American String Quartets 1950-1970
New Release
Catalog Number: VCDX5143
Label: Vox
Format: CD
Categories: Chamber Music
Budget Periods: 20th Century
Composers: Christian Wolff, Earle Brown, George Crumb, Jacob Druckman, John Cage, Lejaren Hiller, Leon Kirchner, Morton Feldman, Stefan Wolpe
Performers: Andrew Jennings, John Kochanowski, Mark Sokol, Norman Fischer, The Concord String Quartet
Available: 1
Price: $11.99
Catalog Number: VCDX5143
Label: Vox
Format: CD
Categories: Chamber Music
Budget Periods: 20th Century
Composers: Christian Wolff, Earle Brown, George Crumb, Jacob Druckman, John Cage, Lejaren Hiller, Leon Kirchner, Morton Feldman, Stefan Wolpe
Performers: Andrew Jennings, John Kochanowski, Mark Sokol, Norman Fischer, The Concord String Quartet
Available: 1
Price: $11.99
CD One:
Stefan Wolpe: String Quartet I & II
Earle Brown: String Quartet
John Cage: String Quartet In Four Parts
Leon Kirchner: Quartet No.3 for String Quartet and Electronic Tape
Christian Wolff: Summer
CD Two:
George Crumb: Black Angels (Images I) for Electric String Quartet (Thirteen Images for The Dark Land) (1970)
Lejaren Hiller: String Quartet No.5 (In Quarter-Tones)
Jacob Druckman: String Quartet No. 2 (1966)
Morton Feldman: Structures for String Quartet (1951)
The Concord String Quartet
Mark Sokol, violin
Andrew Jennings, violin
John Kochanowski, viola
Norman Fischer, cello
| Track Listing | Time | MP3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CD One | |||
| Stefan Wolpe | |||
| 1 | String Quartet I | 8:20 | |
| 2 | String Quartet II | 9:05 | |
| 3 | Earle Brown: String Quartet | 11:51 | |
| John Cage | |||
| String Quartet In Four Parts | |||
| 4 | I. Quietly Flowing Along | 4:42 | |
| 5 | II. Slowly Rocking | 5:04 |  |
| 6 | III. Nearly Stationary | 10:31 | |
| 7 | IV. Quodlibet | 1:20 | |
| 8 | Leon Kirchner: Quartet No.3 for String Quartet and Electronic Tape | 18:01 | |
| 9 | Christian Wolff: Summer | 4:39 | |
| CD Two | |||
| George Crumb | |||
| Black Angels (Images I) for Electric String Quartet (Thirteen Images for The Dark Land) (1970) | |||
| 1 | I. Departure | 6:00 | |
| 2 | II. Absence | 6:43 | |
| 3 | III. Return | 9:44 | |
| Lejaren Hiller | |||
| String Quartet No.5 (In Quarter-Tones) | |||
| 4 | I.Theme I | 1:15 | |
| 5 | II. Variations | 5:29 | |
| 6 | III. Theme II | 1:17 | |
| 7 | IV. Variations | 8:00 | |
| 8 | V. Theme III | 1:17 | |
| 9 | VI. Variations | 8:00 | |
| 10 | VII. Theme IV | 1:09 | |
| 11 | Jacob Druckman: String Quartet No. 2 (1966) | 18:40 | |
| 12 | Morton Feldman: Structures for String Quartet (1951) | 5:56 |