2 String Quartets / Fantasy Quartet / Piano Trio

Moeran (Artist), Daniel (Artist), Vanbrugh Quartet (Artist), Joachim Trio (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 19, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Asv Living Era
• ASIN: B00000G4O8
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #451,578 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars chamber music fans take note, June 20, 2007

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This review is from: 2 String Quartets / Fantasy Quartet / Piano Trio (Audio CD)

Ernest Moeran is best known for his brilliant Sinfonietta, and Symphony in G minor; but as the four compositions on this disc demonstrate, he was a master in the genre of chamber music as well. His string quartets, performed by the Vanbrugh Quartet, are full of good melodies - in fact, it takes only one listen to get hooked. The Fantasy Quartet is an inventive piece for oboe & strings, which like the string quartets, is pastoral in nature reflecting the English countryside. The disc is rounded out by a fine Piano Trio performed by The Joachim Piano Trio. The whole program flows beautifully - I found it had a meditative quality that makes it especially conducive to late-night listening.

In short, this is an outstanding disc performed by top-notch musicians, recorded in excellent sound and packed with highly listenable music (77 minutes) that lovers of chamber music, especially 20th century British genre, will want to have.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars some fair pieces, September 28, 2005

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This review is from: 2 String Quartets / Fantasy Quartet / Piano Trio (Audio CD)

The trio is the best work here. The quartets have their moments but are certainly not first rate quartets. The oboe fantasy piece starts out good and has good moments but goes on too long to hold my admittedly limited attention. Bax writes similar chamber pieces that are in my opinion of higher consistent quality. The sound quality on this recording is excellent.