Villiers Quartet, Jeremy Young & Leon Bosch - Bennett: Piano Sextet, Chamber Trio & String Quartet (2018)

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Date: Oct. 14, 2018

Villiers Quartet, Jeremy Young & Leon Bosch - Bennett: Piano Sextet, Chamber Trio & String Quartet (2018)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 326 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 190 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:17:26
Classical | Label: Naxos Records

Famed for his sequence of Piano Concertos, Sterndale Bennett also wrote a small but distinguished body of chamber music. The String Quartet in G major is one of his earliest surviving works, revealing a precocious talent still strongly influenced by Haydn. Mendelssohn is the model for the Sextet, though Bennett’s highly virtuosic piano writing, with its concertante interplay, reinforces the work’s lyrical qualities and required dexterity as well as its advanced harmonies and hymnal beauty. The concise Chamber Trio radiates sheer charm while displaying an even greater grasp of structure and is the first English example in the trio form where both string instruments are given parts independent of the piano.

Key Features: The Villiers Quartet are British chamber music specialists; their 2017 recording of the Delius and Elgar Quartets (8573586) was very well reviewed. MusicWeb International wrote: “This is a desirable chamber release with convincing and stylish playing from the Villiers Quartet who offer endearing expression and impeccable intonation throughout.”

The quartet’s recording of Fricker Quartets (8571374) is ‘Recommended’ by The Strad: “This is demanding music, and the Villiers Quartet has done well for reviving it with such immersive mastery that the occasionally grey, cardboard quality of the melodic material is coloured and corrugated into quirky, restlessly compelling structures.”

None of the works in this album are available right now, and this is a great opportunity for a revival of the composer’s works.

James Dickenson, violin
Nick Stringfellow, cello
Leon Bosch, double bass
Jeremy Young, piano
Villiers Quartet
Tracklist:
01. Piano Sextet in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 8: I. Allegro moderato ma con passione
02. Piano Sextet in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 8: II. Scherzo. Quasi presto
03. Piano Sextet in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 8: III. Andante grazioso
04. Piano Sextet in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 8: IV. Finale. Allegro assai ed energico
05. Chamber Trio in A Major, Op. 26: I. Andante tranquillo ma con moto
06. Chamber Trio in A Major, Op. 26: II. Serenade. Andante ma un poco scherzando
07. Chamber Trio in A Major, Op. 26: III. Finale. Allegro fermato
08. String Quartet in G Major, WoO 17: I. Allegro moderato
09. String Quartet in G Major, WoO 17: II. Adagio
10. String Quartet in G Major, WoO 17: III. Menuetto. Allegro
11. String Quartet in G Major, WoO 17: IV. Finale. Allegro

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