14 October 2009

Four on the floor plus one. String quartets with a little augmentation.

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:00am

1. Lejaren Hiller: String Quartet No.5 (in Quarter-Tones) (1962)
The Concord String Quartet: Mark Sokol & Andrew Jennings - violins, John Kochanowski - viola, Norman Fischer - cello
American String Quartets 1950-1970
Vox Box, CDX 5143
26:52

2. Pavel Haas: String Quartet No.2 "From the Monkey Mountains" (1925)
Pavel Haas Quartet: Venonika Jarusková - 1st violin, Katerina Gemrotová - 2nd violin, Pavel Niki - viola, Peter Jarusek - cello, Colin Currie - percussion
Supraphon, SU 3877-2
31:46

Set #2 - 9:00am - 10:00am

3. Arnold Schönberg: String Quartet No.2 in F# minor op.10 (1908, rec. Los Angeles 31 Dec. 1936)
Text by Stefan George (1907)
Clemence Gifford - soprano, Kolisch Quartet: Rudolf Kolisch - violin, Felix Khuner - violin, Eugene Lehner - viola, Benar Heifetz - cello
In Honor of Rudolf Kolisch
Music & Arts, CD-1056
28:34

4. Alex Shapiro: Current Events (2003)
Miwako Watanabe & Connie Kupka - violins, Victoria Miskolczy & David Walther - violas, David Speltz - cello
Alex Shapiro: Notes from the Kelp
Innova Recordings, 683
15:35

Set #3 - 10:00am - 11:00am

5. Brian Cherney: String Trio (1976)
Otto Armin - violin, Rivka Golani - viola, Peter Schenkman - cello
Ovation Vol.4
CBC Records, PSCD 2029-4
20:57

6. Franz Schubert: Quintet for Strings in C major D.956 (1828)
Alban Berg Quartett: Günter Pichler - violin, Gerhard Schulz - violin, Thomas Kakuska - viola, Valentin Erben - cello; Heinrich Schiff - cello
EMI, 7243 5 66942 2 4
47:33

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