Complete String Quartets Vol 1 (Nos 7, 6 & 10)

'The phrasing is elegant, the textures lucid… an auspicious beginning.'
The Guardian

'The playing is so wonderfully on the music's wavelength - quietly hyper-intense, while always threatening to detonate…'
Classic FM

1997 marked the tenth anniversary of the Sorrel Quartet, which is universally recognized as one of Britain's finest ensembles. The Quartet performs at all the major British venues and festivals and broadcasts regularly for BBC Radio 3 and the World Service. Abroad they have toured Australia, Austria, Cyprus, France, Germany, Italy, Mauritius, The Seychelles, North and South America.

Composers such as Elena Firsova, Richard Orton, John Paynter and James Wishart have written quartets especially for the group. Other premiers have included works by Diana Burrell, Gerard McBurney and John Tavener.

The quartet has held residencies at the Universities of Liverpool and York and their international schedule also includes giving chamber music masterclasses.