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Vol.2 in the Toccata Classics cycle of the complete string quartets of Matthews (b. 1943). The American critic Reilly described the music on Volume One as 'some of the most concentrated, penetrating writing for this medium in the past 30 years or more. It is musical thinking of the highest order and quartet writing in the great tradition of Beethoven, Bartok, Britten, and Tippett'. Album Tracks 1. Lento, Cantando 2. Vivace, Energico 3. Largo Sostenuto 4. Prelude and Fugue 5. Tango 6. Cadenza I 7. Menuetto Scherzando 8. Cadenza II 9. Serenade 10. Cadenza III 11. Canto Mesto 12. Menuetto Grazioso 13. Finale