Release Date: 28 October 2013
Label: Avie
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 822252230420
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Description
'The American Album' by the Cypress String Quartet is a stunning appreciation of the American musical spirit from 1893-1936, headlined by Czech composer Antonin Dvorak's "American" Quartet, with works by Charles Griffes, Samuel Barber - his Quartet, Op 11 includes the famous "Adagio" - and contemporary composer Kevin Puts.
The Cypress String Quartet debuted on Avie with a recording of their namesake work, Dvorak's "Cypresses" coupled with the composer's expansive G major Quartet, No. 13, "a lovely performance", according to International Record Review. The Czech composer features again in the ensemble's American Album with his beloved "American" Quartet, which shares the program with Barber's String Quartet - featuring the famous Adagio central movement - and "Two Sketches Based on Indian Themes" by Charles Griffes.
Personnel: Cecily Ward, Tom Stone (violin), Ethan Filner (viola), Jennifer Kloetzel (cello)
Critical acclaim for the Cypress String Quartet:
"Artistry of uncommon insight and cohesion" - Gramophone
"Beautifully proportioned and powerful" - The Washington Post
"Such rare sincerity as to make long-familiar music sound utterly fresh." - Cleveland Plain Dealer
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
Cypress String Quartet, Borromeo String Quartet & Stephen Saliers
Cypress String Quartet
Cypress String Quartet
Cypress String Quartet
