String Quartets Nos 3, 6 & 13

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McEWEN
String Quartets Nos 3, 6 & 13
Chilingirian Quartet

[ Chandos Classics / CD ]

Release Date: Monday 7 July 2003

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'The Chilingirian Quartet does McEwen proud. Production values too, are first-rate, with Snape Maltings' acoustic lending an agreeable bloom to proceedings. A hearty recommendation.'
(Gramophone)

This is the second volume of McEwen's String Quartets on Chandos. The first was released to excellent critical acclaim.

All the works on this disc here receive their premiere recordings.

McEwen's music is characterised by the folk traditions and landscapes of his native Scotland but infused with colours of French impressionism. During his lifetime McEwen was principally known as a composer of string quartets and can be considered the foremost British practitioner of the genre.

The Chilingirian Quartet is one of today's most renowned quartets. Its large discography on Chandos includes acclaimed interpretations of chamber music by Haydn and Dvorák.

Tracks:

String Quartet No. 13 (1928) in C minor
String Quartet No. 3 (1901) in E minor
String Quartet No. 6 'Biscay' (1913) in A major