Harvard Composers
Catalog Number: BIS1264
This album presents five American works for string quartet, performed by the Mendelssohn String Quartet with soprano Lucy Shelton. From Walter Piston’s neoclassical clarity to Leon Kirchner’s lyrical intensity, Earl Kim’s poetic French settings, Bernard Rands’ concise contrasts, and Mario Davidovsky’s Beethoven-inspired Fifth Quartet, the program highlights Harvard’s extraordinary legacy of composer-professors in the 20th century.
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176400Hz
Harvard Composers
This album showcases a rich panorama of American string quartet writing, performed by the Mendelssohn String Quartet and soprano Lucy Shelton. The journey begins with Walter Piston’s tightly constructed and rhythmically charged String Quartet No. 1 (1933), followed by Leon Kirchner’s award-winning String Quartet No. 2 (1958), a work of flowing lyricism and emotional power. Earl Kim’s Three Poems in French (1989) set Verlaine and Baudelaire with luminous delicacy, giving voice a central role. Bernard Rands’ String Quartet No. 2 (1994), written for the ensemble, contrasts simple, folk-like lines with insistent rhythmic figures. Closing the program is Mario Davidovsky’s String Quartet No. 5 (1998), a meditation on Beethoven’s Op. 132 that transforms memory into new sound worlds. Together, these works reflect Harvard University’s extraordinary influence on American composition and the continuing vitality of the quartet medium.
Published date
2003-06-01
Number of discs
1
Sample rate
176400Hz
Channels
stereo:32:2.0
surround:24:5.0
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