Alfred Hill - String Quartets, Vol. 5 (Nos. 12, 13 & 14)

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ALFRED HILL
Alfred Hill - String Quartets, Vol. 5 (Nos. 12, 13 & 14)
Dominion String Quartet

[ Naxos / CD ]

Release Date: Thursday 20 November 2014

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Although Australian by birth, Alfred Hill spent much of his youth in New Zealand before embarking on studies in Leipzig, where he met Brahms, Dvořák and Tchaikovsky. A prolific symphonist and operatic composer, he also wrote a sequence of seventeen notable string quartets. His style evolved constantly, the influence of Dvořák leading on to the impressionism of his mid-period. By the time of the String Quartets Nos. 12 to 14 his mastery of technique - in his younger days he had played in a prominent string quartet - ensure that the music is balanced, subtle, and full of playful wit. This is the fifth of six volumes of the complete Alfred Hill String Quartets.

Tracks:

String Quartet No. 12 in E major
String Quartet No. 13 in E flat major
String Quartet No. 14 in B minor