Ernest Chausson's String Quartet in C minor was completed by Vincent d'Indy, as Chausson died before finishing the third movement.
Compositional Technique
Ernest Chausson's String Quartet in C minor includes direct quotations from Debussy's String Quartet and Wagner's opera Das Rheingold.
Performer Biography
The Chilingirian Quartet, founded in 1971 by Levon Chilingirian and Philip De Groote, has earned the Royal Philharmonic Society's coveted Chamber Ensemble Award.
Composer Biography
Vincent d'Indy, born into an aristocratic Roman Catholic family, had men-folk who had been soldiers for three centuries.
Compositional Technique
Vincent d'Indy's First String Quartet is based on a four-note motif also found in Mahler's First Symphony and as the Bell motif in Wagner's opera Parsifal.
Recording & Production
The d'Indy String Quartet on this album was recorded in Henry Wood Hall, London, in January 1999.
Recording & Production
The Chausson String Quartet on this album was recorded in La Galerie des Franciscains, Saint-Nazaire, France, in September 1997.
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