JACK Quartet - Lines Made By Walking - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The JACK Quartet performs two works by Turkish born experimental composer Cenk Ergün on this EP . Ergun's immersion in the worlds of electronic music and improvisation shape material that is intense in character, whether it is exploring vigorous or static textures. Hailed by The New York Times as the Inchnation's most important quartetInch, the JACK Quartet is one of the most acclaimed, renowned, and respected groups performing today. JACK has maintained an unwavering commitment to their mission of performing and commissioning new works, giving voice to underheard composers, and cultivating an ever-greater sense of openness toward contemporary classical music. Over the past season, they have been selected as Musical America's 2018 InchEnsemble of the YearInch, named to WQXR's Inch19 for 19 Artists to WatchInch, and awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant.

Waves and Particles is Pulitzer- and Grammy-winning composer John Luther Adams's beautifully shimmery, virtuosic string quartet, performed by the incredible, illustrious JACK Quartet. Adams's music has been performed by such prominent ensembles as the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Seattle Symphony, and the International Contemporary Ensemble. JACK?Quartet has been deemed Inchsuperheroes of the new music worldInch (Boston Globe) and Inchthe go-to quartet for contemporary music, tying impeccable musicianship to intellectual ferocityInch (The Washington Post).InchJohn Luther Adams... one of the most original musical thinkers of the new century.Inch -Alex Ross, The New Yorker InchHis music becomes more than a metaphor for natural forces it is an elemental experience in it's own right.Inch -Tom Service, The GuardianInchHis music perfectly echoes the landscape he loves impersonal, relentless, larger than human scale, yet gorgeous, a quiet chaos of colors, suffused with light.Inch -Kyle Gann, Chamber Music Magazine

The Jack Quartet - Rand Steiger String Quartets [COMPACT DISCS] date 08/07/2026