Finnissy: String Quartets Nos 2 and 3 – review

Kreutzer Quartet(NMC)The most recent of Michael Finnissy's numbered quartets date from 2007 and 2009 respectively though, as Christopher Fox's sleeve notes reveal, the Third Quartet was actually conceived before its predecessor. Both have classical models – for the compact, 20-minute Second it's Haydn, and specifically the fifth of his Op 64 set of quartets, while for the Third – at 44 minutes more than twice as long – the block-like construction of Bruckner symphonies provides the start...

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