Heath Quartet

Tippett String Quartets

Recorded
Recorded live at Wigmore Hall, London, on 3 December 2013, 17 January, 16 March and 26 April 2014
Total time
128.12

Overview

Sir Michael Tippett’s complete String Quartets are given fresh perspectives by the vibrant and adventurous Heath Quartet. The first ensemble in 10 years to receive the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Young Artist Award, the Heaths bring irresistible energy to these works.


From Quartet No. 1, premièred in what was the first professional performance of the composer’s music, and Quartet No. 3, written during the Second World War whilst Tippett, a committed pacifist, faced a prison sentence, to his landmark fifth and final quartet, Tippett’s stirring and powerfully individual writing is recorded in the intimate acoustic of Wigmore Hall.

Artists

  • Steven Osbornepiano
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