{"product_id":"alfred-hill-string-quartets-vol-5","title":"Alfred Hill: String Quartets, Vol. 5","description":"Although Australian by birth, Alfred Hill spent much of his youth in New Zealand before embarking on studies in Leipzig, where he met Brahms, Dvořák and Tchaikovsky. + A prolific symphonist and operatic composer, he also wrote a sequence of seventeen notable string quartets. + His style evolved constantly, the influence of Dvořák leading on to the impressionism of his mid-period. + By the time of the String Quartets Nos. 12 to 14 his mastery of technique – in his younger days he had played in a prominent string quartet – ensure that the music is balanced, subtle, and full of playful wit. + This is the fifth of six volumes of the complete Alfred Hill String Quartets.","brand":"Naxos","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":49705741386008,"sku":"747313326778","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/4346\/3192\/files\/2804715.jpg?v=1777566929","url":"https:\/\/hbdirect.com\/products\/alfred-hill-string-quartets-vol-5","provider":"HBDirect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}