Hyperion Records | Simpson R: String Quartets Nos. 3 & 6 & Trio

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CDA66376
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Recording details: July 1989
Seldon Hall, Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Produced by Arthur Johnson
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: January 1990
Total duration: 71 minutes 13 seconds

GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE

'This is music which makes a warm and instant appeal to any quartet-lover' (The Guardian)

'The Delmé Quartet play with exemplary clarity and a consistent appreciation of the direction of musical thought' (Gramophone)

Robert Simpson (1921-1997)

String Quartets Nos. 3 & 6 & Trio

Delmé Quartet

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		String Quartet No 3
1		Movement 1: Con duolo a tenerezza. Adagio [8'27]
2		Movement 2: Allegro deciso [11'12]
		String Trio
3		Movement 1: Prelude. Presto [1'38]
4		Movement 2: Adagio [5'20]
5		Movement 3: Fugue. Volante [6'30]
		String Quartet No 6
6		Movement 1: Adagio – Vivacissimo [10'43]
7		Movement 2: Con moto. Grazioso ed intensivo [12'37]
8		Movement 3: Molto tranquillo – Allegro grazioso – Tempo 1 [8'14]
9		Movement 4: Molto rapido [6'32]