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Title: Stravinsky, Schittke, Roslavets, Smirnov, Firsova - Chilingirian String Quartet
Condition: New
Format: CD
EAN: 0756055125228
Genre: Classical
Description: EDITORIAL REVIEWS
AMAZON
This is an exciting record. It's customary for string quartets playing Stravinsky's neoclassical Three Pieces keep the music at an arms length. So it's refreshing to find a savage, take-no-prisoners performance of them here. The Chilingerian brings a wonderful sense of dramatic tension to its approach. Their rendering of Stravinsky's Concertino has great rhythmic vitality and a jazzy, tongue-in-cheek flavor. Schnittke's Canon--in Memory of Stravinsky, an unbearably sad piece, gets a moving performance here, as does Firsova's dark and ethereal quartet. Smirnov's Quartet No. 2 gets a spicy, almost dangerous reading. This excellent group's timing is extraordinary; the players breathe together--a lost art in the digital age. New and modern music cries out for more ensembles like this one. --Gwendolyn Freed
Country/Region of Manufacture: USA
No Of Discs: 1
Artist: Igor Stravinsky
Record Label: Conifer

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