The Primrose Piano Quartet Plays Hurlstone, Quilter, Dunhill, Bax

Arnold Bax (Composer), Thomas Dunhill (Composer), William Hurlstone (Composer), Roger Quilter (Composer), Primrose Quartet (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Primrose Quartet
• Composer: Arnold Bax, Thomas Dunhill, William Hurlstone, Roger Quilter
• Audio CD (April 12, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Meridian
• ASIN: B0007KLL7O
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #744,895 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

The Primrose Piano Quartet is named in honor of William Primrose (1904-1982), one of the finest violists of the 20th century, and his piano quartet, the Festival Quartet. Its members have shared the concert platform on many occasions at international festivals, recording sessions and London’s premier concert halls. They offer a range of attractively varied programs, including duo sonatas and string trios. They have been selected for the Making Music Concert Promoters’ Network Tours for 2005/2006.

This unique disc offers chamber music by four important British composers of the earlier 20th century. Although Arnold Bax is fairly well known outside of Britain, the other three composers here will be new discoveries for most listeners. William Hurlstone died of asthma at age 30 and was nearly forgotten. Dunhill’s piano quartet contains one of the great viola solos in all chamber music. Independently wealthy, Roger Quilter was more famous for his fabulous parties than his fine chamber music!