Music for String Quartets
On this CD:
1. Pieces (3), for string quartet
Composed by Igor Stravinsky
Performed by Chilingirian Quartet, Levon Chilingirian, Philip de Groote, Simon Rowland-Jones, Charles Sewart
2. Concertino, for string quartet
Composed by Igor Stravinsky
Performed by Chilingirian Quartet, Levon Chilingirian, Philip de Groote, Simon Rowland-Jones, Charles Sewart
3. Double Canon, for string quartet, "Raoul Dufy in Memoriam"
Composed by Igor Stravinsky
Performed by Chilingirian Quartet, Levon Chilingirian, Philip de Groote, Simon Rowland-Jones, Charles Sewart
4. Canon in Memoriam Igor Stravinsky, for string quartet
Composed by Alfred Schnittke
Performed by Chilingirian Quartet, Levon Chilingirian, Philip de Groote, Simon Rowland-Jones, Charles Sewart
5. String quartet No 3
Composed by Nikolai Andreyevich Roslavets
Performed by Chilingirian Quartet, Levon Chilingirian, Philip de Groote, Simon Rowland-Jones, Charles Sewart
6. String Quartet No 2
Composed by Dmitri [composer] Smirnov
Performed by Chilingirian Quartet, Levon Chilingirian, Philip de Groote, Simon Rowland-Jones, Charles Sewart
7. String quartet No 4, "Amoroso"
Composed by Elena Firsova
Performed by Chilingirian Quartet, Levon Chilingirian, Philip de Groote, Simon Rowland-Jones, Charles Sewart
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
This is an exciting record. It's customary for string quartets playing Stravinsky's neoclassical Three Pieces keep the music at an arms length. So it's refreshing to find a savage, take-no-prisoners performance of them here. The Chilingerian brings a wonderful sense of dramatic tension to its approach. Their rendering of Stravinsky's Concertino has great rhythmic vitality and a jazzy, tongue-in-cheek flavor. Schnittke's Canon--in Memory of Stravinsky, an unbearably sad piece, gets a moving performance here, as does Firsova's dark and ethereal quartet. Smirnov's Quartet No. 2 gets a spicy, almost dangerous reading. This excellent group's timing is extraordinary; the players breathe together--a lost art in the digital age. New and modern music cries out for more ensembles like this one. --Gwendolyn Freed
Music for String Quartets, Music, Philip de Groote, Elena Firsova, Nikolai Andreyevich Roslavets, Alfred Schnittke, Dmitri [composer] Smirnov, Igor Stravinsky, Chilingirian Quartet, Simon Rowland-Jones, Charles Sewart, Levon Chilingirian, Chamber, Classical, Classical Music, Quartet for Four String Instruments
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