Chaos String Quartet - Conti: Opere per archi - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

We're worried by it, stressed out from it, frightened of it - and yet we're fascinated by it. Chaos has always been perceived as a threat, but also as the foundation of life. Various creation stories explain how the world arose out of disorder, out of InchmayhemInch. In like manner, it is anarchic spirits in particular that are credited with the ability to create masterpieces of creative art. This conception was perhaps most neatly expressed by Friedrich Nietzsche InchYou must have chaos within you, if you are to give birth to a dancing star.Inch The present album is made up of works which, if you like, harbour the sound of chaos. Originally written for a wide variety of instruments, these pieces are arranged here for string quartet and are connected by improvised interludes - linking passages for which the Hungarian composer Samu Gryllus has provided the basis.The Chaos String Quartet emerged from the iconic violist joke InchWell-established, world-famous string quartet looking for a new first violin, second violin... and cellist.Inch That's exactly how it happened. On Cornwall's rugged coast, during a Prussia Cove masterclass, after an illuminating lesson, a sight-reading session, and a candlelit dinner, Sara invited Susanne to form a quartet. After that first conversation, it took some time to find two other brave musicians, both beyond their mid-twenties, who were willing to embark on the exciting, sometimes complex, and risky adventure that is a string quartet. Fortunately, Eszter and Bas joined soon after, with great enthusiasm.As usual, naming proved a challenge. Some suggested using the first violinist's surname; others, a Greek god. A few warned, InchDon't start with A - there are too many.Inch Then came a provocative idea why not call it Chaos? Furthermore, the quartet enjoys inspiring the next generation, sharing it's experience as Young Artists in Resid

The Chaos String Quartet, named BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist for 2023-2025, was founded in 2019 based on the principles of chaos in art, science and philosophy. Having won such prestigious international competitions as ARD (2022), Bordeaux (2022), Bad Tolz (2023) and Haydn (2023), the ensemble is rapidly gaining prominence on the international stage, most notably performing at the Musikverein Vienna, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Wigmore Hall, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Bozar (Brussels) and Philharmonie de Paris. Other awards include prizes at the Heidelberg String Quartet Festival 2023, the Bartok World Competition 2021 and the International Premio V. E. Rimbotti in Italy 2020. In addition to it's classical concert activities, the quartet is dedicated to developing projects that make the quartet repertoire more accessible and open to a wider audience.The ensemble completed it's studies at the mdw, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, supervised by their mentor Prof. Johannes Meissl, and completed a postgraduate course at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole with the Cuarteto Casals. The young musicians received further important musical impulses from artists such as Eberhard Feltz, Andras Keller, Oliver Wille and Helmut Lachenmann.This is the ensemble's first CD on the tag of the mdw in Vienna, under the tag management of Solo Musica. Works by Joseph Haydn, Gyorgy Ligeti and Fanny Hensel were recorded. Album Tracks 1. String Quartet in F minor Op.20.5 2. String Quartet No.1 Métamorphoses Nocturnes 3. String Quartet in E Flat Major H.277

Album Tracks 1. String Quartet No. 3 in a Major Op. 4 2. String Quartet, Op. 3 3. Lyric Suite for String Quartet