Bennett: Piano Sextet, Chamber Trio & String Quartet
10/12/2018, 11 Tracks, 1:17:27
Featuring
James Dickenson
Tamaki Higashi
Carmen Flores
Nicholas Stringfellow
Leon Bosch
Jeremy Young
Villiers Quartet
William Sterndale Bennett
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Recording & Production
The String Quartet in G major by William Sterndale Bennett is a world premiere recording on this album.
Compositional Technique
The Chamber Trio by Sterndale Bennett is the first English example in the trio form where both string instruments are given parts independent of the piano.
Composer Biography
William Sterndale Bennett, the composer, was famed for his sequence of Piano Concertos.
Composition History
The String Quartet in G major is one of Sterndale Bennett's earliest surviving works, showing a strong influence from Haydn.
Compositional Technique
Sterndale Bennett's Sextet in F sharp minor features highly virtuosic piano writing with concertante interplay, advanced harmonies, and hymnal beauty.
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