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Toccata

Arnold Cooke: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 2

$20.99

Details

Composer
Arnold Cooke
Artist
Bridge Quartet
Format
CD
Label
Toccata
Released
Nov 28, 2025
Catalog #
TOCC0777
UPC
5060113447777

About

The music of the Yorkshire-born Arnold Cooke (1906-2005) - inventively contrapuntal, lyrical and energetic in turns - does not deserve the neglect it suffered even in it's composer's lifetime. This second album of two presenting all five of Cooke's string quartets underlines his reputation for resourceful craftsmanship, presented in a style which sits downstream from Hindemith, with whom he studied in Berlin, and from Bartok. There is also a surprisingly strong dance element in all three works heard here, though tempered, even in their lighter moments, by something of the emotional reticence of Britten's quartets.

Tracklist 21 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 05:16
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    05:16
    Composer
    Arnold Cooke
    Ensemble
    Bridge String Quartet
  2. 2 II. Scherzo: Molto allegro 03:00
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Molto allegro
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Arnold Cooke
    Ensemble
    Bridge String Quartet
  3. 3 III. Adagio 08:56
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Adagio
    Duration
    08:56
    Composer
    Arnold Cooke
    Ensemble
    Bridge String Quartet
  4. 4 IV. Allegro vivace 04:58
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    04:58
    Composer
    Arnold Cooke
    Ensemble
    Bridge String Quartet
  5. 5 Theme: Allegretto simplice 01:04
    Track
    5
    Title
    Theme: Allegretto simplice
    Duration
    01:04
    Composer
    Arnold Cooke
    Ensemble
    Bridge String Quartet
  6. 6 Variation 1: L'istesso tempo - 00:44
    Track
    6
    Title
    Variation 1: L'istesso tempo -
    Duration
    00:44
    Composer
    Arnold Cooke
    Ensemble
    Bridge String Quartet
  7. 7 Variation 2: Più agitato - 00:42
    Track
    7
    Title
    Variation 2: Più agitato -
    Duration
    00:42
    Composer
    Arnold Cooke
    Ensemble
    Bridge String Quartet
  8. 8 Variation 3: — 00:51
    Track
    8
    Title
    Variation 3: —
    Duration
    00:51
    Composer
    Arnold Cooke
    Ensemble
    Bridge String Quartet
  9. 9 Variation 4: Lento e tranquillo 01:18
    Track
    9
    Title
    Variation 4: Lento e tranquillo
    Duration
    01:18
    Composer
    Arnold Cooke
    Ensemble
    Bridge String Quartet
  10. 10 Variation 5: Vivace 00:37
    Track
    10
    Title
    Variation 5: Vivace
    Duration
    00:37
    Composer
    Arnold Cooke
    Ensemble
    Bridge String Quartet
  11. 11 Variation 6: Canon: Andante 01:43
    Track
    11
    Title
    Variation 6: Canon: Andante
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Arnold Cooke
    Ensemble
    Bridge String Quartet
  12. 12 Variation 7: Scherzo: Allegro molto 00:34
    Track
    12
    Title
    Variation 7: Scherzo: Allegro molto
    Duration
    00:34
    Composer
    Arnold Cooke
    Ensemble
    Bridge String Quartet
  13. 13 Variation 8: Andante con moto 00:58
    Track
    13
    Title
    Variation 8: Andante con moto
    Duration
    00:58
    Composer
    Arnold Cooke
    Ensemble
    Bridge String Quartet
  14. 14 Variation 9: Più lento - 01:36
    Track
    14
    Title
    Variation 9: Più lento -
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Arnold Cooke
    Ensemble
    Bridge String Quartet
  15. 15 Variation 10: Alla marcia 01:17
    Track
    15
    Title
    Variation 10: Alla marcia
    Duration
    01:17
    Composer
    Arnold Cooke
    Ensemble
    Bridge String Quartet
  16. 16 Variation 11: Adagio ma non troppo 02:20
    Track
    16
    Title
    Variation 11: Adagio ma non troppo
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Arnold Cooke
    Ensemble
    Bridge String Quartet
  17. 17 Variation 12: Fuga: Allegro 02:39
    Track
    17
    Title
    Variation 12: Fuga: Allegro
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Arnold Cooke
    Ensemble
    Bridge String Quartet
  18. 18 I. Adagio - Allegro moderato 07:43
    Track
    18
    Title
    I. Adagio - Allegro moderato
    Duration
    07:43
    Composer
    Arnold Cooke
    Ensemble
    Bridge String Quartet
  19. 19 II. Scherzo: Allegro 08:34
    Track
    19
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Allegro
    Duration
    08:34
    Composer
    Arnold Cooke
    Ensemble
    Bridge String Quartet
  20. 20 III. Andante 08:56
    Track
    20
    Title
    III. Andante
    Duration
    08:56
    Composer
    Arnold Cooke
    Ensemble
    Bridge String Quartet
  21. 21 IV. Molto allegro 05:17
    Track
    21
    Title
    IV. Molto allegro
    Duration
    05:17
    Composer
    Arnold Cooke
    Ensemble
    Bridge String Quartet