WILLIAMS: The English String Quartet

Catalog Number: ALC1035
Label: Alto
Format: CD

Available: 3
Price: $8.99

Categories: Chamber Music
Budget Periods: 20th Century, Romantic

Composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performers: Colin Callow, Diana Cummings, Geoggrey Thomas, Luciano Iorio, Norbert Blume, The English String Quartet

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

Phantasy Quintet
String Quartet No. 2 in A minor
String Quartet No. 1 in G minor

The English String Quartet:
Diana Cummings, violin
Colin Callow, violin
Geoggrey Thomas, cello
Luciano Iorio, viola
Norbert Blume, 2nd viola (Phantasy Quintet)

	Track Listing	Time
	Phantasy Quintet
1	I. Prelude. Lento ma non troppo	4:17
2	II. Scherzo. Prestissimo	3:55
3	III. Alla Sarabanda. Lento	2:49
4	IV. Burlesca. Allegro moderato	4:11
	String Quartet No. 2 in A minor
5	I. Prelude. Allegro appasionato	3:53
6	II. Romance. Largo	8:41
7	III. Scherzo. Allegro	2:59
8	IV. Epilogue. Greetings from Joan to Jean. Andnate sostenuto	3:39
	String Quartet No. 1 in G minor
9	I. Allegro moderato	7:58
10	II. Minuet and Trio. Tempo di minuetto	4:03
11	III. Romance. Andante sostenuto	6:22
12	IV. Finale. Rondo capriccioso. Allegro molto	7:29

"These performances by the English String Quartet, with Norbert Blume as second viola in the exquisite Phantasy Quintet, are full of affection and are admirably high and consistent technical quality. They are also clearly recorded. ...The intimacy of chamber-music playing is captured, but there is a decent distance between performer and listener. (2nd Quartet) Its mood, and that of the whole work, is excellent conveyed by these performers...The Phantasy Quintet... is VW in his most rapt and meditative vein, and if you love the music that this vein produced, you will wonder why this short and beautiful work is not frequently heard"
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