The Four Quarters
- Release year
- 2021
- Label
- Orchid Classics
- Catalogue number
- ORC100172
- Thomas Adès’s role
- Composer
Details and credits
Solem Quartet: Amy Tress and William Newell, violins; Stephen Upshaw, viola; Stephanie Tress, cello.
Programme (album order):
Thomas Adès: The Four Quarters: I. Nightfalls
Ivor Gurney / Henry Purcell: Sleep (arr. William Newell)
Cassandra Miller: Warblework: Hermit Thrush
Traditional: Ca’ the Yowes (arr. Stephanie Tress)
Thomas Adès: The Four Quarters: II. Morning Dew
Henry Purcell: Now does the glorious day appear (arr. Amy Tress)
William Marsey: Be nice to see you
Cassandra Miller: Warblework: Veery
Thomas Adès: The Four Quarters: III. Days
Florence Price: Summer Moon (arr. William Newell)
Béla Bartók: An Evening in the Village, Sz.39 / BB.51 No.5 (arr. William Newell)
Robert Schumann: Child Falling Asleep, Op.15 No.12 (arr. William Newell)
Aaron Parker: easqelä – suspended, spacious, in a dusky half light
Thomas Adès: The Four Quarters: IV. The Twenty-fifth Hour
Kate Bush: And Dream of Sheep (arr. William Newell)
Released 17 September 2021.
Compositions
- The Four Quarters — 2010