This collection of chamber works by Argentine composer Osvaldo Golijov (born in 1960) is centered around performances by the St. Lawrence String Quartet. This is full-blooded, first-rate contemporary chamber music that emphasizes emotion and rich textures over the thorniness and preoccupation with technique that has been the dominant factor in New ...
How are the Ying Quartet's recordings of Tchaikovsky's three string quartets and his string sextet Souvenir de Florence? Good? No. Very good? No. Very, very good? Yes, very, very much yes.As siblings, the Ying Quartet has just about everything going for it -- a unified sound, a cogent ensemble, and an effortless unanimity -- and as Tchaikovsky ...
Dim Sum -- the Chinese brunch-like culinary practice of serving small portions of many different items -- may seem like an unusual choice for a title of a classical album. But in this case, the Ying Quartet's choice is perfectly apt and quite clever. The album features the works of eight different Chinese composers; the works selected are either ...
The Ying Quartet's "LifeMusic" project is a set of commissions for new works from top American composers, each "drawn from some aspect of life in America." The series offers a good way for a buyer to get acquainted with the styles of composers whose names may turn up in blogs or articles about awards, but whom most listeners will have heard only ...
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