SKU: AP.12-057150549X
ISBN 9780571505494. UPC: 9780571505494. 9x12 inches. English.
SKU: AP.12-0571572219
ISBN 9780571572212. English.
Described by its composer as a fantasia, Carl Vine's dramatic String Quartet No. 5 (2007) contains six clear sections, but like much of his music is cast in one continuous movement. There is some repetition and development of material throughout the 22-minute work (which has been recorded by the Goldner String Quartet on ABC Classics), but this is less important to its structure than the vivid musical contrasts that delineate its formal arc.
SKU: AP.12-0571555349
ISBN 9780571555345. English.
This is a Ninth and no mistake . . . the most significant British string quartet of the century . . . David J Brown, Tempo, March 1985.
SKU: AP.12-057153970X
ISBN 9780571539703. English.
In his Kongsgaard Variations (2006), Swedish composer Anders Hillborg takes the Arietta theme from Beethoven's last piano-sonata, No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111 as the basis for an evocative 16-minute string quartet. Beethoven's sublime music drifts strangely through the centuries and is warped, vaporised, and refashioned as if, in the words of Hillborg, the Arietta is dreaming yet another variation on itself.
SKU: AP.12-0571569633
ISBN 9780571569632. English.
Premiered by the Takács String Quartet in 2004, Carl Vine's String Quartet No. 4 is a dark and pensive work. Split into two equal parts, this acerbic 15-minute exploration of conflict without resolution---with angular rhythmic gestures set abruptly against a brooding chorale---would make an imposing addition to any quartet's repertoire.
SKU: AP.12-0571554970
ISBN 9780571554973. English.
SKU: AP.12-0571536468
ISBN 9780571536467. English.
Violin and cello duet with piano accompaniment.
SKU: AP.12-0571572146
ISBN 9780571572144. English.
Composed for Steven Isserlis in 2004, Carl Vine's Concerto for Cello is an exhilarating 20-minute work that traverses a vast emotional palette. The concerto begins arrestingly, with soloist pitted against orchestra, though as it develops the two factions move towards union. A slow chorale led by the cellist frames the central section, whilst relentless motor rhythms drive the work to its close.
SKU: AP.12-0571569625
ISBN 9780571569625. English.
SKU: AP.12-0571572227
ISBN 9780571572229. English.
SKU: AP.12-0571540805
ISBN 9780571540808. English.
Acceleration, deceleration, and the inconsistent nature of time are at the heart of Piano Trio The Chronophage by Tom Coult. Throughout the 17-minute work, cello and piano lines constantly speed up or slow down relative to one another, while the violin has only one role---to accelerate throughout. The listener feels clunky gear changes, as previously reliable demarcations of time seem unsteady, even unsafe. The trio's subtitle comes from The Corpus Clock in Cambridge, a clock that plays with exactly this perception. Completely accurate every five minutes, the clock lurches unevenly from second to second, the grinding mechanism driven by the terrifying metal insect escapement known as the Chronophage (from the Greek meaning of time-eater).
SKU: SU.50017150
Copyright 1988. Published by: Seesaw Music.
SKU: MA.EMR-57157
G Minor.
