Britten & Bliss.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Barbirolli Quartet, performer.

Contributor:

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976, arranger of music.

Language:

English

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

String quartets.

String quartets--Excerpts.

Variations (String quartet), Arranged.

Genre:

String quartets.

Sound recordings.

Excerpts.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

Britten and Bliss

Title on container spine: Bliss, Delius, Purcell, Britten

Place of Publication:

[Wyastone Leys, Monmouthshire, U.K.] : Nimbus Alliance, [2012]

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

stereo

digital recording

Contents:

String quartet no. 2 / Arthur Bliss (32:00)

Late swallows / Frederick Delius (9:28)

Chacony / Henry Purcell ; arr. Britten (6:44)

String quartet no. 2 in C / Benjamin Britten (31:00)

Participant:

Barbirolli Quartet (Rakhi Singh, Katie Stillman, Ella Brinch, Ashok Klouda)

Notes:

Purcell's Chacony is thought to have been orchestrated for viols; arr. for string quartet.

Title from container.

Recorded Apr. 21, 22, 27 April 2011 at Nimbus Concert Hall, Wyastone Leys, Monmouth UK.

Compact disc.

Program notes and notes about the quartet (8 p.) inserted in container.

Contains:

Bliss, Arthur, 1891-1975. Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 2

Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934. Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello (1916). Late swallows

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Chaconnes, string instruments (4), Z. 730, G minor; arranged

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 2, op. 36, C major

OCLC:

798578634

Publisher Number:

0710357616525

00710357616525 gtin-14

710357616525

NI 6165 Nimbus Alliance