Formats and Editions
1. String Quartet No.1: I. Allegro appassionato
2. String Quartet No.1: II. Lento cantabile -
3. String Quartet No.1: III. Allegro assai
4. String Quartet No.2: I. Allegro grazioso
5. String Quartet No.2: II. Andante
6. String Quartet No.2: III. Presto
7. String Quartet No.2: IV. Allegro appassionato
8. String Quartet No.4: I. Molto legato -
9. String Quartet No.4: II. Fast -
10. String Quartet No.4: III. Moderately slow -
11. String Quartet No.4: IV. Very fast
Details:
Tippett quartet
More Info:
Michael Tippett, who was 'invincibly drawn to the quartet medium' when he heard performances by the Busch and Lener Quartets during his student years in London, wrote five string quartets spanning his entire compositional life.