{"product_id":"4589538827410","title":"Bridge (String) Quartet - Arnold Cooke:Complete String Quartets Vol.2 - Import CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eCredits:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBridge (String) Quartet\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYorkshire-born Arnold Cook wrote five string quartets during his lifetime. This second collection includes two works and variations in the vein of Hindemith and Bartók, whom he studied with in Berlin. No. 2 is the most substantial of his string quartets, consisting of four traditional movements, but the scherzo comes in the second movement, followed by the slow movement, which has a loose tonal sense throughout and shows skilled counterpoint techniques in the free interplay of melodies. No. 4, written some 28 years after No. 2 and eight years after No. 3, differs significantly from the earlier works in that it is written in a much simpler texture. The main idea of the melody is based on the fourth-degree interval, and the fast movement is full of counterpoint, with multiple melodies intertwining in complex ways. The \"Variations on a Theme of Creation\" consists of a theme, 11 short variations, and a large fugue. The variations, which gradually increase in tempo, feature a variety of expressions, including dance-like scherzos and waltzes, powerful marches, and shifting dissonances, and end with a major chord in the key of G.It was never performed during his lifetime, and in November 2023, some 78 years after its composition, the Bridge Quartet gave its first performance at St. Stephen's Church in Yorkshire, correcting inconsistencies and missing symbols in the autograph score. Naxos Japan\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Toccata Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51988763803937,"sku":"4589538827410","price":166.0,"currency_code":"MOP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/8482\/2076\/files\/4589538827410.jpg?v=1762648779","url":"https:\/\/cdsvinyljapan.com\/en-mo\/products\/4589538827410","provider":"CDs Vinyl Japan Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}