Ragazze Quartet - Bartok Bound Vol. 2 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Gloria Coates's personal sound world is unlike any other in contemporary music. Her 'Piano Quintet' is rooted in the poetry of fellow American pioneer Emily Dickinson, with half of the quartet tuned a quarter-tone higher than the other, the strange beauty of the music emerging in glacial landscapes and shimmering microtones. Coates's 'Symphony No. 10' evokes the archaeological ruins of a Celtic tribe, inspiring a torrent of dramatic percussion and long held tones that curve and shake in a moving body of sound. Gloria Coates is the most prolific female symphonist in musical history, and Naxos has an emerging series of her symphonic, chamber and other major works. Of her Symphony No. 15, released on a previous Naxos recording, Fanfare wrote Inchthe new symphony is still a jaw-dropper.Inch In general, the symphonies on Naxos come attached to other larger-scaled works and the chamber music (predominantly quartets) is programmed together. This is the first to program a symphony and a chamber work in the same album. Album Tracks 1. Invisible As Music - Roderick Chadwick/Kreutzer Quartet 2. The Wizard Fingers Never Rest - Roderick Chadwick/Kreutzer Quartet 3. The Torrents of Eternity - Roderick Chadwick/Kreutzer Quartet 4. A Something So Transporting Bright - Roderick Chadwick/Kreutzer Quartet 5. Ages Coil Within - Calarts Orchestra 6. The Glory of Decay - Calarts Orchestra 7. Gamuts of Eternities - Calarts Orchestra

The music of Béla Bartók has everything the mysterious tension of a thriller, loving lyricism, warm string sounds, almost impossible techniques challenging any string player to rediscover his instrument, and exhilarating rhythms which could well be rooted in folk dance. With the first volume in a complete string quartet cycle, The Ragazze Quartet has declared itself Bartók Bound. Album Tracks 1. String Quartet No. 1 Op 7 (SZ. 40) 30 20 2. I. Vonosnegyes Béla Bartók 09 10 3. II. Allegretto Béla Bartók 08 46 4. III. Introduzione - Allegro Vivace Béla Bartók 12 22 5. String Quartet No. 2 Op 17 (SZ. 67) 27 17 6. I. Moderato Béla Bartók 10 33 7. II. Allegro Molto Capriccioso Béla Bartók 07 59 8. III. Lento Béla Bartók 08 44 9. String Quartet No. 4 (SZ. 91) 23 18 10. I. Allegro Béla Bartók 06 09 11. II. Prestissimo, Con Sordino Béla Bartók 02 55 12. III. Non Troppo Lento Béla Bartók 05 54 13. IV. Allegretto Pizzicato Béla Bartók 02 51 14. V. Allegro Molto Béla Bartók 05 27

Carl Reinecke became known not least for his piano works, in which he reveals his style rooted in Romanticism. He wrote not only for solo piano, but also for piano four hands and for two pianos. The piano duo Genova & Dimitrov have now discovered this group of works for themselves and describe Reinecke as Inchone of the greatest surprises and discoveries of our musical pathInch. The duo now presents the first recording of all works for two pianos and reveals InchEven while playing through the beautiful, introductory phrase of his Andante with Variations op. 6, a whole new world opened up before us in a split second and drew us into the further almost 200 minutes. It is a world of multi-layered human emotions, contrasts and spontaneity, a world of boundless, pure love and courtesy for fellow human beings, of unconditional helpfulness and understanding, of the deepest respect for others, of devoted selflessness and unshakeable faith in God and in the good in people. All that is Carl Reinecke as a person gushes forth ceaselessly from his music. Through the present recordings, we hope to be able to pass on to our audience this 'source of life' as pure and unadulterated as possible, just as we received it as a gift from the great master.Inch A brilliant complete edition! Album Tracks 1. Andante Mit Variationen Op. 6 2. La Belle Griselidis Op. 94 (Improvisation Über Ein Französisches Volkslied Aus Dem 17. Jahrhundert) 3. Sonate FÜR 2 Klaviere G-Dur Op. 275 NR. 1 4. Festliche Ouvertüre FÜR Großes Orchester Op. 148 5. Variationen Über Eine Sarabande Von J. S. Bach Op. 24 6. Stücke FÜR 2 Klaviere Op. 241 NR. 1-4 7. Impromptu Über Ein Motiv Aus Schumanns Manfred Op. 6 8. Sonate FÜR 2 Klaviere C-Dur Op. 275 NR. 2 9. Konzert-Allegro Nach Dem Finale Des Konzerts FÜR Klavier Und Orchester NR. 19 Von w. A. Mozart 10. Ouvertüre Zu Kleins Tragödie Zenobia Op.