Stanford, C V - String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 - RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet

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...these exemplary first recordings make the best possible case for all this rare material; sound and balance are first-class, too. A strongly recommendable issue, in sum, extensively annotated by Jeremy Dibble. Can we expect further installments?...

(Gramophone)



...Jeremy Dibble's notes are excellent, as is the recording. On balance, this is a very worth-while issue of first-rate British chamber music which does not deserve the neglect which has befallen it...

(International Record Review)

Stephen Stirling, horn; RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet.
Charles Villiers Stanford

Stråkkvartett nr 1 G-dur Op 44

1. Allegro assai

2. Poco allegro e grazioso – Presto – Tempo I – Presto – Tempo I

3. Largo con molto espressione

4. Allegro molto



Stråkkvartett nr 2 a-moll Op 45

5. Molto moderato – Più moto – Tempo I – Più moto – Tempo I

6. Prestissimo

7. Andante espressivo

8. Allegro molto



Fantasi för hornkvintett a-moll

9. Allegro moderato (ma appassionato) – Allegretto – Tempo primo – Presto – Vivace