Peter Maxwell Davies is universally acknowledged as one of the foremost composers of our time, and is currently Master of the Queen’s Music. His musical idiom has been described by The New York Times as a combination of ‘medieval mysticism, modernist rigour and happy accessibility’. This fifth and final instalment of Maxwell Davies’s 10-quartet cycle commissioned by Naxos opens with Quartet No. 9, dedicated to Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw, mathematician extraordinary, and sometime Lord Mayor of Manchester, both of which attributes have influenced the content of the work. The composer has written of Quartet No. 10, ‘in no way must this be a last quartet. I needed to leave the door open: I had enjoyed writing the Naxos Quartets so much, and perhaps even learned a thing or two, that more could, in theory, eventually flourish’.
Tracklist
Artist details
Maxwell Davies, Peter
Naxos Quartet No. 9
1 I. Allegro 11:33
2 II. Largo flessibile 10:42
3 III. Presto 03:04
4 IV. Lento 04:40
5 V. Alla marcia 01:42
6 VI. Allegro 05:15
Naxos Quartet No. 10
7 I. Broken Reel: Allegro 04:55
8 II. Slow Air and Rant: Adagio non troppo 03:30
9 III. Passamezzo Farewell: Adagio flessibile 09:55
