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Compact Disc CDA66117

£13.99


Recorded on 9, 10 November 1983
Recording Engineer
ANTONY HOWELL
Recording Producer
ROBERT SIMPSON
Design
TERRY SHANNON
Executive Producer
EDWARD PERRY
© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MCMLXXXIV

Duration: 51'03
DDD
Front illustration: An x-ray photograph of the Seyfert radio galaxy NGC1275 (Perseus A) taken by the orbiting Einstein Observatory, showing the 100 million degrees K 'quasar core' at the centre of which is thought to be a massive black hole.


Contents:

    STRING QUARTET No 7 (1977)
  1. Tranquillo [7'21]
  2. Vivace [7'23]
  3. Tempo primo [4'27]

    STRING QUARTET No 8 (1979)

  4. Grave, molto intensivo [11'30]
  5. Molto vivace (Eretmapodites gilletti) [3'09]
  6. Allegretto grazioso [4'56]
  7. Risoluto e concentrato [11'43]
Sleeve Notes


‘Some of the finest music by a composer whose neglect has been almost criminal … The two quartets here must surely number among his most profound works, and indeed could hold their own against virtually any written in a century which has witnessed so many masterly contributions to the genre. The Delmé play like men committed to the validity of every note … with such a profound sense of inwardness and inevitability that one can only marvel’ (Hi-Fi News)

‘A valuable and rewarding issue’ (BBC Record Review)

'Magnificent playing and fine recording' (The Sunday Times)


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