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John Ramsay is a professor of geology by profession but also a very serious composer, of both chamber and orchestral works. His style is chiefly tonal though he does utilise serial techniques on occasion. The four string quartets are perfect examples of the best of 'post-modernist' music, employing no artificial boundaries, but being pure self expression using the most appropriate musical forms. They are to some degree programmatic and thus Romantic in idiom too and thoroughly deserve a place in the chamber music repertoire. Album Tracks 1. String Quartet No.1 in D minor Allegro 2. String Quartet No.1 in D minor Molto Moderato 3. String Quartet No.1 in D minor Scherzo 4. String Quartet No.1 in D minor Lento-Rondo Vivace 5. String Quartet No.2 in E minor Shackleton Modetato 6. String Quartet No.2 in E minor Shackleton Adagio 7. String Quartet No.2 in E minor Shackleton Adagio Molto Funeral March 8. String Quartet No.2 in E minor Shackleton Allegro Flamenco Adagio Molto 1. Sting Quartet No.3 in C Major Homage to Mozart K465 Adagio Allegro Con Spirit 2. String Quartet No.3 in C Major Adagio 3. String Quartet No.3 in C Major Scherzi 4. String Quartet No.3 in C Major Andante Moderato Ostinato 5. String Quartet No.3 in C Major Allegro Moderato 6. String Quartet No.4 Charles Darwin Adagio Piu Vivace War Fugue Epilogue
