IDAGIO | Parrott: String Quartet No. 4 - Harries: Piano Quintet - Wynne: String Quartet No. 3

Featuring

Eric Harrison
Cardiff University Symphony Orchestra
David Wynne
Ian Parrott
David Harries

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Recording & Production

This album was recorded in March 1971 at Decca Studio no.3 in West Hampstead, London, and the original analogue master recordings were made under the auspices of the Welsh Arts Council.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Ian Parrott, another composer on this album, believed that music should combine the Expected and the Unexpected to achieve a perfect balance, often using intricate, unpredictable rhythms and variation techniques.

Composer Biography

David Harries, a composer on this album, lived most of his life in Wales and studied with Ian Parrott, another composer featured on this recording, at University College Aberystwyth.

Composer Biography

David Wynne, a composer featured on this album, began working in a coal mine at Albion Colliery at age 14 and remained there until he was 25, when he won a scholarship to University College, Cardiff.

Composer's Artistic Vision

David Wynne, one of the composers on this album, believed that musical ideas and textures should achieve their form through intrinsic musical values, not through imposed devices or extra-musical calculations.

Composer Biography

Ian Parrott, a composer on this album, served in the Royal Signals Corps in the Middle East and North Africa during wartime, and his experiences influenced early works like his First Symphony.

Composer Biography

David Wynne's career as a composer began in 1945 when his String Quartet No.1 won a prize, leading to a friendship with Michael Tippett, a renowned English composer, who became a supporter of Wynne's music.