Quartetto Danel Plays Xenakis, Lachenmann, Kurt?g & Jan?cek

Overview

Quartetto Danel's program of (mostly) late 20th century European string quartets was recorded live at the 14th Milano Musica Festival in 2005. Uncompromising modernism characterizes Iannis Xenakis' 1983 "Tetras," one of the composer's most important and frequently performed chamber works. Timbral variety is the work's most striking element; melody, easily identifiable harmony, and discernible structure are not immediately comprehensible. This piece should be most interesting to listeners able to respond viscerally to the gestures created primarily through extended techniques, and to the considerable energy that they generate. "Ergma," from 1994, is highly dissonant and seething with angst, but it is a more structurally comprehensible piece, since for much of it the performers use more conventional string techniques and play homophonically, in rhythmic unison, rather than in complex, disjunct counterpoint. The program also includes Helmut Lachenmann's even more prolix "Gran Torso," György Kurtág's serene "Aus der ferne III," and the first movement of Janácek's "First Quartet" as an encore.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/12/2011
Label:	STRADIVARIUS
UPC:	8011570338709
Rank:	50744

Tracks

1. Tetras
2. Gran Torso
3. Ergma
4. Aus der Ferne III
5. Quartetto No. 1~1. Adagio - Con moto

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Quatuor Danel   Primary Artist,String Quartet

Technical Credits

Antonio Topolino   Engineer
Jonathan West   Liner Note Translation
Judit Kurt¿¿g   Photography
Leos Jan¿¿¿¿ek   Composer
Marco Galli   Engineer
Silvia Miguidi   Liner Note Translation
Paolo Botticelli   Artwork
Helmut Lachenmann   Composer
W. Edwin Rosasco   Liner Notes
Pietro Vultaggio   Music Consultant
Enrico Castellani   Artwork
Angelo Orcalli   Liner Notes
Iannis Xenakis   Composer
Gy¿¿rgy Kurt¿¿g   Composer