This second Toccata Classics disc of John Pickard's chamber music - released to mark his 50th birthday - presents both his earliest and his most recent string quartets, No.1(1991) cast in a vast single paragraph 38 minutes in length and the five-movement No.5 (2012-13) exploring a dialectic of conflict and resolution. Both works are world premiere recordings.

Tracklist:

String Quartet No. 1: Quarter Note = 48 -
String Quartet No. 1: Unison Melody I -
String Quartet No. 1: Predlude -
String Quartet No. 1: Fugue I -
String Quartet No. 1: Fugue II -
String Quartet No. 1: Unison Melody II -
String Quartet No. 1: Meditation -
String Quartet No. 1: Prestissimo -
String Quartet No. 1: Climax -
String Quartet No. 1: Coda
String Quartet No. 5: I. Inquieto
String Quartet No. 5: II. Desolato
String Quartet No. 5: III. Prestissimo E Leggiero
String Quartet No. 5: IV. Drammatico
String Quartet No. 5: V. Molto Energico

UPC: 5060113441973
Label: Toccata
Release Date: 11.19.13
Format: CD

Brodowski Quartet - Chamber Music 2 (CD)