Par WUORINEN CHARLES. String Quartet - Durée: 11 min / Contemporain / Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes

Par BACEWICZ GRAZYNA. Grazyna Bacewicz realised at a very early age that her main purpose in life was to compose music. Already during the 1920s, as a student of Lódz Conservatoire, as part of her lessons in harmony and counterpoint, she made attempts at composing, in which she tried to resolve nagging technical problems and impart an artistically satisfying form to them. She grew up in an atmosph…

A quartet in three movements for two violins, viola and cello: 1 - Allegro moderato - 2 - Piacevole (poco andante) - 3 - Allegro molto. / Quatuor A Cordes

Watkins' String Quartet, set in three movements, showcases the range of emotions the composer is able to conjure through music. The piece works from gently ebbing lyrical episodes into virtuosic, impassioned frenzies and back, ending serenely. / Quatuor A Cordes

Par ARNOLD MALCOLM. Written to celebrate the sixtieth birthday of the legendary oboist Leon Goossens, and first performed by him and the Carter Trio in 1958, this delightful 13-minute quartet is a fine showcase of Malcolm Arnold?s melodic gifts.  The work unfolds over three elegant movements, always engaging and directly communicative. / Ensemble Music / Répertoire / Hautbois, Violon, Alto et Vio…

Par JOLAS BETSY. 'Almost half a century after 'B for sonata', here is another musical evocation of my intriguing trip to Bali. Yannis Xenakis and Toru Takemitsu were there, among others, and we were walking around in the dark one evening when a Topeng appeared to us, in full action: Balinese musical theatre with one actor successively playing several legendary characters by means of mask changes c…

String Quartet #7 'The Extinguishable' was composed by Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen in 2014. / Quatuor A Cordes

Par COHEN MARY. 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 scenes next to relentless snowstorms, allowing young players to experiment with a number of styles and techniques. This is a great alternative to carols for December concerts and suita…

Bien que ce soit techniquement septième quatuor à cordes de Cowie , il remplace son quatrième quatuor plus tôt, où il venait de se sentir plus cadrer avec sa voix de composition . Le quatuor oscille entre une lente , son lumineux et rapide , la musique agitée . Contrairement à la plupart des travaux de Cowie , cette musique est extrait de sa préoccupation habituelle avec le monde naturel , se tour…

Deux mondes totalement différents se réunissent à ce quartet : d'une part, une ambiance sonore vivant principalement par le biais de légers changements d'un son principalement stagnant et parfois transformer en une harmonique de la harpe éolienne ressemblant sonore et d'autre part, un conte de quatre personnes représentées par quatre thèmes qui subissent des changements et les développements dans …

Par DESSAU PAUL. Paul Dessau described his Third String Quartet, begun at Laguna Beach near Los Angeles in 1943, as predominantly lyrical. The song-like, melodious main theme of this one-movement work emerges from a series of notes grounded in tonality. A contrapuntally separated little semiquaver figure acquires increasing importance and points the way ahead to the greater rhythmical turbulence o…

Par PEUERL PAUL. / Répertoire / Brass Quartet

Par STOLL DAVID. A quartet, inspired by philosophical texts, dating from 1999, and as recorded by Solid Strings on Riverrun Records./ Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes