℗ 2016 SOMM Recordings
| Released | October 28, 2016 |
| Duration | 1h 06m 55s |
| Record Label | SOMM Recordings |
| Catalogue No. | SOMMCD0160 |
| Genre | Classical (Chamber Music) |
Charles Villiers Stanford: String Quartets Nos. 5 & 8
Dante Quartet
Available in 44.1 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC audio formats
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String Quartet No. 5 in B Flat Major, Op. 104
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1.1
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I. Allegro moderato
Charles Villiers Stanford; Dante Quartet |
9:09 | |||
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1.2
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II. Intermezzo - Allegretto (Sempre molto teneramente)
Charles Villiers Stanford; Dante Quartet |
5:53 | |||
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1.3
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III. Adagio pesante
Charles Villiers Stanford; Dante Quartet |
10:52 | |||
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1.4
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IV. Allegro moderato
Charles Villiers Stanford; Dante Quartet |
8:57 | |||
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3 Stücke, Op. 2
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1.5
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No. 1. Romanze
Joseph Joachim; Krysia Osostowicz; Mark Bebbington |
4:29 | |||
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String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 167
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1.6
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I. Allegro moderato
Charles Villiers Stanford; Dante Quartet |
7:50 | |||
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1.7
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II. Allegretto
Charles Villiers Stanford; Dante Quartet |
4:45 | |||
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1.8
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III. Canzona - Adagio
Charles Villiers Stanford; Dante Quartet |
7:15 | |||
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1.9
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IV. Finale - Allegro
Charles Villiers Stanford; Dante Quartet |
7:45 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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This release kicks off an important series showcasing the eight string quartets composed by Sir Charles Villiers Stanford. This first installation contains two quartets which have never before been recorded but as the album demonstrates, both deserve to gain their rightful place among the great 20th century pieces for the genre. Stanford invested a great deal of his creative powers in his eight quartets, all big-boned and intellectual yet full of vibrantly appealing melodies, structural invention and variety, traits typical of Stanford's writing. With the exception of Robert Simpson, no other British composer has devoted so much effort to the quartet idiom, although Stanford's works still remain thoroughly neglected.
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – SOMM Recordings Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -2.38 -4.68 to -0.72 | -26.11 -28.65 to -24.08 | -22.48 -24.90 to -20.40 | 15 13 to 16 | |
| 1 | I. Allegro moderato | -0.88 | -24.08 | -20.4 | 15 |
| 2 | II. Intermezzo - Allegretto (Sempre molto teneramente) | -4.05 | -27.42 | -23.6 | 14 |
| 3 | III. Adagio pesante | -2.30 | -25.03 | -21.5 | 15 |
| 4 | IV. Allegro moderato | -2.71 | -24.78 | -21.2 | 14 |
| 5 | No. 1. Romanze | -1.82 | -27.25 | -24.0 | 15 |
| 6 | I. Allegro moderato | -4.68 | -25.95 | -22.3 | 13 |
| 7 | II. Allegretto | -0.72 | -26.27 | -22.6 | 15 |
| 8 | III. Canzona - Adagio | -3.15 | -28.65 | -24.9 | 15 |
| 9 | IV. Finale - Allegro | -1.11 | -25.57 | -21.8 | 16 |