David Matthews' Fourteenth Quartet was initially conceived as a short, accessible piece for the amateur Onslow Quartet to celebrate their tenth anniversary.
Performer Biography
The Kreutzer Quartet, the performers on this album, have a long association with David Matthews' music, premiering many of his works and recording his string quartets.
Composition History
David Matthews' Thirteenth Quartet was composed in memory of his friend Peter Sculthorpe, an Australian composer, after attending his memorial concert in Sydney.
Compositional Technique
David Matthews' Fifteenth Quartet, composed in six days, is largely based on five of the twelve tonal fugues he had written for piano the previous year.
Recording & Production
This album is the fifth volume in a series of David Matthews' complete string quartets released on Toccata Classics.
Composer Biography
David Matthews, the composer, has also made numerous arrangements for string quartet, six of which are included on this album.
Compositional Technique
The Thirteenth Quartet by David Matthews includes four SATB voices, a decision inspired by hearing the Kreutzer Quartet and New London Singers perform Beethoven's Elegischer Gesang.
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