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Lilburn: String Quartet in E Minor, Phantasy Quartet & Canzonettas

8/3/2015, 16 Tracks, 1:12:47

Featuring

  • Helene Pohl
  • Douglas Beilman
  • Gillian Ansell
  • Rolf Gjelsten
  • New Zealand String Quartet
  • Douglas Lilburn

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Recording & Production

This album includes a world première recording of Douglas Lilburn's Phantasy for String Quartet.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The New Zealand String Quartet, the performers on this album, consists of Helene Pohl (Violin I), Douglas Beilman (Violin II), Gillian Ansell (Viola), and Rolf Gjelsten (Cello).

Source: Booklet

Album & Artwork

This recording of Douglas Lilburn's complete string chamber music celebrates the centenary of his birth.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

After studying in London, Douglas Lilburn returned to Christchurch in 1940 and began a prolific and varied period of creativity.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

The three Canzonettas by Douglas Lilburn are described as quasi-Elizabethan in tone, reflecting their connection to incidental music for Shakespeare's plays.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The Phantasy Quartet, featured on this album, won the Cobbett Prize at the Royal College of Music in 1939.

Source: Booklet

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