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03 October 2024
Leonard Salzedo: String Quartets 1, 5 and 10

Archaeus Quartet

Leonard Salzedo (1921 – 2000) was born in London, studied at the Royal College of Music and lived in the south east of England all his life. A talented violinist, he was a member of the London Philharmonic and then the Royal Philharmonic Orchestras but later turned his hand to conducting. A prolific composer all his life, Salzedo wrote for a multitude of genres, from unaccompanied works to symphonies, large film scores and ballet. Salzedo was particularly proud of his String Quartets (of which there are 10). Unsurprisingly, his String Quartets are very listenable and indeed fascinating, revealing Salzedo’s Sephardic Jewish ancestry and indeed a distinct influence of Sibelius, whose music he adored. These quartets are a must for any listener who enjoys string quartets and indeed English music with a distinctive and engaging voice. All works on this CD are world premier recordings and are performed with great character by the excellent Archaeus Quartet, great advocates of Salzedo’s music.

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MPR104CD

Leonard Salzedo: String Quartet No.1

Leonard Salzedo: String Quartet No.5, Op.32 No.1 I. Andante - Presto II. Lentissimo - Più mosso - Allegretto - Allegro vivo

Leonard Salzedo: String Quartet No.10, Op.140

 

Recorded in St George's Church, Benenden, Kent on 8thTRUE0th August 2017 
Design: Hannah Whale, Fruition Creative Concepts
Recording Engineer: Tony Faulkner
Recording Producer: Mike Purton
Total Time: 57.16
Release Date: November 2018

Ann Hooley, Rosemary Lock – violins
Elizabeth Turnbull – viola
Martin Bradshaw – cello

Archaeus QuartetThe Archaeus Quartet is a well-established group, formed in 1990, which has enjoyed a busy schedule from its very first season, performing in music clubs and arts centres throughout the UK and at the Wigmore Hall and Purcell Room in London. The group has toured in Europe and played at festivals including Warwick, Greenwich, King’s Lynn, Wooburn and at the ICA in London.

As well as performing from an extensive traditional concert repertoire, the Archaeus has a strong commitment to the performance of rarely heard but high quality works of the 20th Century. Premieres include Ruth Crawford Seeger’s Piano Quintet, Antonin Tucapsky’s String Quartet, the London premiere of Leonard Salzedo’s 7th Quartet, and world premieres of his 8th and 9th Quartets.

“After I had heard my 7th String Quartet played by the Archaeus Quartet on October 30th last year I was so pleased with their performance that I decided to write a new quartet especially for them. I started it on October 31st and completed it exactly five weeks later, on December 5th.” - Leonard Salzedo

This work received its premiere at the Wigmore Hall in June 1995 when the Archaeus made its highly successful London debut. Their fruitful friendship and collaboration with Salzedo resulted in two further Quartets and the Sonata for Violin and Viola.

CD recordings include the Quartet by Minna Keal; Quartets by York Bowen with the Quintet for bass clarinet with Timothy Lines; Quartets by

Ethel Smyth, Amy Beach and Susan Spain-Dunk; Leonard Salzedo; and Quartets by Cyril Scott.  All five CDs have been received with critical acclaim. The recording of Salzedo’s Quartets and the Sonata for Violin and Viola (performed by its dedicatees Ann Hooley and Elizabeth Turnbull) and released on Dutton Epoch (the recording produced by Mike Purton with Tony Faulkner as Recording Engineer), was selected as Editor’s Choice in the Gramophone Magazine.

The Archaeus plan to complete recording the Quartets of Leonard Salzedo with MPR. The first of these next CDs, comprising Quartets 1 & 5 and the world premiere of no.10, is soon to be released.

The aspiration to play the complete Beethoven Quartets has always been important to the Archaeus. Having performed this cycle in Oxford, Cumbria and London in the late 90s the group is now giving further cycles in Eastbourne, Salehurst and Brighton.

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