This album marks the debut recording of the Amara Piano Quartet, the successor to the Ames Piano Quartet, whose distinguished performing history spanned the last...

This album marks the debut recording of the Amara Piano Quartet, the successor to the Ames Piano Quartet, whose distinguished performing history spanned the last thirty-six years. Once pianist William David and violinist Mahlon Darlington retired in 2012, Jonathan Sturm and George Work welcomed Borivoj Martinic-Jercic and Mei-Hsuan Hunga to the group. The quartet was named "Amara", a name connoting mythic paradise in Abyssinia. On this album, they start off their discography with works by Tsontakis, Schoenfield, and several others.