from Hummel: String Quartets (CDH55166) 1 Adagio e mesto – Allegro ma non troppo [7'50] 25 minutes 9 seconds 4 tracks2 Menuetto: Allegro assai [3'00] 3 Adagio e cantabile [8'42] 4 Allegro vivace [5'37] ‘His trade-mark invention never flags, allied with grace and sophistication and a gift for melody second to very few. A fitting tribute to one of the least pretentious of composers’ (The Observer) ‘The advocacy of the Delmé Quartet is persuasive and artistically unwavering. Their well-defined and technically accomplished readings are filled with vitality and spirit and marked by a thoughtful bu ... |