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Bridge Quartet - Arnold Cooke: Complete Str Qrts Vol. 2 [CD]

Bridge Quartet - Arnold Cooke: Complete Str Qrts Vol. 2 [CD]

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The music of the Yorkshire-born Arnold Cooke (1906-2005) - inventively contrapuntal, lyrical and energetic in turns - does not deserve the neglect it suffered even in it's composer's lifetime. This second album of two presenting all five of Cooke's string quartets underlines his reputation for resourceful craftsmanship, presented in a style which sits downstream from Hindemith, with whom he studied in Berlin, and from Bartok. There is also a surprisingly strong dance element in all three works heard here, though tempered, even in their lighter moments, by something of the emotional reticence of Britten's quartets.

Tracklist:

  1. String Quartet No. 4~I. Allegro
  2. String Quartet No. 4~II. Scherzo: Molto allegro
  3. String Quartet No. 4~III. Adagio
  4. String Quartet No. 4~IV. Allegro vivace
  5. Variations on an Original Theme~Theme: Allegretto semplice
  6. Variations on an Original Theme~Variation 1: L'istesso tempo -
  7. Variations on an Original Theme~Variation 2: Più agitato -
  8. Variations on an Original Theme~Variation 3
  9. Variations on an Original Theme~Variation 4: Lento e tranquillo
  10. Variations on an Original Theme~Variation 5: Vivace
  11. Variations on an Original Theme~Variation 6: Canon. Andante
  12. Variations on an Original Theme~Variation 7: Scherzo. Allegro molto
  13. Variations on an Original Theme~Variation 8: Andante con moto
  14. Variations on an Original Theme~Variation 9: Più lento -
  15. Variations on an Original Theme~Variation 10: Alla marcia
  16. Variations on an Original Theme~Variation 11: Adagio ma non troppo
  17. Variations on an Original Theme~Variation 12: Fuga. Allegro
  18. String Quartet No. 2~I. Adagio - Allegro moderato
  19. String Quartet No. 2~II. Scherzo. Allegro
  20. String Quartet No. 2~III. Andante
  21. String Quartet No. 2~IV. Molto allegro

UPC: 5060113447777
Label: Toccata
Release Date: 11.28.25
Format: CD

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