Price & Sowerby: Chamber Music / Avalon String Quartet
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Naxos’s exploration of the works of Florence Price continues with this album of music for string quartet. Price and Leo Sowerby were contemporaries in the Chicago music community of the 1930s and 1940s, and they are known to have respected each other’s works. Sowerby’s String Quartet in G minor is a world premiere recording. Performed by the Avalon String Quartet – one of America’s leading chamber music ensembles.
Product Description:
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Release Date: March 22, 2024
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Catalog Number: 8559941
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UPC: 636943994122
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Label: Naxos
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Number of Discs: 1
Period: 20th Century
Composer: Florence Price, Leo Sowerby
Orchestra/Ensemble: Avalon String Quartet
Works:
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String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor
Composer: Florence Price
Ensemble: Avalon String Quartet
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String Quartet in G Minor, H. 226
Composer: Leo Sowerby
Ensemble: Avalon String Quartet
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5 Folksongs in Counterpoint for String Quartet
Composer: Florence Price
Ensemble: Avalon String Quartet