Eusebius Quartet - Elgar & Fauré: String Quartets (2025)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 1:07:15 | 317 Mb
Genre: Classical
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 1:07:15 | 317 Mb
Genre: Classical
The newest release from SOMM Recordings is an unusual but exciting pairing of two string quartets by British and French contemporaries Sir Edward Elgar (1857–1934) and Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924). Also included is a collection of shorter gems transcribed for string quartet by the British composer, arranger, and pianist Iain Farrington. These comprise Elgar’s Carissima (originally composed for small orchestra) and selections from Fauré’s Piano Preludes: Nos. 4, 8, and 9, this last described by Aaron Copland as being “so absolutely simple that we can never hope to understand how it can contain such great emotional power.”