Hyperion Records | Spohr: Four Double Quartets

CDD22014
(Originally issued on CDA66141)
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Recording details: Various dates
Various recording venues
Produced by Andrew Keener
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: April 1998
Total duration: 110 minutes 15 seconds

'Ingeniously devised bravura works . . . receive polished adroit playing. You'll find no finer performances than these' (BBC Music Magazine)

Louis Spohr (1784-1859)

Four Double Quartets

The Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble

		Double Quartet No 1 in D minor, Op 65
CD1	1	Movement 1: Allegro [9'31]
	2	Movement 2: Scherzo. Vivace [4'28]
	3	Movement 3: Larghetto [2'48]
	4	Movement 4: Allegretto molto [4'23]
		Double Quartet No 2 in E flat major, Op 77
	5	Movement 1: Allegro vivace [9'03]
	6	Movement 2: Menuetto – Trio [6'38]
	7	Movement 3: Larghetto con moto [5'04]
	8	Movement 4: Allegretto [6'28]
		Double Quartet No 3 in E minor, Op 87
CD2	1	Movement 1: Adagio – Allegro [13'17]
	2	Movement 2: Andante con variazioni [8'38]
	3	Movement 3: Scherzo. Allegro [6'59]
	4	Movement 4: Finale. Allegro molto [7'15]
		Double Quartet No 4 in G minor, Op 136
	5	Movement 1: Allegro [7'23]
	6	Movement 2: Larghetto [5'34]
	7	Movement 3: Scherzo. Moderato – Trio [6'47]
	8	Movement 4: Finale. Vivace [5'59]

Spohr’s Double Quartets are of an exceptional order and deserve a secure place in the repertoire of supreme examples of Romantic chamber music. These recordings, originally issued in the early 80s, have given much pleasure to countless listeners and they will now enjoy a new lease of life in this new bargain version.