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‘Mátyás Seiber’s three string quartets
span his career, from the astonishingly
assured student essay of the first
quartet, composed at the age of just
eighteen, to the mature synthesis
of his third and final Quartetto Lirico.
Seiber’s work was nourished by
several of the twentieth century’s most
significant stylistic trends, from jazz
and serialism to the folk music of his
native Hungary. He was also, like many
of the mid-century’s most important
artists, an émigré and an influential
teacher; Hugh Wood’s booklet essay
pays tribute to his lasting influence
on a generation of British composers.
Recent praise for the Edinburgh Quartet:
‘a bright sound with a ring of steel around it that is ideal for modern music’
— Daily Telegraph
‘scorchingly focused performances’
— The Herald (on the Delphian CD The Cold Dancer)
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