Originally released on Appalachia Waltz featuring Mark O'Connor, Yo-Yo Ma and Edgar Meyer, Sony Classical
Other versions can be heard on Mark O'Connor's Crossing Bridges, Duo by Mark and Maggie O’Connor OMAC Records and The Essential Mark O’Connor Sony Classical
Catalogue Number MO104C
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SKU: PR.11441511S
UPC: 680160600113. 8.5 x 11 inches.
Kennedy's first composition for string quartet was the result of a commission by Musica Reginae, although the composer was eager to write for such an ensemble, anyway. The Suite was entered under the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra's Project 440, where it garnered such comments as, Excitement, energy, beauty, craft are all here, and This composer definitely has the knack to write for strings. For advanced performers. Duration: 15'.
SKU: PR.14440540S
UPC: 680160590711. 8.5 x 11 inches.
Leisner's Vision of Orpheus has brought world-class guitarist Jason Vieaux to comment, It's not easy to write substantial, intelligent, deeply emotional music that maintains its appeal to a wide range of listeners. David's first-rate! Read many more comments and listen to the work at WQXR. This is Leisner in his element, writing for his instrument. For advanced performers. Duration: 18'.
SKU: PR.114415160
UPC: 680160600892. 8.5 x 11 inches.
Adler's ninth turn at string quartet composition was written for the Esterhazy Quartet, who were pleased to perform the world premiere in April, 2009 with the composer in attendance. Violinist Susan Jensen described the work as energetic, spirited, humorous and celebratory. The premiere follows an all-Adler 80th birthday celebration by the Esterhazy in the previous year, so this new String Quartet No. 9 is a treat. Three of the four movements proceed at a fast pace, and the Quartet is for advanced performers.
SKU: PR.144405590
UPC: 680160606474. 8.5 x 11 inches.
A virtuosic work for guitar and strings in two movements, Zyman's Quintet is exemplary for its integration of these forces. Enjoy a YouTube video of the intense 2nd movement, as performed by Roberto Limon and the Cuarteto Chavez. For advanced performers.
SKU: HL.49044199
ISBN 9790001193740. 9.0x11.75x0.286 inches.
These two chamber music works are one of the main focuses in the oeuvre of Ulvi Cemal Erkin. Lively and spirited, they combine Western European tradition with rhythmic and melodic elements from Turkish folk music. Both are perfectly suitable for music lessons and concert recitals, adding a new interesting colour to the common chamber music repertoire.Erkin (1906-1972) is one of the most important composers of Turkey. He studied piano and composition in France and later returned to his home country where he became professor in Ankara.
SKU: BT.SY-4352-01
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SKU: PR.114415750
ISBN 9781491101483. UPC: 680160612499.
The impressive Marian Anderson String Quartet has established a Continuing the Legacy commissioning project, to honor the 75th anniversary of their namesake's performance at the Lincoln Memorial, as well as their own 25th anniversary. Hailstork is one of a handful of American composers invited to create a 21st century string quartet based upon songs of the African Diaspora. His choice of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot has led to an evocative, but moving string quartet. Also available for string orchestra, on a rental basis. For advanced performers. Duration: 15'.
SKU: PR.11441783S
UPC: 680160636884.
With support from Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting, Pann's Second String Quartet was written for the Takacs Quartet to honor the contributions of NancyBell Coe as president of the Music Academy of the West. The Takacs, hailed as one of the world's greatest ensembles, performed the work as part of a weeklong series of masterclasses at the Academy's Summer Festival 2015. The Second String Quartet is made up of six descriptive movements: I. L'Extase, II. Precipitato, III. Passacaglias, IV. Commute, V. Adjusting the Torque, VI. Escher's Rounds. For advanced performers.
SKU: PR.114414250
UPC: 680160607846.
Lowell Liebermann's 4th String Quartet was commissioned by the Canandaigua Lake Chamber Music Festival and the Wood Library, Canandaigua, NY, for the Orion Quartet in celebration of their 20th Anniversary. The quartet was premiered by the Orions at the Canandaigua Lake Chamber Music Festival in Rochester, NY on February 9th, 2008. To quote the writer Mark Greenberg: It's a remarkable piece. The mood is elegiacal and meditative, the melodic lines sinuous and searching, the harmonies rich and astonishingly beautiful. Liebermann works within the traditions of Western tonality, but that is a mansion with many rooms. Liebermann inhabits all of them as his expressive purposes require, and he doesn't mind knocking down a wall to create new harmonic spaces. The Fourth Quartet doesn't exactly fit the neoromantic niche into which Liebermann is sometimes placed. Much of the music, especially near the beginning, is a highly advanced and fluid chromatic expressionism with modernist tendencies. Sometimes this roiling cloudscape breaks open to allow a patch of near-classical harmony and almost-resolution. Near the midpoint the clouds lift in leaping modulations. Several chordal passages recall Russian Orthodox chant. Suddenly, when you've begun to think the somber, deliberate pace has gone on a bit too long, Liebermann introduces a kind of hobbled, stilted jazz idiom. The piece dies in pensive quiet.
SKU: BT.PMC3932
A grim commentary on the contemporary Middle East, Lamentation and Satire is, in the composer's words, born out of a reaction to a part of the world that is over the edge. Advanced Level.
SKU: HL.49044449
ISBN 9790001199827. UPC: 841886022515. 9.0x12.0x0.06 inches.
Rosenblatt's work is characterised by an elegant virtuosity. This is a rewarding concert and encore piece, reminiscent of Bach's contrapuntal skills and combines traditional stylistic elements with new music and jazz to form a colourful mixture.
