{"product_id":"ed-cooper-copy","title":"Frank Denyer","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFive Muted Quartets\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e    \u003ca name=\"_Hlk236156718\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e1. String Quartet No \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e2\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e(2017\/18)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e2. String Quartet No 3\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e(2022)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e3. String Quartet No 4\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e(2023)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e4. String Quartet No 5\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e(2024)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e5. String Quartet No 6\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e(2025)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"SV\" style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: SV; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eLuna Quartet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"SV\" style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: SV;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"SV\" style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: SV; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eJanneke van Prooijen - violin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"SV\" style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: SV;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"SV\" style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: SV; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eJellantsje de Vries - violin\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"SV\" style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: SV;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"SV\" style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-ansi-language: SV; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eElisabeth Smalt - viola\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"SV\" style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: SV;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eKatharina Gross - cello \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eDiamanda Dramm -\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e2\u003csup\u003end\u003c\/sup\u003e violin in Quartet No 2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0740\/3631\/4426\/files\/at262_Denyer_booklet_cover_image_480x480.jpg?v=1791816915\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 16px; float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;\"\u003eBooklet Notes by Frank Denyer\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eThe aim of many classical CDs is to whisk listeners away to concert halls with wonderful acoustics in faraway places. But for this CD I’d like to put the musicians in the room where you are now listening, and for you to hear them at a level that is comparable to that of easy conversation. They are not addressing a large audience, a crowd, but just other thoughtful individuals like you. It is an easy tone of voice in which not only ideas and feelings, but confidences can be shared (although perhaps some can still only be whispered).\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIn these circumstances, any rhetoric or charisma is inappropriate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eThese string quartets are a small attempt to rediscover the intimacy of ‘chamber’ music, a quality of communication that was lost in Europe during the 19\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e and 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e centuries as small scale performances migrated from private houses into larger public spaces, and subsequently, musical instruments had to be physically modified to make them louder. Today, now that for many of us recordings have become the primary source of our musical experiences, that intimate tone of music making can be re-discovered, but of course, it will be in new forms appropriate for the 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eToday there is a constant demand for almost unlimited transparency, and the previously rigid demarcation lines between the private and public spheres have been eroded, particularly by social media. The commercial world imposes itself into our most private spaces and the online discourse it brings is angrier, ruder, and more vitriolic than ever. We are in danger of losing both domestic and public spaces that are reliably free from commercial intrusion. We need such spaces because this is where ideas can be quietly cultivated, where art can be shared between friends, and the inner life nurtured. Without it the scope of creativity diminishes until the only thing left is an endless stream of sensationalised streaming from a digital world. Culturally speaking, sharing secrets with those we trust, and safely guarding those we have been privileged to receive, is an essential part of the human experience. Therefore, it is incumbent upon us today to rearticulate and celebrate the private realm, even as we attempt to redefine it for our times.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003ePerhaps this gives the impression that these string quartets are primarily intended for recorded performance and private listening, but this is not so.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eAs far as live performances are concerned, they are best in small, quiet venues that can allow a smallish audience to sit relatively close and on the same level as the musicians; rather than the musicians being isolated from them on a raised stage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eThese compositions are part of a sequence that began with String Quartet No 2, which was recorded by the Luna Quartet and first released on \u003ci\u003eThe Boundaries of Intimacy \u003c\/i\u003e(at148), and concludes with No 6. Although each quartet is a single movement, the intention is for a number of them to be heard sequentially, rather than being heard separately. Whatever selection is found appropriate for the occasion, they are best heard in the order in which they were composed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eThe scores specify the use of ‘heavy’ mutes or ‘practice’ mutes, but the sound quality of the strings is altered in other ways too. The cello in Quartet No 3 and the viola in No 6 have certain notes and phrases that are distorted by the use of a metallic buzzer which gives them a raw, uncertain rasp, an effect you can hear on the first note of Quartet No 6.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eOccasionally some subsidiary instruments are required. In Quartet 3, for instance, each player has a collection of around twenty pairs of small metal pellet bells which sound both singly and together. The second violinist and violist also have a slab of solid hardwood each, which they tap with the heal of the bow, and sometimes with their fingers. In Quartet 4 the first violinist, wears tap-dancers’ shoes (while still seated) which sound on a stone tile. The second violinist occasionally strikes a piece of non-resonant metal; the violist taps on a partly open cigar box. The cellist has a sharp thigh slap.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eAt the climax, a number of other people join in, and the music for a few moments breaks through its conventionally accepted confines.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eQuartets 5 and 6 are largely free from such auxiliary sounds, although in all the quartets the musicians are occasionally required to sing a note quietly as they play it, or sing instead of playing it, or sing another pitch to that played. They produce other vocal sounds as well.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eThroughout the cycle the music is microtonal, but in Quartet 6 the viola’s D string is actually retuned 40 cents higher than usual. This helps stabilise some microtones, but the D quarter-sharp also acts as a recurring reference point for the listener, sounding a little louder than the surrounding notes. It is first heard at the beginning; indeed, it is the very first note.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e                                                                                           \u003cstrong\u003eFrank Denyer\u003c\/strong\u003e, June 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0740\/3631\/4426\/files\/at262_Denyer_inside_small_image_240x240.jpg?v=1791816931\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 16px; float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; line-height: normal;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eQuartet 2 recorded 30\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e May 2018 by Robert Bosch at Splendor, Amsterdam\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eQuartets 3-6 recorded 10\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e-13th February 2026, Robert Bosch Geluid, Amsterdam\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eCover artwork: detail from a painting titled Embody by Finlan Whelan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003ePhotogrpah of Frank Denyer by Denis Avetisyan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003ePhotograph of Luna Quartet by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eBen Bonouvrier\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Another Timbre","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67681891320122,"sku":"at262","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0740\/3631\/4426\/files\/at262_cover_image.jpg?v=1791816708","url":"https:\/\/www.anothertimbre.com\/products\/ed-cooper-copy","provider":"Another Timbre","version":"1.0","type":"link"}