℗ 2018 Naxos
| Released | November 9, 2018 |
| Duration | 1h 00m 33s |
| Record Label | Naxos |
| Catalogue No. | 8.573919 |
| Genre | Classical (Contemporary Era) |
Górecki: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1
Tippett Quartet
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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String Quartet No. 1, Op. 62, "Już się zmierzcha" (Already it is Dusk)
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki; Tippett Quartet |
15:13 | |||
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Genesis
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1.2
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Elementi, Op. 19 No. 1
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki; Tippett Quartet |
12:32 | |||
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String Quartet No. 2, Op. 64 "Quasi una fantasia"
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1.3
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I. Largo sostenuto
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki; Tippett Quartet |
8:26 | |||
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1.4
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II. Deciso - Energico
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki; Tippett Quartet |
6:51 | |||
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1.5
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III. Arioso. Adagio cantabile
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki; Tippett Quartet |
8:02 | |||
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1.6
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IV. Allegro
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki; Tippett Quartet |
9:29 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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With the belated success of his Third Symphony ‘Symphony of Sorrowful Songs’ Gorecki emerged in the 1990s as a composer of world stature. Between 1988 and 1995 he wrote three string quartets for the Kronos Quartet that are among his most important mature works. String Quartet No. 1 reveals chorale-like themes, so much a feature of his later writing, as well as hectic, dance-like motion, while the Second Quartet’s wider range of expression explicitly evokes Beethoven. Genesis I: Elementi offers a powerful contrast- a string trio from 1962 of uncompromising immediacy.
The Tippett Quartet appear regularly at King’s Place, the Purcell Room, Wigmore Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hall and Bridgewater Hall, and perform regularly on BBC Radio 3. They have performed at the BBC Proms and toured Europe, Canada and Mexico. Their broad and diverse repertoire highlights the Tippett Quartet’s unique versatility. Their impressive catalogue of recordings has been released across several labels to universal acclaim and with classical chart-topping success.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Naxos Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -2.12 -6.28 to -1.00 | -23.48 -30.58 to -20.15 | -18.22 -27.10 to -13.80 | 13 12 to 14 | |
| 1 | String Quartet No. 1, Op. 62, "Już się zmierzcha" (Already it is Dusk) | -1.00 | -20.77 | -13.8 | 12 |
| 2 | Elementi, Op. 19 No. 1 | -1.00 | -22.25 | -17.5 | 14 |
| 3 | I. Largo sostenuto | -6.28 | -30.58 | -27.1 | 14 |
| 4 | II. Deciso - Energico | -1.00 | -20.72 | -15.7 | 13 |
| 5 | III. Arioso. Adagio cantabile | -2.43 | -26.44 | -20.3 | 13 |
| 6 | IV. Allegro | -1.00 | -20.15 | -14.9 | 12 |