Elliott Carter, The Composers Quartet - String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2

Tracklist

String Quartet No.1
A1	1. Fantasia: Maestoso - Allegro Scorrevole	11:57
A2	2. Allegro Scorrevole - Adagio	12:30
B1	3. Variations	13:14
String Quartet No. 2
B2	Introduction - Allegro Fantastico - Cadenza For Viola - Presto Scherzando - Cadenza For Cello - Andante Espressivo - Cadenza For First Violin - Allegro - Conclusion	19:59

Companies, etc.

• Distributed By – Transatlantic Records Ltd.
• Manufactured By – Transatlantic Records Ltd.
• Made By – MacNeill Press Ltd.
• Printed By – MacNeill Press Ltd.
• Mastered At – Sterling Sound

Credits

• Art Direction – Robert L. Heimall
• Artwork [Cover Art] – Fred Otnes
• Cello – Michael Rudiakov
• Composed By, Recording Supervisor, Sleeve Notes – Elliott Carter
• Coordinator – Teresa Sterne
• Design [Cover Design] – Paula Bisacca
• Engineer, Edited By [Tape Editing] – Joanna Nickrenz, Marc J. Aubort
• Ensemble – The Composers Quartet
• Mastered By – Robert C. Ludwig*
• Photography By – Arnold Black
• Viola – Jean Dupouy
• Violin – Anahid Ajemian, Matthew Raimondi

Notes

Recorded April 21-23, 1970, under the musical supervision of the composer; a Dolby-system recording

Quartet No. 1 received First Prize in the Concours international de quatuor, Liège, Belgium, 1953
Quartet No. 2 received the Pulitzer Prize for Music, 1960; New York Music Critics Circle Award, 1960; International Rostrum of Composers Award (UNESCO), Paris, 1961

Manufactured and distributed by Transatlantic Records Ltd.
Sleeve printed and made by MacNeill Press Ltd.

Side A - 24:32
Side B - 33:23

P. 1970

"STERLING" in the runouts is stamped, not etched like the rest of the strings.

Composing dates:
No. 1: 1951
No. 2: 1959

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Label caption side A): H-71249-A
• Matrix / Runout (Label caption side B): H-71249-B
• Matrix / Runout (Runout etching side A): H-71249-A STERLING RL
• Matrix / Runout (Runout etching side B): H-71249-B STERLING RL
• Rights Society: M.C.P.S.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
H-71249	Elliott Carter - The Composers Quartet	Elliott Carter - The Composers Quartet - String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 ‎(LP, Album)	Nonesuch	H-71249	US	1970
NON 32803	Elliott Carter - The Composers Quartet	Elliott Carter - The Composers Quartet - String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 ‎(LP, Album)	Nonesuch	NON 32803	Germany	1974
9 71249-2	Elliott Carter - The Composers Quartet	Elliott Carter - The Composers Quartet - String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 ‎(CD, Album)	Elektra Nonesuch	9 71249-2	US	Unknown
H-71249	Elliott Carter - The Composers Quartet	Elliott Carter - The Composers Quartet - String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Nonesuch	H-71249	US	Unknown