String quartet No.1

Elliott Carter – String quartet No.1

Elliott Carter (1908 – 2012)
String quartet No.1 (1951)
Juilliard String Quartet

I. Fantasia: Maestoso
Allegro scorrevole
II. Allegro scorrevole (13:16)
Adagio
III. Variations (26:46)

Recorded under the supervision of the composer.

Elliott Carter’s String quartet no.1 received the First Prize in the Concours International de quatuor (Liège, Belgium, 1953)