The Ligeti Quartet‘s latest album – ‘The Past & I: 100 Years of Thomas Hardy – Music and Arrangements by Arthur Keegan’ – featuring performances with mezzo soprano Lotte Betts-Dean and guitarist James Girling was released on the Delphian label on 19 July 2024.
The album – Presto Classical’s album of the week on its release – features elegies for Hardy and his first wife Emma by up-and-coming composer Arthur Keegan as well as Keegan’s arrangements of Hardy settings by Imogen Holst, Benjamin Britten and others.
“It’s an intriguing project, lovingly realised” BBC Radio 3 Record Review.
Arthur Keegan has created a 3-part podcast exploring some of the tracks, which can be found on Spotify
Ep1 – Thomas Hardy and Emma Gifford
Ep2- Thomas Hardy and Composers
Ep 3 – Thomas Hardy and Old Father Time
The album – a limited release – can be purchased directly from Delphian Records