String Quartet No 3 (McCabe)

from McCabe: String Quartets Nos 3, 4 & 5 (CDA67078)

1 Moderato (Part 1) [1'56]
2 Vivo (Part 1) [1'34]
3 Lento (Part 1) [1'59]
4 Vivo (Part 1) [0'59]
5 Lento (Part 1) [2'05]
6 Allegro deciso (Part 1) [1'59]
7 Lento (Part 1) [0'49]
8 Scherzo I: Presto (Part 2) [1'04]
9 Romanza: Andante (Part 2) [2'51]
10 Scherzo II: Presto possibile (Part 2) [1'28]
11 Passacaglia. Lento (Part 3) [1'18]
12 (Part 3) [1'56]
13 (Part 3) [0'58]
14 (Part 3) [1'51]
15 Allegro agitato (Part 3) [2'43]
16 Lento (Part 3) [1'37]

27 minutes 7 seconds 16 tracks

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