Prima Vista Quartet - String Quartets - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. St QT No.1, Op.4 I. Largo 2. St QT No.1, Op.4 II. Andante Con Moto 3. St QT No.1, Op.4 III. Presto Con Fuoco 4. St QT No.2, Op.6 I. Moderato 5. St QT No.2, Op.6 II. Prestissimo 6. St QT No.2, Op.6 III. Molto Lento 7. St QT No.3, Op.42 I. Allegro Moderato 8. St QT No.3, Op.42 II. Vivace 9. St QT No.3, Op.42 III. Adagio Sostenuto 10. St QT No.3, Op.42 IV. Allegro Deciso

Of these two great classical quartets which look forward so much to the heights of the Romantic period, one (InchDeath and the MaidenInch) is almost universally loved. The almost contemporary A minor quartet is sometimes referred to as the 'Rosamunde' because of it's strong thematic links to Schubert's incidental music to that play. Both are here played on period instruments, with gut strings, in what is an authentic and thoroughly top-class performance by one of our foremost string ensembles. The Fitzwilliam Quartet has just celebrated it's 50thanniversary. Acknowledged as one of the finest British quartets of our age they are equally at home in the classics, playing period instruments, or in the modern and contemporary repertoire, having had personal links with Shostakovich who called the Fitzwilliams Inchthe preferred performers of my quartetsInch. Album Tracks 1. String Quartet in a Minor, D.804, Op.29 2. String Quartet in D minor, D.810, Op. Posth

Album Tracks 1. Molto Moderato - Scherzo, for String Quartet, JS 134 2. Scherzo, for String Quartet in B minor 3. String Quartet in E Flat Major, JS 184 I. Allegro 4. String Quartet in E Flat Major, JS 184 II. Andante Molto 5. String Quartet in E Flat Major, JS 184 III. Scherzo. Allegretto 6. String Quartet in E Flat Major, JS 184 IV. Vivace 7. Themes (4), for String Quartet I. G Major 8. Themes (4), for String Quartet II. in E Flat Major 9. Themes (4), for String Quartet III. a Minor 10. Themes (4), for String Quartet IV. E minor 11. Alla Marcia, for String Quartet, JS 16 12. Presto, for String Quartet in F Major, JS 154 13. Theme and Variations, for String Quartet in G minor, JS 197 14. Allegretto, for String Quartet in D Major, JS 20 15. Andantino, for String Quartet in C Major, JS 39 16. Theme and Variations, for String Quartet in C Sharp minor, JS 195 17. Small Pieces (33), for String Quartet 1. E Major 18. Small Pieces (33), for String Quartet 2. A minor - C Major 19. Small Pieces (33), for String Quartet 3. F Major 20. Small Pieces (33), for String Quartet 4. a Minor 21. Small Pieces (33), for String Quartet 5. a Flat Major 22. Small Pieces (33), for String Quartet 6. F Sharp minor 23. Small Pieces (33), for String Quartet 7. F Major 24. Small Pieces (33), for String Quartet 8. G Major 25. Small Pieces (33), for String Quartet 9. a Major 26. Small Pieces (33), for String Quartet 10. E Flat Major 27. Small Pieces (33), for String Quartet 11. a Major 28. Small Pieces (33), for String Quartet 12. C minor 29. Small Pieces (33), for String Quartet 13. E Major 30. Small Pieces (33), for String Quartet 14. C minor - E Flat Major 31. Small Pieces (33), for String Quartet 15. E Major 32. Small Pieces (33), for String Quartet 16. D minor 33. Small Pieces (33), for String Quarte