String Quartet No
SKU: HL.49046141
ISBN 9790001167673. UPC: 841886033702. 0.324 inches.
After the Toccata for piano and string quintet from 1989, the quartet for oboe, violin, viola and piano from 2010 and the piano quintet from 2014, Olli Mustonen has now presented his first work contribution for the tradition-rich pure string quartet occupation. The four-movement quartet ties in with the historical lines of the genre since Classicism and Romanticism and transmits them into a contemporary musical language. Virtuously, the concluding sentence ends in an ecstatic Con fuoco all'Ungharese.
SKU: PR.14440526S
UPC: 680160584772. 8.5 x 11 inches.
By commission of the Siemens Foundation for Irvine Arditti and the Arditti String Quartet, Felder has created a work of dynamic contrasts. From the outset, he asks much of the strings (Fiery - very aggressive!) through a sustained fortissimo passage, shifting quickly to alternate states (suddenly subdued) and effects (effervescent). Afire, intense, perky, even mechanically! - incessant are instructions throughout. For advanced performers. Duration: 19'.
SKU: PR.11441113S
UPC: 680160016143.
Dedicated to Ivan Chan and the Miami String Quartet, who premiered the work in 1995. (1992) For advanced performers. Duration: 25'...a one-movement work with tremendous variety and energy... there is a good deal of original and appealing material. Each of its 10 sections brings something different - pizzicato, mutes, a fugue, cadenzas. Finally, at the end, the theme upon which the variations are based appears for the first time, in a slow and slightly weepy form. -Peter Dobrin, Philadelphia Inquirer.
SKU: PR.14440530S
UPC: 680160584796. 9.5 x 13 inches.
Featured on the Bridge Records CD Music of David Felder, as recorded by the Arditti String Quartet. Felder's Third Face was given its first performance by the Arditti, at the 1988 Buffalo new music festival. I was struck by it then; after further hearings of it I admire it even more. It is lucid, but with a controlled wildness in its making. Written for virtuosi, it challenges them by presenting its fierce, fertile ideas with almost reckless rhythmic and dynamic exuberance. (Andrew Porter, The New Yorker) For advanced performers. Duration: 11'.
SKU: PR.114411130
UPC: 680160016129.
Dedicated to Ivan Chan and the Miami String Quartet, who premiered the work in 1995. (1992) For advanced performers. Duration: 25' ...a one-movement work with tremendous variety and energy... there is a good deal of original and appealing material. Each of its 10 sections brings something different - pizzicato, mutes, a fugue, cadenzas. Finally, at the end, the theme upon which the variations are based appears for the first time, in a slow and slightly weepy form. -Peter Dobrin, Philadelphia Inquirer.
SKU: PR.114415750
ISBN 9781491101483. UPC: 680160612499.
The impressive Marian Anderson String Quartet has established a Continuing the Legacy commissioning project, to honor the 75th anniversary of their namesake's performance at the Lincoln Memorial, as well as their own 25th anniversary. Hailstork is one of a handful of American composers invited to create a 21st century string quartet based upon songs of the African Diaspora. His choice of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot has led to an evocative, but moving string quartet. Also available for string orchestra, on a rental basis. For advanced performers. Duration: 15'.
SKU: PR.144405260
UPC: 680160584765. 8.5 x 11 inches.
By commission of the Siemens Foundation for Irvine Arditti and the Arditti String Quartet, Felder has created a work of dynamic contrasts. From the outset, he asks much of the strings (Fiery - very aggressive!) through a sustained fortissimo passage, shifting quickly to alternate states (suddenly subdued) and effects (effervescent). Afire, intense, perky, even mechanically!—incessant are instructions throughout. For advanced performers. Duration: 17'30'.
SKU: PR.11441516S
UPC: 680160600915. 8.5 x 11 inches.
Adler's ninth turn at string quartet composition was written for the Esterhazy Quartet, who were pleased to perform the world premiere in April, 2009 with the composer in attendance. Violinist Susan Jensen described the work as energetic, spirited, humorous and celebratory. The premiere follows an all-Adler 80th birthday celebration by the Esterhazy in the previous year, so this new String Quartet No. 9 is a treat. Three of the four movements proceed at a fast pace, and the Quartet is for advanced performers.
SKU: PR.114415160
UPC: 680160600892. 8.5 x 11 inches.
