A triumphant Penderecki set from the Tippetts
Penderecki
String Quartets Nos 1-4; String Trio etc.
Tippett Quartet
Naxos 8.574288 52:58 mins
They ricochet through the textures like a violently discharged pinball
Who, hearing Penderecki’s first two string quartets,indicated a linguistic hiatus heralding a plunge into a less astringent world – a development compounded by the String Trio, and two further quartets content to engage with points of reference including gypsy and Eastern European folk music. Together they signalled a decisive journey away from the avant-gardism that Penderecki had come to see as an expressive dead end.
