Chaconnes and Fantasias: Music of Britten and Purcell

Album · Classical · 2017

To celebrate their 40th anniversary, the revered Emerson String Quartet chose to work on the electric chaconnes and fantasias of English composers Britten and Purcell. The ensemble delves deep, especially into the former, whose chamber works embody the free lyricism and shimmering dissonance of the greatest moments of modernism.

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Tracklist for Chaconnes and Fantasias: Music of Britten and Purcell by Emerson String Quartet

Listen to Chacony in G Minor. Z, 730 by Emerson String Quartet

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Listen to Fantasia No. 6 in F Major, Z. 737 by Emerson String Quartet

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Listen to Fantasia No. 8 in D Minor, Z. 739 by Emerson String Quartet

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Listen to String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 36: I. Allegro calmo, senza rigore by Emerson String Quartet

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Listen to String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 36: II. Vivace by Emerson String Quartet

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Listen to String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 36: III. Chacony. Sostenuto by Emerson String Quartet

String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 36: III. Chacony. SostenutoEmerson String Quartet

Listen to Fantasia No. 10 in E Minor, Z. 741 by Emerson String Quartet

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Listen to Fantasia No. 11 in G Major, Z. 742 by Emerson String Quartet

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Listen to String Quartet No. 3 in G Major, Op. 94: I. Duets. With Moderate Movement by Emerson String Quartet

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Listen to String Quartet No. 3 in G Major, Op. 94: III. Solo. Very Calm by Emerson String Quartet

String Quartet No. 3 in G Major, Op. 94: III. Solo. Very CalmEmerson String Quartet

Listen to String Quartet No. 3 in G Major, Op. 94: IV. Burlesque. Fast - Con fuoco by Emerson String Quartet

String Quartet No. 3 in G Major, Op. 94: IV. Burlesque. Fast - Con fuocoEmerson String Quartet

Listen to String Quartet No. 3 in G Major, Op. 94: V. Recitative and Passacaglia (La Serenissima). Slow by Emerson String Quartet

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