SKU: AP.12-057153970X

Composed by Anders Hillborg. Masterworks; Quartet; Solo Small Ensembles; String Quartet. Faber Edition. 20th Century; Masterwork. Score. Faber Music #12-057153970X. Published by Faber Music (AP.12-057153970X).

ISBN 9780571539703. English.

In his Kongsgaard Variations (2006), Swedish composer Anders Hillborg takes the Arietta theme from Beethoven's last piano-sonata, No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111 as the basis for an evocative 16-minute string quartet. Beethoven's sublime music drifts strangely through the centuries and is warped, vaporised, and refashioned as if, in the words of Hillborg, the Arietta is dreaming yet another variation on itself.

SKU: AP.12-0571554970

Composed by Anne Boyd. Masterworks; String Quartet. Faber Edition. 20th Century; Masterwork. Part(s). Faber Music #12-0571554970. Published by Faber Music (AP.12-0571554970).

ISBN 9780571554973. English.

SKU: AP.12-0571572227

Composed by Carl Vine. Masterworks; Quartet; Solo Small Ensembles; String Quartet. Faber Edition. Form: Fantasia. 20th Century; Masterwork. Part(s). Faber Music #12-0571572227. Published by Faber Music (AP.12-0571572227).

ISBN 9780571572229. English.

Described by its composer as a fantasia, Carl Vine's dramatic String Quartet No. 5 (2007) contains six clear sections, but like much of his music is cast in one continuous movement. There is some repetition and development of material throughout the 22-minute work (which has been recorded by the Goldner String Quartet on ABC Classics), but this is less important to its structure than the vivid musical contrasts that delineate its formal arc.

SKU: AP.12-0571572219

Composed by Carl Vine. Masterworks; Quartet; Solo Small Ensembles; String Quartet. Faber Edition. Form: Fantasia. 20th Century; Masterwork. Score. Faber Music #12-0571572219. Published by Faber Music (AP.12-0571572219).

ISBN 9780571572212. English.

Described by its composer as a fantasia, Carl Vine's dramatic String Quartet No. 5 (2007) contains six clear sections, but like much of his music is cast in one continuous movement. There is some repetition and development of material throughout the 22-minute work (which has been recorded by the Goldner String Quartet on ABC Classics), but this is less important to its structure than the vivid musical contrasts that delineate its formal arc.

SKU: AP.12-0571555349

Composed by Robert Simpson. Masterworks; String Quartet. Faber Edition. 20th Century; Masterwork. Part(s). Faber Music #12-0571555349. Published by Faber Music (AP.12-0571555349).

ISBN 9780571555345. English.

This is a Ninth and no mistake . . . the most significant British string quartet of the century . . .
David J Brown, Tempo, March 1985.