Artist: Cypress String Quartet, Borromeo String Quartet, Stephen Salters
Album: Elena Ruehr: Six String Quartets
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2018
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 02:20:21
Total Tracks: 27
Total Size: 2,77 GB

Tracklist:

1-01. Stephen Salters – String Quartet No. 2: Song of the Silkie (15:26)
1-01. Cypress String Quartet – String Quartet No. 5 “Bel Canto” : I. Rebels in the Vents (01:16)
1-02. Cypress String Quartet – String Quartet No. 5 “Bel Canto”: II. Three Generals (01:04)
1-03. Cypress String Quartet – String Quartet No. 5 “Bel Canto”: III. Esmeralda and Joachim (02:37)
1-04. Cypress String Quartet – String Quartet No. 5 “Bel Canto”: IV. The Accompanist Dies (01:39)
1-05. Cypress String Quartet – String Quartet No. 5 “Bel Canto”: V. Simon Thibault makes coq au vin (00:48)
1-06. Cypress String Quartet – String Quartet No. 5 “Bel Canto”: VI. Gen Translates for Roxanne (02:54)
1-07. Cypress String Quartet – String Quartet No. 5 “Bel Canto”: VII. Carmen Studies Grammar (02:56)
1-08. Cypress String Quartet – String Quartet No. 5 “Bel Canto”: VII. Gen Arranges a Meeting (01:34)
1-09. Cypress String Quartet – String Quartet No. 5 “Bel Canto” : IX. Cesar sings (01:14)
1-10. Cypress String Quartet – String Quartet No. 5 “Bel Canto” : X. In The Garden (10:24)
1-11. Cypress String Quartet – String Quartet No. 3: I. Clay Flute (03:54)
1-12. Cypress String Quartet – String Quartet No. 3 : II. The Abbey (08:55)
1-13. Cypress String Quartet – String Quartet No. 3 : III. How She Danced (04:12)
1-14. Cypress String Quartet – String Quartet No. 3: IV. Bell Call (06:34)
1-15. Cypress String Quartet – String Quartet No. 1: I. Patterns (07:39)
1-16. Cypress String Quartet – String Quartet No. 1 : II. Interlude (03:35)
1-17. Cypress String Quartet – String Quartet No. 1: III. Let’s Sit Beneath the Stars (05:26)
1-18. Cypress String Quartet – String Quartet No. 1: IV. Estampie (04:08)
2-02. Cypress String Quartet – String Quartet No. 6: I. Restless (07:12)
2-03. Cypress String Quartet – String Quartet No. 6: II. For Todd (03:19)
2-04. Cypress String Quartet – String Quartet No. 6: III. Idée Fixe (07:30)
2-05. Cypress String Quartet – String Quartet No. 6: IV. Finale (05:24)
2-06. Cypress String Quartet – String Quartet No. 4: I. Introduzione. Andante con moto (07:26)
2-07. Cypress String Quartet – String Quartet No. 4: II. Aria. Andante (07:04)
2-08. Cypress String Quartet – String Quartet No. 4: III. Minuet. Grazioso (07:56)
2-09. Cypress String Quartet – String Quartet No. 4: IV. Finale. Allegro Molto (08:03)

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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