04. "4. Lento - Rondo vivace" Streichquartett Nr. 2 e-moll "Shackleton"
05. "1. Moderato"
06. "2. Adagio"
07. "3. Adagio molto - Funeral march"
08. "4. Allegro, flamenco - Adagio molto"
Disc 02 Streichquartett Nr. 3 C-Dur
01. "1. Adagio - Allegro con spirito"
02. "2. Adagio"
03. "3. Scherzi"
04. "4. Andante moderato, ostinato"
05. "5. Allegro moderato" Streichquartett Nr. 4 "Charles Darwin"
06. "Adagio - Pi? vivace - War fugue - Epilogue"
Number of discs:
2
Extra-Infos:
Fitwilliam String Quartet
Description:
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.