Review: Korngold: String Quartets Nos. 1–3 (Tippett Quartet)
From Vienna to Hollywood, three quartets that should be heard more often.
Clive Paget is a former Limelight Editor, now Editor-at-Large, and a tour leader for Limelight Arts Travel. Based in London after three years in New York, he writes for The Guardian, BBC Music Magazine, Gramophone, Musical America and Opera News. Before moving to Australia, he directed and developed new musical theatre for London’s National Theatre.
From Vienna to Hollywood, three quartets that should be heard more often.
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Six works, three players, one fascinating journey.