Ronald Center: Chamber And Instrumental Music, Vol
) | Label: TOCCATA CLASSICS Catalog: TOCC0533 Format: COMPACT DISC Fejes QuartetRonald Center (1913–73) is sometimes described as ‘the Scottish Bartók’, and his music does indeed capture some of the stark, wild energy of the Scottish landscape in a style of Bartókian asperity. These three string quartets show him, in his northeast corner of Scotland, to have been fully conversant with the quartets being written around the same time by Barber, Britten and Shostakovich, but their direct manner, terse expression, wiry humor and roots in Scottish folk-music ensure that Center is his own man.  Price: $27.98 |