Licensed from CNR Music by Netherlands, previously released by Saga-Emergo, and recorded sometime in the '60s, these poorly documented recordings of familiar works are anything but standard-issue. This is not least because of the Aeolian String Quartet's willful, individualistic, and virtuosic approach to the music. Led by first violin by Sydney Humphreys with Raymond Keenlyside, the father of Simon, on second violin; Margaret Major on viola; and Derek Simpson, these performances are full of character, with each player ...
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Licensed from CNR Music by Netherlands, previously released by Saga-Emergo, and recorded sometime in the '60s, these poorly documented recordings of familiar works are anything but standard-issue. This is not least because of the Aeolian String Quartet's willful, individualistic, and virtuosic approach to the music. Led by first violin by Sydney Humphreys with Raymond Keenlyside, the father of Simon, on second violin; Margaret Major on viola; and Derek Simpson, these performances are full of character, with each player possessing a distinct musical personality yet joining wholly with the others to form a harder, tighter, tauter ensemble. The emotional depth of the incredibly slow central Adagio from the Schubert quintet is shattering precisely because of the unity of the ensemble, while the rhythmic agility of the amazingly energetic closing Presto from the Mozart Divertimento is stunning exactly because Humphreys leads the ensemble as if the work was a concerto and he its soloist. Recorded in close,...
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