Composer: Steve Elcock
Performer: The Tippett Quartet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0688
Release: 2023
Size: 361 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
The Cage of Opprobrium, Op. 22
01. Largo –
02. Allegretto –
03. Largo –
04. Allegro –
05. Largo come prima
The Girl from Marseille, Op. 17
06. Variation I. (Poco Andante)
07. Variation II. (Allegro)
08. Variation III. (Allegro molto)
09. Variation IV. (Largo)
10. Variation V. (Allegro)
11. Variation VI. (Andante)
12. Variation VII. (Vivace)
13. Variation VIII. (Poco Allegro, Tempo di valse, Più allegro, Presto),
The Aftermath of Longing, Op. 36
14. Largo –
15. Solenne –
16. Tranquillo –
17. Gelidamente –
18. Allegro –
19. Largo
Night after Night, Op. 27
20. Somniloquy –
21. Pavor Nocturnus –
22. Somniloquy –
23. Per noctem plurima volvens –
24. Somniloquy –
25. Incubus
The English composer Steve Elcock (b. 1957) spent years writing music without ever expecting it to be heard: based in rural France, he worked as a translator, composing in his spare time. The emergence of his orchestral and chamber music on Toccata Classics over the past few years has led to his being acclaimed as one of the most important composers at work today. This recording of his four works (to date) for string quartet confirms that judgement: all in single spans, they generate tension and energy in equal measure – animated, in one of them, by a lively sense of humour.