From Germany

From Germany

On this CD:

1. Antiphon for String quartet and String quartet with electronics (Tape)
Composed by York Holler
Performed by David Alberman, Arcadian Academy, Irvine Arditti, Garth Knox, Rohan de Saram

2. String Quartett (Zietstrahl) in six movements
Composed by Robert HP Platz
Performed by David Alberman, Arcadian Academy, Irvine Arditti, Garth Knox, Rohan de Saram

3. Apo Do (von hier) for String quartet in 3 movements
Composed by Mathias Spahlinger
Performed by David Alberman, Arcadian Academy, Irvine Arditti, Garth Knox, Rohan de Saram

4. Festina lente for String quartet in four movements
Composed by Walter Zimmermann
Performed by David Alberman, Arcadian Academy, Irvine Arditti, Garth Knox, Rohan de Saram

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
The four quartets performed here, composed between 1976 and 1990, show the rich diversity of German new music. In Apo Do (1982), commissioned by the Athens Goethe Institute, Mathias Spahlinger confronts the depths of war tragedy. Spahlinger has a penchant for intense textures, taking delight in grating noises and wringing strong emotions from sparse sounds. Walter Zimmermann's shimmering textures result from a complex tuning system. His Festina lente draws from ethnomusicology, philosophy, and visual art. York Höller's Antiphon successfully integrates the acoustic with the electronically modified quartet. Robert Platz explores linear time processes in his rather austere Quartet. --Robert Reigle

From Germany, Music, Arditti String Quartet, Classical

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