Tracklist

String Quartet No. 1
A1	Fantasia: Maestoso - Allegro Scorrevole	11:57
A2	Allegro Scorrevole - Adagio	12:30
B1	Variations	13:14
String Quartet No. 2
B2	Introduction - Allegro Fantastico - Cadenza For Viola - Presto Scherzando - Cadenza For Cello - Andante Espressivo - Cadenza For First Violin - Allegro - Conclusion	19:59

Credits

• Art Direction – Robert L. Heimall
• Artwork [Cover Art] – Fred Otnes
• Composed By, Liner Notes – Elliott Carter
• Coordinator – Teresa Sterne
• Design [Cover Design] – Paula Bisacca
• Engineer, Edited By [Tape Editing] – Joanna Nickrenz, Marc J. Aubort
• Ensemble – The Composers Quartet
• Mastered By – Robert C. Ludwig*
• Photography By [Photograph Of The Composers Quartet] – Arnold Black

Notes

Recorded April 21-23, 1970, under the musical supervision of the composer. Quartet No. 1 received First Prize in the Concours international de quatuor, Liège, Belgium, 1953. Quartet No. 2 received the Pulitzer Prize for Music, 1960; New York Music Critics Circle Award, 1960; International Rostrum of Composers Award (UNESCO), Paris, 1961.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
H-71249	Elliott Carter - The Composers Quartet	Elliott Carter - The Composers Quartet - String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 ‎(LP, Album)	Nonesuch	H-71249	US	1970
H-71249	Elliott Carter, The Composers Quartet	Elliott Carter, The Composers Quartet - String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 ‎(LP)	Nonesuch	H-71249	UK	1970
9 71249-2	Elliott Carter - The Composers Quartet	Elliott Carter - The Composers Quartet - String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 ‎(CD, Album)	Elektra Nonesuch	9 71249-2	US	Unknown
H-71249	Elliott Carter - The Composers Quartet	Elliott Carter - The Composers Quartet - String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Nonesuch	H-71249	US	Unknown