BENJAMIN BRITTEN

String Quartet in F major (1928)

21:56

1

I

Allegro vivace e con brio

8:44

2

II

Andante

3:11

3

III

Allegro vivace

3:48

4

IV

Allegro molto

6:05

String Quartet in D major (1931)

19:25

5

I

Allegro maestoso -

8:59

6

II

Lento ed espressivo -

5:47

7

III

Allegro giocoso

4:39

String Quartet No. 2, Op. 36

32:05

8

I

Allegro calmo senza rigore

8:41

9

II

Vivace

3:39

10

III

Chacony: Sostenuto

19:34

Gina McCormack violin

Catherine Yates violin

Vicci Wardman viola

Helen Thatcher cello

28-30 May 1997