Bryars: The Last Days/String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2

1

String Quartet No.1 (Between the National and the Bristol), 1985

21:55

Balanescu Quartet

Producer: Andrew Cornall - Ensemble: Balanescu Quartet - Composer: Gavin Bryars - Balance Engineer: John Dunkerley

2

Prelude (The Roman Ending) [The Last Days (for 2 violins)]

04:08

Balanescu Quartet

Producer: Andrew Cornall - Ensemble: Balanescu Quartet - Composer: Gavin Bryars - Balance Engineer: John Dunkerley

3

1. The Venetian Beginning [The Last Days (for 2 violins)]

05:42

Balanescu Quartet

Producer: Andrew Cornall - Ensemble: Balanescu Quartet - Composer: Gavin Bryars - Balance Engineer: John Dunkerley

4

Intermezzo I [The Last Days (for 2 violins)]

04:17

Balanescu Quartet

Producer: Andrew Cornall - Ensemble: Balanescu Quartet - Composer: Gavin Bryars - Balance Engineer: John Dunkerley

5

Intermezzo II [The Last Days (for 2 violins)]

04:06

Balanescu Quartet

Producer: Andrew Cornall - Ensemble: Balanescu Quartet - Composer: Gavin Bryars - Balance Engineer: John Dunkerley

6

2. The Corinthian Middle [The Last Days (for 2 violins)]

08:27

Balanescu Quartet

Producer: Andrew Cornall - Ensemble: Balanescu Quartet - Composer: Gavin Bryars - Balance Engineer: John Dunkerley

7

String Quartet No.2 (1990)

23:46

Balanescu Quartet

Producer: Andrew Cornall - Ensemble: Balanescu Quartet - Composer: Gavin Bryars - Balance Engineer: John Dunkerley