String Quartets 3, 4, 5

Tracklist

• 1
  String Quartet no. 3: I. Variants: a. Moderato

  John McCabe
  1:57
• 2
  String Quartet no. 3: I. Variants: b. Vivo

  John McCabe
  1:34
• 3
  String Quartet no. 3: I. Variants: c. Lento

  John McCabe
  2:00
• 4
  String Quartet no. 3: I. Variants: d. Vivo

  John McCabe
  0:59
• 5
  String Quartet no. 3: I. Variants: e. Lento

  John McCabe
  2:05
• 6
  String Quartet no. 3: I. Variants: f. Allegro deciso

  John McCabe
  2:00
• 7
  String Quartet no. 3: I. Variants: g. Lento

  John McCabe
  0:51
• 8
  String Quartet no. 3: II. Scherzo I. Presto

  John McCabe
  1:05
• 9
  String Quartet no. 3: III. Romanza. Andante

  John McCabe
  2:52
• 10
  String Quartet no. 3: IV. Scherzo II. Presto possibile

  John McCabe
  1:30
• 11
  String Quartet no. 3: V. Passacaglia: a. Lento

  John McCabe
  1:19
• 12
  String Quartet no. 3: V. Passacaglia: b.

  John McCabe
  1:57
• 13
  String Quartet no. 3: V. Passacaglia: c.

  John McCabe
  0:58
• 14
  String Quartet no. 3: V. Passacaglia: d.

  John McCabe
  1:51
• 15
  String Quartet no. 3: V. Passacaglia: e. Allegro agitato

  John McCabe
  2:44
• 16
  String Quartet no. 3: V. Passacaglia: f. Lento

  John McCabe
  1:43
• 17
  String Quartet no. 4: a. Adagio

  John McCabe
  3:04
• 18
  String Quartet no. 4: b. Vigoroso

  John McCabe
  1:42
• 19
  String Quartet no. 4: c. Andante

  John McCabe
  3:02
• 20
  String Quartet no. 4: d. Vivo

  John McCabe
  1:19
• 21
  String Quartet no. 4: e. Andante

  John McCabe
  2:35
• 22
  String Quartet no. 4: f. Vivo

  John McCabe
  0:48
• 23
  String Quartet no. 4: g. Lento

  John McCabe
  2:01
• 24
  String Quartet no. 4: h. Moderato

  John McCabe
  1:47
• 25
  String Quartet no. 4: i. Allegro

  John McCabe
  1:03
• 26
  String Quartet no. 4: j. Lento

  John McCabe
  2:12
• 27
  String Quartet no. 5: I. Metamorphosis, Egg, Larvae, Pupae. Lento, flessibile

  John McCabe
  1:50
• 28
  String Quartet no. 5: II. Hatching I

  John McCabe
  1:53
• 29
  String Quartet no. 5: III. Hatching II

  John McCabe
  0:58
• 30
  String Quartet no. 5: IV. Nuptial Flight

  John McCabe
  0:59
• 31
  String Quartet no. 5: V. The Court

  John McCabe
  1:50
• 32
  String Quartet no. 5: VI. Figure of Eight Dance. Orientation to Sources of Nectar and Pollen. Allegro leggiero

  John McCabe
  1:36
• 33
  String Quartet no. 5: VII. Round Dance. Orientation to Sources of Nectar and Pollen. Allegro vivo

  John McCabe
  2:05
• 34
  String Quartet no. 5: VIII. Bee and Flower. Andante

  John McCabe
  2:38
• 35
  String Quartet no. 5: IX. Wild Nest. Allegro deciso e marcato

  John McCabe
  1:10
• 36
  String Quartet no. 5: X. Primitive Hive I (Skep)

  John McCabe
  0:40
• 37
  String Quartet no. 5: XI. Primitive Hive II

  John McCabe
  0:29
• 38
  String Quartet no. 5: XII. Bee Keeper. Allegro deciso

  John McCabe
  0:47
• 39
  String Quartet no. 5: XIII. Expulsion and Killing of an Enemy. Allegro nervoso

  John McCabe
  1:48
• 40
  String Quartet no. 5: XIV. Fight Between Workers and Drones. Allegro agitato – Lento pesante – Allegro vivace

  John McCabe
  2:37

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Release credits

• Christopher Marwood
  cello
• Elizabeth Charleson
  violin
• Gregory Ellis
  violin
• Simon Aspell
  viola

Issues

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  (Combined release view)
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  String Quartets 3, 4, 5

  CD
  March 1999