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Title: Dove: On the streets & in the sky
Artist: Charles Owen
Label: Signum Classics
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 635212079324
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2025-02-21
Number of Discs: 1

The Sacconi Quartet join forces again with celebrated composer Jonathan Dove for the latest instalment of their many fruitful collaborations and journeys. The String Quartet no 2 On the Streets and in the sky was written during the recent pandemic and was commissioned for the Sacconi Quartet to celebrate their 20th anniversary. Between Friends, is a world premiere recording, and a memorial to Graeme Mitchison (1944-2018), a multi-disciplined scientist, intrepid adventurer, cyclist, paraglider, mountaineer and a possessor of two pianos on which he and Dove would play together for over forty years. Who Wrote the Book of Love? Is an extended song cycle written for baritone Philippe Sly who performs the work here. Vanishing Gold is a compact five-minute piece written for the 40th anniversary of the Endellion Quartet, who then retired. Dove's previous release with the Sacconi Quartet on Signum "In Damascus" was awarded Gramophone Recording of the Month and Presto's Editor's Choice in 2017. ? The beauty of the piece, for tenor and string quartet, is it's restraint. It doesn't sensationalise, get maudlin, moralise or politicise. The words are direct and the music respects that. The performance does, too: focused playing from the Sacconi Quartet and lucid, unswerving narrative from tenor Mark Padmore - The Guardian

Tracks:
1.1 On the streets and in the sky for string quartet~I. Driving
1.2 On the streets and in the sky for string quartet~II. Lively
1.3 On the streets and in the sky for string quartet~III. Very gently moving
1.4 Between Friends for two pianos~Conversation 1: Gently moving - Gradually moving forward - Energetic
1.5 Between Friends for two pianos~Conversation 2: Dancing
1.6 Between Friends for two pianos~Conversation 3: Spacious
1.7 Between Friends for two pianos~Conversation 4: Lively and playful, with mischief
1.8 Who Wrote the Book of Love? for baritone and string quartet~I. Poet Love (1)
1.9 Who Wrote the Book of Love? for baritone and string quartet~II. Sappho Love
1.10 Who Wrote the Book of Love? for baritone and string quartet~III. Greek Love
1.11 Who Wrote the Book of Love? for baritone and string quartet~IV. Persian Love
1.12 Who Wrote the Book of Love? for baritone and string quartet~V. Deaf Love
1.13 Who Wrote the Book of Love? for baritone and string quartet~VI. Gallant Love
1.14 Who Wrote the Book of Love? for baritone and string quartet~VII. Cold Love
1.15 Who Wrote the Book of Love? for baritone and string quartet~VIII. Prescient Love
1.16 Who Wrote the Book of Love? for baritone and string quartet~IX. Misbegotten Love
1.17 Who Wrote the Book of Love? for baritone and string quartet~X. Puzzled Love
1.18 Who Wrote the Book of Love? for baritone and string quartet~XI. Poet Love (2)
1.19 Who Wrote the Book of Love? for baritone and string quartet~XII. Gypsy Love
1.20 Who Wrote the Book of Love? for baritone and string quartet~XIII. Burning Love
1.21 Who Wrote the Book of Love? for baritone and string quartet~XIV. Folk Love
1.22 Who Wrote the Book of Love? for baritone and string quartet~XV. Shrug Love
1.23 Who Wrote the Book of Love? for baritone and string quartet~XVI. Scientific Love
1.24 Who Wrote the Book of Love? for baritone and string quartet~XVII. Cythera Love
1.25 Vanishing Gold for string quartet