Pteris Vasks: String Quartets Nos. 1-5 (Speru kvartets)

String Quartet No. 1: Intrada: Moderato • 3:47 Sonata: Allegro • 10:27 Melodia: Tranquillo • String Quartet No. 2 ‘Summer Tunes’: 17:32 Coming into bloom • 24:55 Birds • 34:18 Elegy • String Quartet No. 3: 44:06 Moderato • 49:45 Allegro energico • 55:02 Adagio • 1:02:18 Moderato - Allegro - Andante - Moderato • String Quartet No. 4: 1:09:35 Elegy • 1:17:42 Toccata I • 1:20:43 Choral • 1:27:53 Toccata II • 1:32:06 Meditation • String Quartet No. 5: 1:43:55 Being present • 1:57:23 So distant... yet near