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?Earthdrawn Skies explores deep connections between humankind and the natural world through the distinct lenses of four composers forging personal relationships with the soil and the stars. These works by Hildegard von Bingen, Eleanor Alberga, Komitas Vardepet and Jean Sibelius are rooted in a sense of tradition and connection to the land, even as the composers seek something beyond their reach an understanding of God, the physics of the cosmos, homeland, happiness. The music on this album draws from the earth as it reaches upward and outward. These composers share an impulse to understand the sky, the heavens, the larger things in life. This is music we have kept returning to as a quartet, as it speaks to us in deeply personal ways. We cherish playing this music together, and we hope it resonates as much with you as it does with us. Album Tracks 4. String Quartet No. 1~III. Frantically driven yet playful 8. Armenian Folk Songs~Echmiadzni Bar (Dance from Echmiadzin) 10. String Quartet in D Minor Op. 56, Voces Intimae~I. Andante - Allegro molto moderato
