The Naxos Quartets are a series of ten string quartets by the English composer Peter Maxwell Davies .
16-674: They were written between 2001 and 2007 to a commission from Naxos Records . In 2001 the Maggini Quartet was appointed to record all ten for the record label. The first quartet was premiered by the Magginis at the Wigmore Hall on 17 October 2002. The series of quartets can be considered a multi-installment "novel". Not all of the quartets have explicit extra-musical references, although the landscape and culture of Davies' adopted Orkney remain ever present. Davies has stated that
32-443: A record label specializing in classical music . The company was known for its budget pricing of discs, with simpler artwork and design than most other labels. In the 1980s, Naxos primarily recorded central and eastern European symphony orchestras, often with lesser-known conductors, as well as upcoming and unknown musicians, to minimize recording costs and maintain its budget prices. In more recent years, Naxos has taken advantage of
48-472: Is Naxos Records , which focuses on classical music. Naxos Musical Group encompasses about 17 labels including Naxos Records, Naxos Audiobooks, and Naxos Books (ebooks). There are about an additional 50 labels that are independent of the Naxos Musical Group with a wide range of offerings. The company was founded in 1987 by Klaus Heymann , a German-born resident of Hong Kong. Naxos Records is
64-638: Is approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) NE of Munich and is serviced by the Munich S-Bahn (S2) and MVV Bus systems. Poing has two constituent communities named Angelbrechting and Grub. Poing is bordered on the east by Anzing and Markt Schwaben , Pliening in the North, Kirchheim to the West and Parsdorf to the South. It is believed that Poing has been settled for more than 5,000 years. The ending on
80-575: The House of Wittelsbach . The Wildpark Poing , opened in 1970 and lies to the east of the community. In some parts of the park, visitors can walk through large outdoor enclosures containing various kinds of free roaming animals, which the public may feed. Poing is serviced by the Munich S-Bahn network (S2) ( Erding - Petershausen ). There are two S-Bahn stops of the Munich S-Bahn . One in Poing ,
96-568: The Internet that offers its complete catalogue and the Naxos Music Library. As of 2019, subscribers had access to 2,225,190 tracks on its 145,755 discs, though these numbers were increasing by nearly 100 new discs a day. In 2015, it launched a high-definition download and streaming service, ClassicsOnline HD•LL, with a catalogue drawn from a number of classical record labels. Naxos Global Logistics, based in Poing near Munich ,
112-520: The Eighth Quartet, based on John Dowland 's Queen Elizabeth's Galliard , is dedicated to Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of her eightieth birthday. The string quartets are not Davies' only work in the genre: his first published composition was a movement for string quartet, and he produced a mature quartet in 1961. Two Little Quartets appeared in 1980 and 1987. There is also the unfinished final String Quartet (2016, op. 338), of which only
128-691: The Third Quartet is a manifestation of his feelings of outrage at the invasion of Iraq in 2003. By contrast the Fourth Quartet, subtitled Children's Games , takes as its inspiration Pieter Bruegel the Elder 's eponymous painting of 1560. The Fifth Quartet uses a motif of the flashing of lighthouses in Orkney. The Seventh Quartet is a tribute to the Baroque architect Francesco Borromini , and
144-483: The United States. Naxos has also recorded the music of contemporary composers, including Leonardo Balada , Bechara El-Khoury , Laurent Petitgirard , and Alla Pavlova . The label has branched out into jazz , world music , and books on musical subjects. Naxos Spoken Word Library contains non-music products, such as audiobooks and radio dramas . In 2003, it began a paid subscription service for listening on
160-539: The community's name suggests a Celtic origin. Over the last few decades, Poing has developed rapidly from a small village into the second biggest community on the S-Bahn line 2 (S2) area (up to Erding ) and into the second biggest community in Ebersberg after Vaterstetten . In 2006, it overtook the once dominant neighboring community of Kirchheim. The sharp rise in population is due to the many new building projects in
176-483: The election after the previous mayor, Albert Hingerl (SPD) decided to retire after 20 years in the position. Poing's arms might heraldically be described thus: In azure a fess argent upon which a chevron Or below which an eight-pointed star argent. From the Poing patrician family Prielmair's arms came both the star and the chevron. The shield's color and the silver fess hearken back to the community's former fast link with
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#1732775685204192-399: The expiring copyrights of other companies' studio recordings by selling discs remastered from gramophone records . Examples include the complete recordings of opera singers such as Enrico Caruso , Amelita Galli-Curci , and Titta Ruffo and the 1934 world première performance of Howard Hanson 's opera Merry Mount . Legal restrictions prevented some of these recordings from being sold in
208-432: The first movement was completed. All ten quartets are now available on five discs or downloads from Naxos Records. This article about a composition for a chamber music group is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Naxos Records Naxos comprises numerous companies, divisions, imprints, and labels specializing in classical music but also audiobooks and other genres. The premier label
224-704: The northern area of the city, to which no end is yet foreseen. Therefore, even more development projects are expected. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland The political parties currently represented on Poing's municipal council are the CSU , the SPD , the Greens , the FWG Poing e. V. and the FDP . The last mayoral election was held in March 2020. Thomas Stark won
240-513: The other in Grub . Highway connections include Autobahn A 94 (Munich- Passau ) from Parsdorf/Poing, and from Hohenlinden Bundesstraße B 12 (towards Passau). FTO ( Flughafen-Tangente-Ost , Airport Connector Road - St2580), connects the A ;94 with the airport . It is located east of the community, and opened for traffic on Sep. 9 2009. FTO provides a direct north-south connection from
256-744: Was founded in 2008 to expand the services offered to its distributed labels, including manufacturing, marketing, and licensing. In 2005, Naxos won the Label of the Year Award at Classic FM/ Gramophone awards. In 2023, they won the Label of the Year Award at the International Classical Music Awards. Poing, Bavaria Poing is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Ebersberg , lying 18 kilometres (11 mi) east of central Munich . Poing
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