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Compact Disc CDA66704

£13.99

Recorded on 24, 25, 26 October 1993
Recording Engineer
TONY FAULKNER
Recording Producer
ANDREW KEENER
Design
TERRY SHANNON
Executive Producers
JOANNA GAMBLE
EDWARD PERRY
© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MCMXCIV

Duration: 57'16
DDD
Front illustration: Summer Day at Dachau (1924) by Otto Strützel

ANTON BRUCKNER (1824-1896)
String Quintet & Intermezzo

RICHARD STRAUSS (1864-1949)

Prelude to 'Capriccio'

THE RAPHAEL ENSEMBLE

ANTHONY MARWOOD violin
ELIZABETH WEXLER violin
TIMOTHY BOULTON viola
JAMES BOYD viola
ANDREA HESS cello
MICHAEL STERLING cello (Strauss only)
Contents:

    Richard STRAUSS

  1. CAPRICCIO op 85 [10'47]
    Prelude for string sextet

    Anton BRUCKNER

    STRING QUINTET IN F MAJOR

  2. Gemässigt [11'25]
  3. Scherzo: Schnell - Trio: Langsamer [7'44]
  4. Adagio [14'00]
  5. Finale: Lebhaft bewegt [8'46]

  6. INTERMEZZO IN D MINOR [3'56]
    for string quintet

'This is quite glorious ... one senses right from the opening of Bruckner's Quintet - surely one of the finest quintets ever written, for any combination - an intensity that matches its ambitious structure ... it's obvious from the first bars of the achingly beautiful Prelude ... that this is going to be an exceptional performance' (CDReview)

'Strongly recommended' (Hi Fi News)

'Easily takes first place within the exiguous competition' (Fanfare, USA)

'Un registro soberbio' (CD Compact, Spain)

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