String Quartet No. 1 Op. 4
1 No. 1 Moderato - animato
2 No. 2 Adagio cantabile
3 No. 3 Scherzo:
Allegro
4 No. 4 Mesto:
String Quartet No. 2 Op. 8
5 I Espressivo, Adagio non troppo
6 II Leggiere, Allegretto
7 III Scherzando, Allegro molto:
String Quartet No. 3 (2008)
8 1 Allegro non troppo
9 2 Vivace
10 3 Mesto
11 4 Moderato

The Edinburgh Quartet are Scotland's foremost exponents of new music; they have enjoyed a long relationship with Robert Crawford, who is now surely Scotland's musical elder statesman. His three quartets are given haracteristically vivid readings on this recording. They offer a fascinating overview of Crawford's development over the last forty years and the second in particular - with its inspired wit and infectious musicality - deserves far greater renown. '...sensitively and securely played on this finely balanced recording by the Edinburgh Quartet' - Gramophone, July 2009