Fitzwilliam String Quartet- Four String Quartets (CD)
John Ramsay is a professor of geology by profession but also a very serious composer, of both chamber and orchestral works. His style is chiefly tonal though he does utilise serial techniques on occasion. The four string quartets are perfect examples of the best of 'post-modernist' music, employing no artificial boundaries, but being pure self expression using the most appropriate musical forms. They are to some degree programmatic and thus Romantic in idiom too and thoroughly deserve a place in the chamber music repertoire.
Tracklist:
- String Quartet No. 1 In D Minor: I. Allegro
- String Quartet No. 1 In D Minor: II. Molto Moderato
- String Quartet No. 1 In D Minor: III. Scherzo
- String Quartet No. 1 In D Minor: IV. Lento - Rondo Vivace
- String Quartet No. 2 In E Minor, "Shackleton": I. Moderato
- String Quartet No. 2 In E Minor, "Shackleton": II. Adagio
- String Quartet No. 2 In E Minor, "Shackleton": III. Adagio Molto - Funeral March
- String Quartet No. 2 In E Minor, "Shackleton": IV. Allegro, Flamenco - Adagio Molto
- String Quartet No. 3 In C Major: I. Adagio - Allegro Con Spirito
- String Quartet No. 3 In C Major: II. Adagio
- String Quartet No. 3 In C Major: III. Scherzi
- String Quartet No. 3 In C Major: IV. Andante Moderato, Ostinato
- String Quartet No. 3 In C Major: V. Allegro Moderato
- String Quartet No. 4 - "Charles Darwin"
John Ramsay is a professor of geology by profession but also a very serious composer, of both chamber and orchestral works. His style is chiefly tonal though he does utilise serial techniques on occasion. The four string quartets are perfect examples of the best of 'post-modernist' music, employing no artificial boundaries, but being pure self expression using the most appropriate musical forms. They are to some degree programmatic and thus Romantic in idiom too and thoroughly deserve a place in the chamber music repertoire.
Tracklist:
- String Quartet No. 1 In D Minor: I. Allegro
- String Quartet No. 1 In D Minor: II. Molto Moderato
- String Quartet No. 1 In D Minor: III. Scherzo
- String Quartet No. 1 In D Minor: IV. Lento - Rondo Vivace
- String Quartet No. 2 In E Minor, "Shackleton": I. Moderato
- String Quartet No. 2 In E Minor, "Shackleton": II. Adagio
- String Quartet No. 2 In E Minor, "Shackleton": III. Adagio Molto - Funeral March
- String Quartet No. 2 In E Minor, "Shackleton": IV. Allegro, Flamenco - Adagio Molto
- String Quartet No. 3 In C Major: I. Adagio - Allegro Con Spirito
- String Quartet No. 3 In C Major: II. Adagio
- String Quartet No. 3 In C Major: III. Scherzi
- String Quartet No. 3 In C Major: IV. Andante Moderato, Ostinato
- String Quartet No. 3 In C Major: V. Allegro Moderato
- String Quartet No. 4 - "Charles Darwin"