Paul Stanhope: Three Quartets

From multi-award winning Australian composer Paul Stanhope come these world premiere recordings of three powerful and beautiful string quartets. Rhapsodic and elgiac outer sections frame a pizzicato dance riff in Elegies and Dances; String Quartet No. 2 is a reflection on the refugee experience: persecution and flight, but also arrival and new beginnings. Quartet No. 3 From the Kimberley explores aspects of the story of the Indigenous resistance hero Jandamarra: hunting and being hunted; grief and loss; and hope born from the unbreakable connection between people and country. Brilliantly performed by the acclaimed Australian String Quartet on a matching set of 18th-century Guadagnini instruments.

Tracks

1~1~String Quartet No. 1 'elegies & Dances'
1~2~String Quartet No. 2: I. Prelude
1~3~String Quartet No. 2: Ii. Flight
1~4~String Quartet No. 2: Iii. Dirge (Variations)
1~5~String Quartet No. 2: Iv. Scherzo
1~6~String Quartet No. 3 'from The Kimberley': I. Tracks & Traces
1~7~String Quartet No. 3 'from The Kimberley': Ii. Dirrari Lament
1~8~String Quartet No. 3 'from The Kimberley': Iii. River-Run

Details

Format: CD
Artist: Australian String Quartet
Release Date: 28 October 2022
Genre: Classical Music
Label: Abc Classic
Distributor: Rocket Group