String Quartet No. 3 '…Songs Are Sung' / Sonata for Two Violins

Album by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki & Tippett Quartet

String Quartet No. 3 '...songs are sung' / Sonata for Two Violins is an album featuring two chamber works by Polish composer Henryk Górecki, released in 2020. The album showcases Górecki's evolution from the dynamic contrasts and instrumental dialogues of his early Sonata for Two Violins to the deeply emotive and harmonically rich textures of his later String Quartet No. 3.
First released: February 2020

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Sonata for Two Violins, op. 10: I. Allegro molto
    9:23
  2. 2.
    Sonata for Two Violins, op. 10: II. Adagio sostenuto
    3:22
  3. 3.
    Sonata for Two Violins, op. 10: III. Andante con moto
    4:56
  4. 4.
    String Quartet no. 3, op. 67: I. Adagio - Molto andante - Cantabile
    10:25
  5. 5.
    String Quartet no. 3, op. 67: II. Largo cantabile
    12:51
  6. 6.
    String Quartet no. 3, op. 67: III. Allegro, sempre ben marcato
    4:56
  7. 7.
    String Quartet no. 3, op. 67: IV. Deciso - Espressivo ma ben tenuto
    13:37
  8. 8.
    String Quartet no. 3, op. 67: V. Largo - Tranquillo
    15:06

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