Bax: String Quartet in E / Bantock: In a Chinese Mirror / Gardiner: String Quartet in One Movement / Davis: Summer's Eve at Cookham Lock

Tracklist

• Hybrid SACD (CD layer) 1
• 1
  String Quartet in E: I Allegro molto vivace

  Arnold Bax
  13:45
• 2
  String Quartet in E: II Adagio non troppo

  Arnold Bax
  14:15
• 3
  String Quartet in E: III Allegro con vivacutà

  Arnold Bax
  11:09
• 4
  In a Chinese Mirror: Quartet for Strings: I. The Old Fisherman of the Mists and Waters (Lento non troppo – Lentamente)

  Granville Bantock
  4:00
• 5
  In a Chinese Mirror: Quartet for Strings: II. The Ghost Road (Misterioso, alla marcia – Poco largamente – Maestoso – Largamente – Animando molto)

  Granville Bantock
  5:57
• 6
  In a Chinese Mirror: Quartet for Strings: III. The Celestial Weaver (Lento misterioso)

  Granville Bantock
  6:04
• 7
  In a Chinese Mirror: Quartet for Strings: IV. Return of Spring (Allegretto giojoso)

  Granville Bantock
  1:27
• 8
  String Quartet in B-flat major (in one movement)

  Henry Balfour Gardiner
  9:59
• 9
  Summer’s Eve at Cookham Lock: Idyl, Op. 50: Adagio cantabile – Tempo di valse lente

  John David Davis
  9:50
• 10
  Eos Lais (The Nightingale): Andante ed espressivo – Scherzoso

  Evan Thomas Davies
  3:14
• Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels) 2
• 1
  String Quartet in E: I Allegro molto vivace

  Arnold Bax
  13:45
• 2
  String Quartet in E: II Adagio non troppo

  Arnold Bax
  14:15
• 3
  String Quartet in E: III Allegro con vivacutà

  Arnold Bax
  11:09
• 4
  In a Chinese Mirror: Quartet for Strings: I. The Old Fisherman of the Mists and Waters (Lento non troppo – Lentamente)

  Granville Bantock
  4:00
• 5
  In a Chinese Mirror: Quartet for Strings: II. The Ghost Road (Misterioso, alla marcia – Poco largamente – Maestoso – Largamente – Animando molto)

  Granville Bantock
  5:57
• 6
  In a Chinese Mirror: Quartet for Strings: III. The Celestial Weaver (Lento misterioso)

  Granville Bantock
  6:04
• 7
  In a Chinese Mirror: Quartet for Strings: IV. Return of Spring (Allegretto giojoso)

  Granville Bantock
  1:27
• 8
  String Quartet in B-flat major (in one movement)

  Henry Balfour Gardiner
  9:59
• 9
  Summer’s Eve at Cookham Lock: Idyl, Op. 50: Adagio cantabile – Tempo di valse lente

  John David Davis
  9:50
• 10
  Eos Lais (The Nightingale): Andante ed espressivo – Scherzoso

  Evan Thomas Davies
  3:14
• Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, multichannel) 3
• 1
  String Quartet in E: I Allegro molto vivace

  Arnold Bax
  13:45
• 2
  String Quartet in E: II Adagio non troppo

  Arnold Bax
  14:15
• 3
  String Quartet in E: III Allegro con vivacutà

  Arnold Bax
  11:09
• 4
  In a Chinese Mirror: Quartet for Strings: I. The Old Fisherman of the Mists and Waters (Lento non troppo – Lentamente)

  Granville Bantock
  4:00
• 5
  In a Chinese Mirror: Quartet for Strings: II. The Ghost Road (Misterioso, alla marcia – Poco largamente – Maestoso – Largamente – Animando molto)

  Granville Bantock
  5:57
• 6
  In a Chinese Mirror: Quartet for Strings: III. The Celestial Weaver (Lento misterioso)

  Granville Bantock
  6:04
• 7
  In a Chinese Mirror: Quartet for Strings: IV. Return of Spring (Allegretto giojoso)

  Granville Bantock
  1:27
• 8
  String Quartet in B-flat major (in one movement)

  Henry Balfour Gardiner
  9:59
• 9
  Summer’s Eve at Cookham Lock: Idyl, Op. 50: Adagio cantabile – Tempo di valse lente

  John David Davis
  9:50
• 10
  Eos Lais (The Nightingale): Andante ed espressivo – Scherzoso

  Evan Thomas Davies
  3:14

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Release credits

• Tippett Quartet
  string quartet

Issues

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  B
  Bax: String Quartet in E / Bantock: In a Chinese Mirror / Gardiner: String Quartet in One Movement / Davis: Summer's Eve at Cookham Lock

  Hybrid SACD (CD layer), Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels), Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, multichannel)
  2021