Joubert: String Quartets 1, 2 And 3
Label: SOMM Catalog: 113 Format: CD Brodsky Quartet Daniel Rowland, Ian Belton: violins Paul Cassidy: viola Jacqueline Thomas: celloJOUBERT: String Quartet No. 1 in A-flat, Op. 1 (premiere) • String Quartet No. 2, Op. 91 • String Quartet No. 3, Op. 112 (premiere) This important new release is ideally timed to celebrate composer John Joubert’s 85th birthday, which he celebrated in March. It was exactly five years ago, in celebration of Joubert’s 80th birthday, that SOMM brought out a well-filled double-CD set of music by John Joubert that included a world premiere of his Second String Quartet with the Brodsky Quartet, reissued on this disc as a companion piece to the world premiere recordings of Joubert’s Quartets 1 & 3, again with the same artists, who have now enthusiastically incorporated them into their concert repertoire. Price: $27.98 |