Colla Parte Quartet – Richard Flury: Chamber Music, Vol. 2 (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:08:00 minutes | 1,25 GB | Genre: Classical
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Toccata Classics’ exploration of the music of Swiss composer Richard Flury (1896-1967) continues with this premiere recording of two more of his seven string quartets. Flury was himself a gifted violinist, and these works – written for his own enjoyment and for fellow musicians – follow the classical definition of the string quartet as a conversation between four equal partners, with Flury’s many years of practical music-making producing quartet textures that are thoroughly idiomatic, even masterful. Both works speak a rich late-Romantic language, similar to that of composers such as Korngold, Schmidt and Zemlinsky, and encompass a pleasing range of emotions, from touching introspection to bucolic serenity.
Tracklist:
01. Colla Parte Quartet – Flury: String Quartet No. 2 in E Minor/Major: I. Allegro (11:32)
02. Colla Parte Quartet – Flury: String Quartet No. 2 in E Minor/Major: II. Andante sostenuto (07:52)
03. Colla Parte Quartet – Flury: String Quartet No. 2 in E Minor/Major: III. Scherzo. Presto (06:02)
04. Colla Parte Quartet – Flury: String Quartet No. 2 in E Minor/Major: IV. Allegro finale (06:57)
05. Colla Parte Quartet – Flury: String Quartet No. 3 in C Major: I. Allegro (11:49)
06. Colla Parte Quartet – Flury: String Quartet No. 3 in C Major: II. Andante (07:14)
07. Colla Parte Quartet – Flury: String Quartet No. 3 in C Major: III Scherzo. Allegro molto (07:06)
08. Colla Parte Quartet – Flury: String Quartet No. 3 in C Major: IV. Presto finale (09:25)
