from Simpson: String Quartets Nos 10 & 11 (CDA66225) 1 Allegro molto [6'15] 25 minutes 4 seconds 3 tracks2 Adagio [6'22] 3 Presto – Molto adagio pianissimo [12'27] ‘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 ... |