Britten/ Rias Amadeus Quartet - Rias Amadeus Quartet Recordings 4 - Modernism Condition:New to understanding a so-called 'renascent'

to understanding a so-called 'renascent' era that seems as 'topsy-turvy' as our own

'Although this album does contain two of my own songs

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Instead of comparing music from different creative periods of a composer's life

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Britten/ Rias Amadeus Quartet - Rias Amadeus Quartet Recordings 4 - Modernism Condition:New to understanding a so-called 'renascent'It is not a well known fact that the Amadeus Quartet were championed the music of their contemporaries. Accomplished for radio broadcasts, they recorded string quartets written by the major English composers of their time, Benjamin Britten and Michael Tippett, as well as the Hungarian composers Mtys Seiber and Bla Bartk. By also recording Henry Purcell's string fantasias, included on this release, they followed references between Britten and the