Music for Strings

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Release Date: 29th Sep 2017
Catalogue No: 900715
Label: BR Klassik
Length: 75 minutes

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Rihm: Quartettstudie

Work length12:49

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Quatuor Ebène

Staud: Towards a Brighter Hue

Work length8:43

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$2.60

Korbinian Altenberger

Shchedrin: Lyric Scenes for string quartet

Work length8:43

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Apollon Musagète Quartet

Sawer: Parthenope

Work length10:03

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Antoine Tamestit

Tüür: String Quartet No. 2 "Lost Prayers"

Work length12:40

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Armida Quartett

Salonen: Knock, Breathe, Shine

Work length12:28

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Tristan Cornut

Brass: Etchings

Work length9:43

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Quartet Amabile

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This CD documents compositions for strings that were commissioned from contemporary composers by the ARD International Music Competition in Munich and per-formed between 2004-16 by the prestigious competition’s prizewinners - both by soloists (violin, viola and cello solo) as well as string quartets. The recorded literature thus reflects the very latest status of the compositional repertoire for precisely these performance combinations. In the Competition, a contemporary work is always obli-gatory; it has to be specially created for the competition by renowned composers, and undergoes several different interpretations during the course of the competition - an invaluable opportunity for listeners to experience the most recent works in interpre-tations that often differ greatly. Since it is not always the first-prize winners who offer the “best interpretation of the commissioned work", a special prize is conferred for particularly excellent interpretations. It is also remarkable that the various award winners have gone through an astonishing development, and are now extremely successful on the international concert stage. The highly varied programme on this CD includes compositions by R. Shchedrin, N. Brass, W. Rihm, E.-P. Salonen, E.-S. Tüür, D. Sawer and J. Maria Staud. This is a representative cross-section of the current repertoire of contemporary music for strings, providing convincing proof of the high quality of musicianship among these young performers.

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