from McCabe: String Quartets Nos 3, 4 & 5 (CDA67078) 1 Adagio [3'03] 19 minutes 23 seconds 10 tracks2 Vigoroso [1'42] 3 Andante [3'01] 4 Vivo [1'19] 5 Andante [2'34] 6 Vivo [0'47] 7 Lento [2'01] 8 Moderato [1'47] 9 Allegro [1'03] 10 Lento [2'06] ‘A magnificent 60th-birthday offering to a fine composer … music of enormous integrity and genuine staying power from an underrated British master, impeccably realised on this occasion by artists ... |