{"product_id":"purcell-britten-string-quartets-doric","title":"Purcell Britten String Quartets – Doric","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"o-text--blsk-b-32\"\u003eDoric String Quartet play Purcell \u0026amp; Britten\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"u-nomarginbtm o-text--sharp-med-it-18\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDoric String Quartet\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFounded in 1998 at Pro Corda, Suffolk, the multi-award-winning Doric String Quartet describes recording Britten’s quartets as a significant milestone: ‘In our recording we have endeavoured to tread a line that brings out the humanity in these works but also recognises the need for distance and fragility. This is very personal and intimate music, yet also world-encompassing and timeless.’ The Quartet continues: ‘Another feature of this recording is that Hélène Clément, our violist, is playing on Benjamin Britten’s own viola. This instrument (on loan from the Britten-Pears Foundation) was made in 1843 in Milan by Francesco Guissani. It was previously owned by the composer Frank Bridge who gave it to Britten, as a departure gift when Britten and Pears set sail for the USA in 1939.’ Hélène Clément writes: ‘To be able to explore the music of Britten with the very sound that the composer had in his ears is the greatest honour and joy I could have imagined.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Buywell Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48001761018019,"sku":"CHAN20124","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0079\/6527\/8271\/files\/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwcmVzdG8tY292ZXItaW1hZ2VzIiwia2V5IjoiODYwNzQ3NC4xLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJ3aWR0aCI6OTAwfSwid2VicCI6eyJxdWFsaXR5Ijo2NX0sInRvRm9ybWF0Ijoid2VicCJ9LCJ0aW1lc3RhbXA.webp?v=1786928251","url":"https:\/\/buywellmusic.com\/products\/purcell-britten-string-quartets-doric","provider":"Buywell Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}