Complete Tippett String Quartets released on Naxos

The complete string quartets of Sir Michael Tippett will be available on CD and as downloads from the Naxos record label.  Recorded by the Tippett Quartet and collected into two volumes, volume 1, which includes the 1st, 2nd and 4th quartet, is available now whilst volume two has a planned released date in the second half of 2009.

Tippett’s five sting quartets span his entire career.  No. 1, which was composed in 1935 and revised in 1944, marked the beginning of his creative maturity whilst his 5th string quartet, which was completed in 1991, was one of his final works.

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• Tippett: String Quartets, Vol. 1 (Nos. 1, 2 & 4); Tippett Quartet – Naxos Download
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