McCabe, John: String Quartets 3/5 (Hyperion Audio CD)

Hyperion Mccabe CD Mccabe: String Quartets 3 4 5

The Vanbrugh Quartet

CDA67078

Recording details: July 1998
Victoria Rooms, Bristol, United Kingdom
Produced by Andrew Keener
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: March 1999
Total duration: 67 minutes 39 seconds

Track listing
String Quartet No 3 (McCabe)
CD1 1 Movement 1. Variant 1: Moderato (Part 1) 1:56
2 Movement 1. Variant 2: Vivo (Part 1) 1:34
3 Movement 1. Variant 3: Lento (Part 1) 1:59
4 Movement 1. Variant 4: Vivo (Part 1) 0:59
5 Movement 1. Variant 5: Lento (Part 1) 2:05
6 Movement 1. Variant 6: Allegro deciso (Part 1) 1:59
7 Movement 1. Variant 7: Lento (Part 1) 0:49
8 Movement 2: Scherzo I. Presto (Part 2) 1:04
9 Movement 3: Romanza. Andante (Part 2) 2:51
10 Movement 4: Scherzo II. Presto possibile (Part 2) 1:28
11 Movement 5a: Passacaglia. Lento (Part 3) 1:18
12 Movement 5b: (Part 3) 1:56
13 Movement 5c: (Part 3) 0:58
14 Movement 5d: (Part 3) 1:51
15 Movement 5e: Allegro agitato (Part 3) 2:43
16 Movement 5f: Lento (Part 3) 1:37

String Quartet No 4 (McCabe)
17 Movement 1a: Adagio 3:03
18 Movement 1b: Vigoroso 1:42
19 Movement 1c: Andante 3:01
20 Movement 1d: Vivo 1:19
21 Movement 1e: Andante 2:34
22 Movement 1f: Vivo 0:47
23 Movement 1g: Lento 2:01
24 Movement 1h: Moderato 1:47
25 Movement 1i: Allegro 1:03
26 Movement 1j: Lento 2:06

String Quartet No 5 (McCabe)
27 Section 01: Metamorphosis: egg, larvae, pupae. Lento, flessibile 1:49
28 Section 02: Hatching I 1:52
29 Section 03: Hatching II 0:57
30 Section 04: Nuptial flight 0:59
31 Section 05: The court 1:50
32 Section 06: Figure of eight dance: Orientation to sources of nectar and pollen. Allegro leggiero 1:35
33 Section 07: Round Dance: Orientation to sources of nectar and pollen. Allegro vivo 2:05
34 Section 08: Bee and Flower. Andante 2:38
35 Section 09: Wild Nest. Allegro deciso e marcato 1:10
36 Section 10: Primitive Hive I (skep) 0:39
37 Section 11: Primitive Hive II 0:28
38 Section 12: Bee Keeper. Allegro deciso 0:46
39 Section 13: Expulsion and killing of an enemy. Allegro nervoso 1:47
40 Section 14: Fight between Workers and Drones. Allegro agitato. Lento pesante. Allegro vivace 2:34