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Composer Mario Davidovsky
Earl Kim
Leon Kirchner
Walter Piston
Bernard Rands
Performer Lucy Shelton
Mendelssohn String Quartet
Catalogue Number BIS-1264 SACD
EAN 7318599912646
Format SACD Hybrid

This hybrid disc plays on both CD and SACD players
SACD Surround - SACD Stereo - CD Stereo

Release date Jun 2003
Total time 73'07

"Assured and perceptive performances."  International Record Review
“The Mendelssohns are as compelling in the perky Americana of Piston's final movement as they are in the softly focused colours of Kim's songs." The Strad
"Admirably played and well recorded." Gramophone
“The Mendelssohn Quartet offers polished, generously rehearsed, and moving performances of pieces they clearly care about; and BIS has recorded them flawlessly." American Record Guide
 
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  Walter Piston
  String Quartet No.1 (1933) 17'14
01 I. Allegro 5'59
02 II. Adagio 8'13
03 III. Allegro vivace 3'02
 
 
  Leon Kirchner
  String Quartet No.2 (1958) 15'47
04 I. Moderato 4'46
05 II. Adagio 5'27
06 III. Allegro molto 5'34
 
 
  Earl Kim
  Three Poems in French (1989) 12'47
07 I. En sourdine (Verlaine) 3'33
08 II. Recueillement (Baudelaire) 4'00
09 III. Colloque sentimental (Verlaine) 5'14
 
 
  Bernard Rands
  String Quartet No.2 (1994) 13'26
10 I. 6'24
11 II. 7'02
 
 
  Mario Davidovsky
12 String Quartet No.5 (1998), Dank an Opus 132 11'53
 
  Album total 73'07
ComposerDavidovsky, Mario
Kim, Earl
Kirchner, Leon
Piston, Walter
Rands, Bernard
EnsembleMendelssohn String Quartet
String quartetMendelssohn String Quartet
StringsMendelssohn String Quartet
SopranoShelton, Lucy

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