Ives Quartet - Porter: String Quartets Nos. 1-4 (2007)

Tracklist

01. String Quartet No. 3: I. Allegro
02. String Quartet No. 3: II. Andante
03. String Quartet No. 3: III. Allegro Moderato
04. String Quartet No. 2: I. Allegro Molto
05. String Quartet No. 2: II. Adagio Non Troppo
06. String Quartet No. 2: III. Allegro
07. String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor: I. Allegro Moderato
08. String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor: II. Andante
09. String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor: III. Allegro Vivace
10. String Quartet No. 4: I. Allegro Moderato
11. String Quartet No. 4: II. Lento
12. String Quartet No. 4: III. Allegro Molto

As a viola player, Porter was an insider to chamber music, like Frank Bridge, and it shows in idiomatic writing. But his lyricism and effortless continuity take him closer in style to Lennox Berkeley…

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