℗ 2022 Toccata Classics
| Released | September 2, 2022 |
| Duration | 1h 02m 09s |
| Record Label | Toccata Classics |
| Catalogue No. | TOCC0554 |
| Genre | Classical (Chamber) |
David Matthews: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 5
Kreutzer Quartet, Rebecca Lea, Jess Dandy, James Robinson, Will Dawes
Available in 192 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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String Quartet No. 14, Op. 145
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1.1
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I. Night. Adagio
David Matthews; Kreutzer Quartet |
3:41 | |||
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1.2
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II. Sunrise. Lento e sostenuto
David Matthews; Kreutzer Quartet |
5:10 | |||
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1.3
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III. Day. Molto vivace con gioia
David Matthews; Kreutzer Quartet |
3:48 | |||
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String Quartet No. 15, Op. 159
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1.4
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I. Allegro
David Matthews; Kreutzer Quartet |
1:53 | |||
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1.5
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II. Molto adagio
David Matthews; Kreutzer Quartet |
6:06 | |||
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1.6
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III. Giocoso
David Matthews; Kreutzer Quartet |
3:03 | |||
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1.7
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IV. Moderato
David Matthews; Kreutzer Quartet |
3:48 | |||
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String Quartet No. 13, Op. 136
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1.8
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I. Green. In tranquilla attesa
David Matthews; D. H. Lawrence; Rebecca Lea; Jess Dandy; James Robinson; Will Dawes; Kreutzer Quartet |
4:25 | |||
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1.9
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II. Woollahra Magpies. Poco lento - Vivace
David Matthews; Kreutzer Quartet |
3:57 | |||
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1.10
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III. Sun in Me. Con luminosità costante
D. H. Lawrence; David Matthews; Rebecca Lea; Jess Dandy; James Robinson; Will Dawes; Kreutzer Quartet |
4:33 | |||
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1.11
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IV. The Song Thrush. Moderato
David Matthews; Kreutzer Quartet |
1:55 | |||
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1.12
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V. Lux Aeterna. Con il movimento pacifico
David Matthews; Rebecca Lea; Jess Dandy; James Robinson; Will Dawes; Kreutzer Quartet |
3:26 | |||
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1.13
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Sospiri, Op. 70 (Arr. D. Matthews for String Quartet)
Sir Edward Elgar; David Matthews; Kreutzer Quartet |
3:56 | |||
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1.14
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Minuet in D Major, K. 355 (Arr. D. Matthews for String Quartet)
Sir Edward Elgar; David Matthews; Kreutzer Quartet |
2:34 | |||
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1.15
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Gigue in G Major, K. 574 (Arr. D. Matthews for String Quartet)
Sir Edward Elgar; David Matthews; Kreutzer Quartet |
2:19 | |||
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1.16
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Bagatelle in C Major, WoO 56 (Arr. D. Matthews for String Quartet)
Sir Edward Elgar; David Matthews; Kreutzer Quartet |
2:16 | |||
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1.17
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Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht, H. 145 (Arr. D. Matthews for String Quartet)
Sir Edward Elgar; David Matthews; Kreutzer Quartet |
1:50 | |||
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Dichterliebe, Op. 48
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1.18
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No. 1, Im wunderschönen Monat Mai (Arr. D. Matthews for String Quartet)
Sir Edward Elgar; David Matthews; Kreutzer Quartet |
1:37 | |||
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1.19
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Canon for Michael Tippett
David Matthews; Kreutzer Quartet |
0:55 | |||
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1.20
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Canon for Michael Berkeley
David Matthews; Kreutzer Quartet |
0:57 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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The American critic Robert Reilly described the music on Volume One of this cycle of the complete string quartets of David Matthews (b. 1943) as ‘some of the most concentrated, penetrating writing for this medium in the past 30 years or more. It is musical thinking of the highest order and quartet writing in the great tradition of Beethoven, Bartok, Britten, and Tippett’. Matthews’ three most recent quartets call in a wide range of references. Birdsong – heard in Nos. 13 and 14 – is a standard Matthews topos; and the fugal No. 15 seems to find a middle ground between late Beethoven and folk-music. No. 13 presents the biggest surprise: it introduces four solo voices, siting the work somewhere between Berg’s Lyric Suite and Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music. Some touching arrangements and two canons for two Michaels – Tippett and Berkeley – complete the programme.
192 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Toccata Classics Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -5.59 -14.65 to -1.10 | -27.64 -39.44 to -23.03 | -23.62 -35.30 to -18.60 | 13 10 to 15 | |
| 1 | I. Night. Adagio | -13.64 | -39.44 | -35.3 | 14 |
| 2 | II. Sunrise. Lento e sostenuto | -1.86 | -27.94 | -22.2 | 14 |
| 3 | III. Day. Molto vivace con gioia | -4.91 | -23.03 | -19.4 | 12 |
| 4 | I. Allegro | -6.96 | -26.83 | -23.5 | 12 |
| 5 | II. Molto adagio | -4.90 | -28.46 | -24.2 | 14 |
| 6 | III. Giocoso | -6.58 | -25.36 | -21.7 | 11 |
| 7 | IV. Moderato | -2.96 | -23.92 | -20.0 | 11 |
| 8 | I. Green. In tranquilla attesa | -2.82 | -26.17 | -21.9 | 12 |
| 9 | II. Woollahra Magpies. Poco lento - Vivace | -1.10 | -23.88 | -20.1 | 14 |
| 10 | III. Sun in Me. Con luminosità costante | -1.21 | -24.71 | -20.6 | 13 |
| 11 | IV. The Song Thrush. Moderato | -3.18 | -25.02 | -20.3 | 12 |
| 12 | V. Lux Aeterna. Con il movimento pacifico | -2.98 | -26.07 | -21.9 | 13 |
| 13 | Sospiri, Op. 70 (Arr. D. Matthews for String Quartet) | -10.68 | -35.00 | -31.0 | 15 |
| 14 | Minuet in D Major, K. 355 (Arr. D. Matthews for String Quartet) | -6.44 | -26.94 | -23.5 | 12 |
| 15 | Gigue in G Major, K. 574 (Arr. D. Matthews for String Quartet) | -2.32 | -24.94 | -21.6 | 14 |
| 16 | Bagatelle in C Major, WoO 56 (Arr. D. Matthews for String Quartet) | -4.08 | -26.22 | -22.6 | 13 |
| 17 | Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht, H. 145 (Arr. D. Matthews for String Quartet) | -14.65 | -34.33 | -31.2 | 11 |
| 18 | No. 1, Im wunderschönen Monat Mai (Arr. D. Matthews for String Quartet) | -11.18 | -31.69 | -27.8 | 12 |
| 19 | Canon for Michael Tippett | -1.86 | -23.37 | -18.6 | 10 |
| 20 | Canon for Michael Berkeley | -7.45 | -29.53 | -25.0 | 11 |