The Lindsay String Quartet plays Haydn, Tippett & Elgar

For four decades until 2005, the Lindsay String Quartet (affectionately known as "The Lindsays") was at the heart of chamber music life in Great Britain, touring globally and building a unique relationship with Sir Michael Tippett – who coached the ensemble in his music. Tippett's powerful postwar Third Quartet is the centrepiece of this live recording from London's flagship chamber music venue, the Wigmore Hall. In classic Lindsays style, it's framed with a late Haydn quartet – "The Rider" – and another British classic: the troubled, poetic Quartet in E Minor by Sir Edward Elgar. At the time of this recording, the Lindsay String Quartet was probably its pre-eminent interpreter.

Ensemble: 

Lindsay String Quartet