from Simpson: String Quartets Nos 10 & 11 (CDA66225) 1 Allegretto [8'12] 27 minutes 6 seconds 3 tracks2 Prestissimo [2'25] 3 Molto adagio [16'29] ‘Superbly focused readings, recorded with the utmost presence’ (The Independent) ‘Few composers today write for string quartet so naturally as Robert Simpson … directly breathing the air of late Beethoven’ (The Guardian) ‘It is this writer's unshakeable conviction that Simpson is probably today's greatest living exponent of absolute music anywhere in the world … if you haven't yet come to terms with Simpson, ther ... |