The English Phantasy
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Label: EM Records
Cat No: EMRCD025
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 24th November 2014
Contents
Works
Phantasie in F minor for string quartetPhantasy Quartet for stings, op.12
String Quartet no.1 'Fantasie in D minor', op.17b
Phantasy on British Folksongs, op.36
Phantasy String Quartet, op.25
Phantasie for string quartet
Artists
Bridge QuartetAbout
The Bridge Quartet’s new release celebrates the rich variety of the Phantasy String Quartet, one of the forms most characteristic of the English Musical Renaissance of the early 20th Century, and a genre re-invigorated by Walter Wilson Cobbett.
The disc comprises six 'Cobbett' phantasies, based upon the single-movement (but tripartite) 17th century Elizabethan viol 'Fantasia' model perfected by Henry Purcell, including three sparklingly carefree contributions from the very first competition in 1905 by William Hurlstone, Frank Bridge and Joseph Holbrooke. These are virtuoso scores from three confident young composers keen to impress with their knowledge and sometimes mischievously irreverent attitudes to 19th century 'Romantic' idioms.
The remaining three, by Gustav Holst, Herbert Howells and Eugene Goossens, date from ten years later, composed during the Great War. Holst’s Phantasy on (Four) English Folk Songs is beautiful and nostalgic; Howells’ prize-winning entry from 1918 is darkly-tinted with an austere modality; and Goossens’ contribution, dating from 1915, loosens the bonds of 19th century tonality and challenges the listener with more 20th century sonorities.
World Premiere Recordings of Holst's Phantasy on British Folksongs, Hurlstone's Phantasie for String Quartet and Goossens' Phantasie for String Quartet.
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