Paul Stanhope: String Quartets (Australian String Quartet)

Important works, impeccably realised, from one of Australia’s finest.



Genre: Classical



Date Released: 28 October 2022



The Australian String Quartet (ASQ) has been creating unforgettable performances for audiences around the world for nearly half a century. Dedicated to musical excellence with a distinctly Australian flavour, the ASQ here presents three powerful and beautiful string quartets by multi-award-winning Australian composer Paul Stanhope.



Tracklist



1   String Quartet No. 1 'Elegies & Dances'



String Quartet No. 2



2   I. Prelude                                        



3   II. Flight                                          



4   III. Dirge (Variations)                    



5   IV. Scherzo                                      



String Quartet No. 3 'From the Kimberley'



6   I. Tracks & Traces



7   II. Dirrari Lament                            



8   III. River-Run                                  



Artist

Australian String Quartet



Dale Barltrop violin I



Francesca Hiew violin II



Stephen King / Christopher Cartlidge (track 1) viola



Sharon Grigoryan / Michael Dahlenburg (track 1) cello



Product details

From multi-award winning Australian composer Paul Stanhope come these world premiere recordings of three powerful and beautiful string quartets.



Rhapsodic and elgiac outer sections frame a pizzicato dance riff in Elegies and Dances; String Quartet No. 2 is a reflection on the refugee experience: persecution and flight, but also arrival and new beginnings.



Quartet No. 3 From the Kimberley explores aspects of the story of the Indigenous resistance hero Jandamarra: hunting and being hunted; grief and loss; and hope born from the unbreakable connection between people and country.



Brilliantly performed by the acclaimed Australian String Quartet on a matching set of 18th-century Guadagnini instruments.