31]
- IV. Rondo: Allegro [04:49]
- No.
- The Ballad of Persse O'Reill y [02:04]
- No.
- The Lark in the Clear Air [02:01]
- No.
- Jig, "The Irish Washerwoman" [00:52]
- I. Allegro vivace - [05:07]
- II. Andantino [02:52]
- III. Moderato molto [04:11]
- Oberon, J. 306: Overture (arr. A. Burgess for guitar quartet) [08:57