Cypress String Quartet, Borromeo String Quartet & Stephen Salters – Elena Ruehr: Six String Quartets (2018) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Cypress String Quartet, Borromeo String Quartet & Stephen Salters – Elena Ruehr: Six String Quartets (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:20:09 minutes | 2,77 GB | Genre: Classical
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Guggenheim Fellow and ASCAP Award winning composer Elena Ruehr’s six string quartets are a magnum opus in which echoes of Perotin, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Dvorak, Schoenberg and jazz can be found, although the musical language is purely Ruehr’s own.

For Elena Ruehr, the appeal of the string quartet lies in the ability of four instruments to express an infinite range of emotional possibilities. Three of the string quartets were commissioned by the Cypress String Quartet, two by the Rockport Chamber Music Festival, and one is an ASCAP Award winner.

Critical Acclaim for Elena Ruehr

“sumptuously scored and full of soaring melodies and piquant harmonies” – The New York Times

“Music with heart and a forceful sense of character and expression” – The Washington Post

Tracklist:
Elena Ruehr (b.1963)
01. String Quartet No. 5 “Bel Canto” : I. Rebels in the Vents
02. String Quartet No. 5 “Bel Canto”: II. Three Generals
03. String Quartet No. 5 “Bel Canto”: III. Esmeralda and Joachim
04. String Quartet No. 5 “Bel Canto”: IV. The Accompanist Dies
05. String Quartet No. 5 “Bel Canto”: V. Simon Thibault makes coq au vin
06. String Quartet No. 5 “Bel Canto”: VI. Gen Translates for Roxanne
07. String Quartet No. 5 “Bel Canto”: VII. Carmen Studies Grammar
08. String Quartet No. 5 “Bel Canto”: VII. Gen Arranges a Meeting
09. String Quartet No. 5 “Bel Canto” : IX. Cesar sings
10. String Quartet No. 5 “Bel Canto” : X. In The Garden
11. String Quartet No. 3: I. Clay Flute
12. String Quartet No. 3 : II. The Abbey
13. String Quartet No. 3 : III. How She Danced
14. String Quartet No. 3: IV. Bell Call
15. String Quartet No. 1: I. Patterns
16. String Quartet No. 1 : II. Interlude
17. String Quartet No. 1: III. Let’s Sit Beneath the Stars
18. String Quartet No. 1: IV. Estampie
19. String Quartet No. 2: Song of the Silkie
20. String Quartet No. 6: I. Restless
21. String Quartet No. 6: II. For Todd
22. String Quartet No. 6: III. Idée Fixe
23. String Quartet No. 6: IV. Finale
24. String Quartet No. 4: I. Introduzione. Andante con moto
25. String Quartet No. 4: II. Aria. Andante
26. String Quartet No. 4: III. Minuet. Grazioso
27. String Quartet No. 4: IV. Finale. Allegro Molto