Castalian String Quartet, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Kemp – Strata: Eleanor Alberga Orchestral Works (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Castalian String Quartet, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Kemp – Strata: Eleanor Alberga Orchestral Works (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:14:49 minutes | 2,50 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Resonus Classics

British composer Eleanor Alberga is renowned for her mastery of orchestral colour and form. With her distinctive blend of lyricism and rhythmic dynamism, Alberga crafts a sonic journey that is both exhilarating and deeply moving.

From the arresting grandeur of the symphonic landscapes in her first symphony, Strata, to the pulsating and evocative energy of Mythologies, each piece is a testament to Alberga’s boundless creativity.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Thoimas Kemp, are joined by the Castalian String Quartet for Tower with its cascading melodies and rhythmic intensity, embodying both strength and intimate intricacies.

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Castalian String Quartet – Between Two Worlds: Lassus, Beethoven, Adès & Dowland (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Castalian String Quartet – Between Two Worlds: Lassus, Beethoven, Adès & Dowland (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:06:41 minutes | 1,12 GBGenre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © 2022 Delphian Records Ltd.

From the darkness of night emerges day, the cycle of nature tracing the journey of the soul. The finely calibrated emotions of Orlande de Lassus’s song La nuit froide et sombre, and of his near-contemporary John Dowland’s Come, heavy sleep, are made newly vivid in transcriptions by the Castalian String Quartet, framing a programme which exists both inside and beyond time. Profound meditations on immortality and worldliness from Beethoven and Thomas Adès receive readings of extraordinary intensity, the Quartet’s burnished tone and astounding interconnectedness making this a debut that demands to be heard.
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