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It is an exceptionally impressive work, possibly a great or near-great one. Donald Mintz, The Musical Quarterly vol. 53, no. 4, 1967

... this snazzy piece (filled with folky references and odd percussion effects) takes the cake - a terrific, immediately entertaining and absorbing work. San Francisco Chronicle (Heuwell Tircuit), 8 J...

... one of his finest works... a composer thoroughly at ease with himself, working in a mode that has come to terms with his tradition and with his environment, and using it with assurance to create m...

... true quartet-music, admirably conceived for the medium. I found it a most vivid and compelling piece. The Sunday Times (Desmond Shawe-Taylor), 7 December 1975

The terse String Quartet No 9 is a major addition to the quartet repertory.San Francisco Chronicle (Heuwell Tircuit), 1 March 1980

... the quartet is a highly distinctive work, a welcome addition to Simpson's significant contribution to the British twentieth-century string quartet. Trevor Bray, Music and Letters Vol. 68, 3 April...

This is a Ninth' and no mistake. . .the most significant British string quartet of the century. . .'David J Brown, Tempo, March 1985

The first performance was given by the Endellioon Quartet in the West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge as part of the Cambridge Elgar Festival on 16 November 1994.

‘A subtle baroque flavour... a slow movement of ravishing arabesques above a pizzicato cello, balanced by outer sections of darting counterpoint.’ The Independent (Nicholas Williams), 24 M...

... a subtle Baroque flavour... Nicholas Williams, The Independent, 24 May 1994

'Four Play' is the essential gig album for string quartet, masterfully arranged by Carlo Martelli. The volume includes music by the great composers as well as theme songs and soundtracks from TV and f...

These two tracks are from Paul McCartney's album Working Classical and are arranged for String Quartet. This is the score. The parts are available separately.

These two titles are from Paul McCartney's Working Classical project. This is the string quartet parts

Winter soundscapes is a collection of seven evocative sound pictures, which conjure up the landscapes and feelings of a traditional hard winter. The pieces contrast one another, with relaxed fireside...

'Quartet in C' is in four movements with a total duration of about 25 minutes. The opening Allegro is Dvorák-ish in its lyricism, though there is a darker, more brooding atmosphere towards the close....

For the memorial services for Linda held in London and New York in 1998, Paul McCartney selected a number of songs he had written specifically with her in mind which were played in arrangements for st...

Six songs written specially for Linda McCartney in arrangements for string quartet. Paul McCartney's unmistakable melodic and rhythmic style come to the fore in these beautiful pieces. They are presen...

'Quartet In C Minor' is in four movements with a total duration of about 25 minutes. The opening Allegro is similar in style to Dvorak in its lyricism, though there is a darker, more brooding atmosphe...

'The Coull Quartet has brought into the world a work that will retain a place in the repertoire… a string quartet of exceptionally high quality … the motivation in an inspired surge...

'The Coull Quartet has brought into the world a work that will retain a place in the repertoire… a string quartet of exceptionally high quality … the motivation in an inspired surge...

The first performance was given by the Endellioon Quartet in the West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge as part of the Cambridge Elgar Festival on 16 November 1994.

'…one of the most rewarding additions to the medium in many a year … both the succinctness and logic of the writing have an almost Beethoven cut.' Daily Telegraph (Alan Blyth), 1...