or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
 
More Buying Choices
22 used & new from £3.37
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
Available to Download Now
 
Buy the MP3 album for £4.98
  
 
 
 
Elliott Carter: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 5
 
See larger image and other views 
Share your own customer images

Elliott Carter: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 5

~ Elliott Carter
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
Price: £4.98 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In stock.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk. Gift-wrap available.

Want guaranteed delivery by Tuesday, November 10? Choose Express delivery at checkout. See Details
20 new from £3.37 2 used from £3.37
Buy the MP3 album for £4.98 at the Amazon MP3 Downloads store.

Special Offers and Product Promotions

Frequently Bought Together

Elliott Carter: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 5 + Carter - String Quartets Nos. 2, 3 & 4 + Elliott Carter: Mosaic; Dialogues; Enchanged Preludes; Scrivo In Vento
Price For All Three: £16.94

Show availability and shipping details

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Carter - String Quartets Nos. 2, 3 & 4

Carter - String Quartets Nos. 2, 3 & 4

~ Elliott Carter
4.5 out of 5 stars (2)  £5.98
Davies - Naxos Quartets Nos 9 and 10

Davies - Naxos Quartets Nos 9 and 10

~ Peter Maxwell Davies
4.3 out of 5 stars (3)  £4.89
Elliott Carter: Mosaic; Dialogues; Enchanged Preludes; Scrivo In Vento

Elliott Carter: Mosaic; Dialogues; Enchanged Preludes; Scrivo In Vento

~ Fraser Jackson
4.5 out of 5 stars (2)  £5.98
Oboe Concerto (Ensemble Intercontemporain, Boulez)

Oboe Concerto (Ensemble Intercontemporain, Boulez)

~ Elliott Carter
£4.98
The Ligeti Project [Box Set]

The Ligeti Project [Box Set]

~ Omar Ebrahim
5.0 out of 5 stars (3)  £28.97
› Explore similar items

Product details

  • Audio CD (31 Dec 2007)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Naxos
  • ASIN: B000ZJVHXK
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 49,596 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Listen to Samples and Buy MP3s

Songs from this album are available to purchase as MP3s. Click on "Buy MP3" or view the MP3 Album.

Samples
Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. String Quartet No. 1: I. Maestoso 9:05Album Only
Listen  2. String Quartet No. 1: I. Allegro scorrevole (from bar 356) 3:28£0.69
Listen  3. String Quartet No. 1: II. Allegro scorrevole 1:19£0.69
Listen  4. String Quartet No. 1: II. Adagio (from bar 57)11:58Album Only
Listen  5. String Quartet No. 1: III. Variations13:33Album Only
Listen  6. String Quartet No. 5: Introduction 1:23£0.69
Listen  7. String Quartet No. 5: I. Giocoso 2:31£0.69
Listen  8. String Quartet No. 5: Interlude I 1:04£0.69
Listen  9. String Quartet No. 5: II. Lento espressivo 2:11£0.69
Listen10. String Quartet No. 5: Interlude II 1:22£0.69
Listen11. String Quartet No. 5: III. Presto scorrevole 1:07£0.69
Listen12. String Quartet No. 5: Interlude III 1:29£0.69
Listen13. String Quartet No. 5: IV. Allegro energico 1:52£0.69
Listen14. String Quartet No. 5: Interlude IV 1:58£0.69
Listen15. String Quartet No. 5: V. Adagio sereno 2:46£0.69
Listen16. String Quartet No. 5: Interlude V 1:38£0.69
Listen17. String Quartet No. 5: VI. Capriccioso 1:38£0.69

Tags Customers Associate with This Product

 (What's this?)
Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
 
(1)

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags
 

Customer Reviews

2 Reviews
5 star:    (0)
4 star:
 (2)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
4.0 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Naxos cashes in on the Carter craze, 4 Feb 2008
By Joseph Barron (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
It isn't necessary to mention in every review that Elliott Carter will turn 100 in December 2008 and that at 99 he is still vital and composing, but it's just too impressive and heartening a fact to ignore. As a centenary offering, Naxos is releasing Carter's five string quartets in two volumes, performed by the Pacifica Quartet. This first disk contains the composer's first and, to date, his last works in the genre.
The First, from 1951, is generally considered Carter's breakthrough into his signature brand of modernism -- a sweeping, forty-minute tour de force, in three big sections, teeming with all the technical and expressive ideas that had been lurking in his subconscious. The Pacifica, a young group, plays with energy and a high polish that emphasizes beauty over drama, and a blending rather than a confrontation of instruments. The rich sound is particularly impressive in the opening Maestoso. The players seem to lose focus in the transition between the adagio and the variations, but they recover in the finale, which, in their hands, is luminous, rather than driving. The work is multifaceted and deep enough to support the approach. The Pacifica reveals a side to Carter that, in the face of all the clichés about his spiky modernism, has been unfairly overlooked.
The Fifth Quartet, which appeared forty-four years after the First, inhabits much the same sound world, but on a more concentrated, intimate scale. The piece is half the length of the First Quartet, yet it has twice as many tracks, each between one and three minutes long. The introduction is followed by six movements, each with a single, sustained character, separated by five interludes that mix together fragments of the extended music. Carter has compared the piece to a chamber rehearsal, in which the musicians comment on what they've just played or try out bits of what they are going to play later. The piece is also self-referential, recapping textures, techniques and moods, though not literal passages, from his four earlier quartets. The pizzicato Capriccioso that ends the work recalls the Third Quartet, the Presto scorrevole refers directly to the Allegro scorrevole of the First Quartet, and some the solo passages in the interludes remind me of the solos in the Second. Carter says he wrote the Fifth Quartet as a "farewell to the previous four and an exploration of a new vision," though we may still hope it is not a farewell to the form itself. The notes, by Bayan Northcott, say the music has a playful, divertimento-like character, but I must add this lightness does not rule out many passages of great power and anguished lyricism. The Pacific gives a crisp reading that benefits from a spacious reverb. Brandon Vamos' incisive, rich-toned cello playing in this piece deserves special mention.
A second Naxos disk, containing the Pacifica's recordings Second, Third and Fourth quartets, is scheduled for release in summer of 2008. When it arrives, we shall at last have a unified cycle of Carter's greatest chamber music, played, moreover, by enthusiastic young champions who understand and love it. That's a birthday present any hundred-year-old man should be happy to receive.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
4.0 out of 5 stars Quartets, 26 Aug 2009
This is tough music to listen to. However it is surely significant and rewards careful listening with a sense of beauty that, for me, echos tha late quartets of Beethoven. The playing by the Pacifica Quartet is excellent and I enjoy the recording marginally more than an equivalent one by the Julliard Quartet. If you enjoy this try also the Naxos quartets by Peter Maxwell Davies.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Only search this product's reviews


Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
Discussion Replies Latest Post
music
Postees Outing Early 2010...... 		70 48 minutes ago
music
Eric Clapton - Why Are So Many Folks Down On Him?? 		41 56 minutes ago
music
Fans 		7 2 hours ago
classical music
Arts on TV 		40 2 hours ago
classical music
Classical Top Totty.. 		19 2 hours ago
music
Albums With Long Titles 		19 2 hours ago
classical music
BEST COMPOSER ...EVER 		415 2 hours ago
   
Related forums

Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject





i.e., each product must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback

Ad

Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.