British Music Collection - Britten String Quartets - Decca: 4750512 - Presto CD

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Britten: String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36

Work length27:48

Norbert Brainin (violin), Siegmund Nissel (violin), Peter Schidlof (viola), Martin Lovett (cello)
Amadeus Quartet
Recorded: 1963-01-21
Recording Venue: Decca Studio 3, West Hampstead, London

1. Allegro calmo senza rigore

Track length8:45

2. Vivace

Track length3:29

3. Chacony - Sostenuto

Track length15:34

Britten: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 94

Work length25:40

Norbert Brainin (violin), Siegmund Nissel (violin), Peter Schidlof (viola), Martin Lovett (cello)
Amadeus Quartet
Recorded: 1978-03-18
Recording Venue: "The Maltings", Concert Hall, Snape

1. Duets

Track length5:35

2. Ostinato

Track length3:30

3. Solo

Track length5:58

4. Burlesque

Track length2:14

5. Recitative & Passacaglia

Track length8:23

Britten: Sinfonietta, Op. 1

Work length14:30

Wiener Oktett (chamber ensemble), Emanuel Brabec (cello), Otto Ruhm (double bass), Gunter Breitenbach (viola), Werner Tripp (flute), Philipp Matheis (violin), Anton Fietz (violin), Josef Veleba (french horn), Ernst Pamperl (bassoon), Alfred Boskovsky (clarinet), Karl Mayrhofer (oboe)
Recorded: 1965-04-14
Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

I. Poco presto ed agitato

Track length4:00

II. Variations, Andante lento

Track length6:18

III. Tarantella, Presto vivace

Track length4:12

British Music Collection - Britten String Quartets