{"id":167,"date":"2012-05-05T18:25:59","date_gmt":"2012-05-05T17:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larkreviews.co.uk\/?p=167"},"modified":"2012-05-05T18:25:59","modified_gmt":"2012-05-05T17:25:59","slug":"the-finzi-quartet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=167","title":{"rendered":"The Finzi Quartet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?attachment_id=168\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/finzi-quar-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Gerald Finzi: By Footpath and Stile &amp; other chamber works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Finzi Quartet; Marcus Farnsworth, baritone; Robert Plane, clarinet; Ruth Bolister, oboe<\/p>\n<p>RESONUS RES 10109\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 73.05<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gerald Finzi is still nowhere near as well recognised as he should be. This quietly wonderful new recording must make us ask yet again why this is so. The opening <em>Romance<\/em> is as delicate as an early spring flower, yet has the strength within its structure to weather any storm. There is no simplistic romanticism, though romantic it certainly is.<\/p>\n<p>The Finzi Quartet bring elegance of musical line, as well as sensitivity of nuance throughout. Their solo items are compelling while their work with others expands the field without ever disrupting the hushed introspection of the whole disc.<\/p>\n<p>Much of the credit for this must go to the arrangements of Christian Alexander which maintain the tentativeness of Finzi\u2019s original scores without risking sentimentality or too extrovert a voice.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus Farnsworth\u2019s rich English tones sit comfortably with Thomas Hardy\u2019s poems, finding the faith and hope inherent in <em>The Oxen<\/em> and the slight rise in intensity for <em>Exeunt omnes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The clarinet brings some fire to the <em>Five Bagatelles, <\/em>but does not outweigh the earlier mood of gentle melancholy. More please. BH<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.resonusclassics.com\/\">www.resonusclassics.com<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:info@resonusclassics.com\">info@resonusclassics.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Gerald Finzi: By Footpath and Stile &amp; other chamber works The Finzi Quartet; Marcus Farnsworth, baritone; Robert Plane, clarinet; Ruth Bolister, oboe RESONUS RES 10109\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 73.05 &nbsp; Gerald Finzi is still nowhere near as well recognised as he should be. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=167\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=167"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167\/revisions\/169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}