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Release Date: 14 August 2026
Label: Avie Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 822252286823
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Composer/Series: PUBLIQuartet
Description
Introducing multi-talented and lively quartet, PUBLIQuartet is delighted to present 'Rhythm Nation', a diverse selection of individual pieces. The album celebrates American rhythmic traditions as an expression of bodily autonomy and tacit history keeping. This wide-ranging and toe tapping exploration features new works by Jlin, Jeff Scott, Mazz Swift, and Eddie Venegas, commissioned by PUBLIQuartet with the support of a 2024 Chamber Music America Artistic Projects grant. The quartet also expands upon two works from the library of Kronos String Quartet's Fifty for the Future project: Fode Lassana Diabate's Sunjata's Time (2015) and Henry Threadgill's Sixfivetwo (2018), with electronics interludes created by Jannina Norpoth and John-Paul Norpoth meditating on the poignant words of Janet Jackson's "Rhythm Nation." Each of the pieces on the album evokes a distinct rhythmic world, reflecting the plurality of American movement(s) and protecting the unspoken spirit of their lineage's narratives.
Lauren Scott
Lynda O'Connor; Anamus; David Brophy
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, Sakari Oramo, Andrew Litton, André de Ridder, Jennifer Koh & I
Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell, Ensemble La Nef
Inbal Segev, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Marin Alsop
Gonzalo X. Ruiz, Portland Baroque Orchestra & Monica Huggett
Vasily Petrenko
Vincent Lardaret
Stephanie McCallum; Erin Helyard
Rafaell Altino; Odense Symphonye Orchestra; Pierre Bleuse; David Danzmayr
PUBLIQuartet
Paramirabo ensemble; Marie-Annick Beliveau; Jean-Michael Lavoie
Olmos Ensemble
Momenta Quartet
Miriam Albano; Academia Montis Regalis; Diego Ares
Minna Pensola; Vida Vujic; Simone Sgarbanti
