Artist: Bridge String Quartet
Album: Arnold Cooke: Complete String Quartets, Volume One
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2023
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 56:02
Total Tracks: 11
Total Size: 976 MB

Tracklist:

01. Bridge String Quartet – Cooke: String Quartet No. 3: I. Allegro energico (04:57)
02. Bridge String Quartet – Cooke: String Quartet No. 3: II. Andante (07:44)
03. Bridge String Quartet – Cooke: String Quartet No. 3: III. Scherzo: Molto allegro (03:16)
04. Bridge String Quartet – Cooke: String Quartet No. 3: IV. Allegro vivace (05:49)
05. Bridge String Quartet – Cooke: String Quartet No. 5: Moderato – (03:39)
06. Bridge String Quartet – Cooke: String Quartet No. 5: Allegro – (04:11)
07. Bridge String Quartet – Cooke: String Quartet No. 5: Presto (01:21)
08. Bridge String Quartet – Cooke: String Quartet No. 1: I. Fuga: Lento non troppo (08:03)
09. Bridge String Quartet – Cooke: String Quartet No. 1: II. Scherzo: Vivace (05:18)
10. Bridge String Quartet – Cooke: String Quartet No. 1: III. Intermezzo: Allegretto (05:26)
11. Bridge String Quartet – Cooke: String Quartet No. 1: IV. Finale: Presto (06:15)

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The music of the Yorkshire-born Arnold Cooke (1906–2005) – solidly constructed, inventively contrapuntal, lyrical and energetic in turns – does not deserve the neglect it suffered even in its composer’s lifetime. This first album, of two presenting all five of Cooke’s string quartets, underlines his reputation for resourceful craftsmanship, presented in a style which sits downstream from Paul Hindemith, with whom he studied in Berlin, and from Béla Bartók.