The Nancy Phillips Quartet: Nancy Phillips (violin) lean Ie Fevre (violin)
Eileen Grainger (viola) Lilly Phillips (violoncello) with Wilfrid Parry (pianoforte)
In the spring of 1918 Elgar went to live in a cottage at Fittleworth, Sussex, and his first creative impulse was to turn his attention for the first time to chamber music. The result was a sonata for violin and piano, a string quartet, and the piano quintet to be heard this morning. The Quintet is undoubtedly the best of these three works. It is designed on a larger scale and contains some of Elgar's most thoughtful music.