Vitamin String Quartet - VSQ Performs Sigur Ros - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

When Björk won the 2010 Polar Music Prize, it was in recognition of her Inchdeeply personal music and lyrics, her precise arrangements and her unique voice.Inch Truer words couldn't be spoken for exactly why Vitamin String Quartet had to honor the Icelandic icon. Throughout her career, she has radiated an eclectic and avant-garde air, incorporating aspects of electronic, experimental, glitch, jazz, alternative rock, and contemporary classical music. She consistently defies categorization and VSQ was passionate about making an album that reflected that audacious outlook. Björk often calls herself a pop artist. VSQ considers her restlessly innovative and ethereal, something they've strived for in equal measure on this record. Album Tracks 1. New World 2. Human Behaviour 3. Pagan Poetry 4. Venus As a Boy 5. Army of Me 6. Hunter 7. Wanderlust 8. Crystalline 9. Hyper-Ballad 10. Jóga 11. Tabula Rasa 12. All Is Full of Love 13. Atom Dance

Delivering experimental Rock with an emotional punch, Radiohead's in Rainbows was another instantly-classic collection from the worlds' most adventurous band. Taking inspiration from Radiohead's vivid compositions, Vitamin String Quartet's Tribute to in Rainbows explores the line between innovation and tradition. Violins, viola, and cello reinterpret lilting ballads such as InchNudeInch and InchHouse of Cards,Inch and reverently transform guitar masterpieces such as InchBody snatchersInch and InchWeird Fishes/Arpeggi.Inch Album Tracks 1. 15 Step 2. Bodysnatchers 3. Nude 4. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi 5. All I Need 6. Faust Arp 7. Reckoner 8. House of Cards 9. Jigsaw Falling Into Place 10. Videotape 11. Turn Me

For most of his life Eric Craven has kept a very low profile, concentrating on his teaching career and quietly developing his 'non-prescriptive' composing method, a sort of aleatory style but which allows the performer varying degrees of freedom. His earlier cycle of short pieces, 'SET', was recorded after Craven was persuaded by leading pianists to make his work available. Highly praised, that technique is shown again to great effect in the 'Pieces for Pianists', producing music that is varied, interesting, but perfectly accessible for listener and performer. The composer states that his hope is 'to reward any pianist with even modest ability with immediate success' while also providing a challenge to more accomplished pianists to explore new territory. The pianist says that this collection 'will prove endlessly rewarding'. Mary Dullea is an Irish pianist based in London, who enjoys a very busy career as a soloist and chamber musician and regularly performs and broadcasts in many countries. Her discography is exceptional and demonstrates her support and championing of new music. Her pianism and musicality as well as remarkable virtuosity make her an ideal interpreter. She is also Reader in Music at Royal Holloway, University of London. Album Tracks 1. Pieces for Pianists, Vol. 1-No. 1 2. Pieces for Pianists, Vol. 1-No. 2 3. Pieces for Pianists, Vol. 1-No. 3 4. Pieces for Pianists, Vol. 1-No. 4 5. Pieces for Pianists, Vol. 1-No. 5 6. Pieces for Pianists, Vol. 1-No. 6 7. Pieces for Pianists, Vol. 1-No. 7 8. Pieces for Pianists, Vol. 1-No. 8 9. Pieces for Pianists, Vol. 1-No. 9 10. Pieces for Pianists, Vol. 1-No. 10 11. Pieces for Pianists, Vol. 1-No. 11 12. Pieces for Pianists, Vol. 1-No. 12 13. Pieces for Pianists, Vol. 1-No. 13 14. Pieces for Pianists, Vol. 1-No. 14 15. Pieces for Pianists, Vol. 1-No. 15 16. Pieces for Pianists, Vo