Composer: Alfred Francis Hill
Performer: Dominion String Quartet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8573267
Release: 2014
Size: 1.3 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
String Quartet No. 12 in E major
01. I. Adagio – Allegro
02. II. Humoreske: Allegretto
03. III. Reverie: Andante
04. IV. Finale
String Quartet No. 13 in E flat major
05. I. Adagio – Allegro molto
06. II. Scherzo
07. III. Barcarole
08. IV. Finale
String Quartet No. 14 in B minor
09. I. Adagio – Andante – Allegro
10. II. Adagio
11. III. Menuet
12. IV. Finale
Although Australian by birth, Alfred Hill spent much of his youth in New Zealand before embarking on studies in Leipzig, where he met Brahms, Dvořák and Tchaikovsky. A prolific symphonist and operatic composer, he also wrote a sequence of seventeen notable string quartets. His style evolved constantly, the influence of Dvořák leading on to the impressionism of his mid-period. By the time of the String Quartets Nos. 12 to 14 his mastery of technique – in his younger days he had played in a prominent string quartet – ensure that the music is balanced, subtle, and full of playful wit. This is the fifth of six volumes of the complete Alfred Hill String Quartets.