Cypress String Quartet, Borromeo String Quartet & Stephen Saliers
Release Date: 16 February 2018
Label: Avie
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 822252237924
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Description
Guggenheim Fellow and ASCAP Award winning composer Elena Ruehr's six string quartets are a magnum opus in which echoes of Perotin, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Dvorak, Schoenberg and jazz can be found, although the musical language is purely Ruehr's own.
For Elena Ruehr, the appeal of the string quartet lies in the ability of four instruments to express an infinite range of emotional possibilities. Three of the string quartets were commissioned by the Cypress String Quartet, two by the Rockport Chamber Music Festival, and one is an ASCAP Award winner.
Critical Acclaim for Elena Ruehr
"sumptuously scored and full of soaring melodies and piquant harmonies" – The New York Times
"Music with heart and a forceful sense of character and expression" – The Washington Post
"These are beautifully clear recordings from Avie of Ruehr's first six string quartets, as rich and varied a collection as produced by any composer in the past thirty years, My critic's choice for 2018, this marvellous release is one I have returned to often..." – Gramophone, Guy Rickards
Tracklisting
Danbi Um; Juho Pohjonen
Christopher Tyler Nickel, Sarah Jackson
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Bruce Wolosoff
Charles Owen
Proteus Ensemble; Stephen Shellard
Benjamin Hochman
Apollo's Fire; Jeannette Sorrell
Karolos
The Counterpoints
Narratio Quartet
Danbi Um; Juho Pohjonen
Engegard Quartet, NyNorsk Messingkvintett
Flute Alors
Louise Bessette
Jonas Batstrand, Jorn Fossheim
