Arnold Cooke: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 2

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Label
Toccata
Release Date
November 28, 2025
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Arnold Cooke
    • PERFORMER
      Bridge Quartet
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 28, 2025
    • UPC
      5060113447777
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      TOCC0777
    • LABEL
      Toccata
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro

      Composer: Arnold Cooke

      Ensemble: Bridge String Quartet

    2. II. Scherzo: Molto allegro

      Composer: Arnold Cooke

      Ensemble: Bridge String Quartet

    3. III. Adagio

      Composer: Arnold Cooke

      Ensemble: Bridge String Quartet

    4. IV. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Arnold Cooke

      Ensemble: Bridge String Quartet

    5. Theme: Allegretto simplice

      Composer: Arnold Cooke

      Ensemble: Bridge String Quartet

    6. Variation 1: L'istesso tempo -

      Composer: Arnold Cooke

      Ensemble: Bridge String Quartet

    7. Variation 2: Più agitato -

      Composer: Arnold Cooke

      Ensemble: Bridge String Quartet

    8. Variation 3: —

      Composer: Arnold Cooke

      Ensemble: Bridge String Quartet

    9. Variation 4: Lento e tranquillo

      Composer: Arnold Cooke

      Ensemble: Bridge String Quartet

    10. Variation 5: Vivace

      Composer: Arnold Cooke

      Ensemble: Bridge String Quartet

    11. Variation 6: Canon: Andante

      Composer: Arnold Cooke

      Ensemble: Bridge String Quartet

    12. Variation 7: Scherzo: Allegro molto

      Composer: Arnold Cooke

      Ensemble: Bridge String Quartet

    13. Variation 8: Andante con moto

      Composer: Arnold Cooke

      Ensemble: Bridge String Quartet

    14. Variation 9: Più lento -

      Composer: Arnold Cooke

      Ensemble: Bridge String Quartet

    15. Variation 10: Alla marcia

      Composer: Arnold Cooke

      Ensemble: Bridge String Quartet

    16. Variation 11: Adagio ma non troppo

      Composer: Arnold Cooke

      Ensemble: Bridge String Quartet

    17. Variation 12: Fuga: Allegro

      Composer: Arnold Cooke

      Ensemble: Bridge String Quartet

    18. I. Adagio - Allegro moderato

      Composer: Arnold Cooke

      Ensemble: Bridge String Quartet

    19. II. Scherzo: Allegro

      Composer: Arnold Cooke

      Ensemble: Bridge String Quartet

    20. III. Andante

      Composer: Arnold Cooke

      Ensemble: Bridge String Quartet

    21. IV. Molto allegro

      Composer: Arnold Cooke

      Ensemble: Bridge String Quartet


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.