British Invasion / Kanengiser, Alexander String Quartet

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Label
Foghorn Classics
Release Date
April 7, 2023
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Dusan Bogdanovic, Leo Brouwer, Ian Krouse, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Sting
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Alexander String Quartet
    • PERFORMER
      William Kanengiser
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 07, 2023
    • UPC
      700871202328
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FCL2023
    • LABEL
      Foghorn Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Part I: Theme: Friends by J. Page and R. Plant

      Composer: Ian Krouse

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

      Performer: William Kanengiser

    2. Part II: L'istesso tempo - Adagio

      Composer: Ian Krouse

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

      Performer: William Kanengiser

    3. Part III: Tempo 1

      Composer: Ian Krouse

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

      Performer: William Kanengiser

    4. Part IV: Quasi Passacaglia

      Composer: Ian Krouse

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

      Performer: William Kanengiser

    5. Part V: Lento ma sempre stringendo - Tempo 1, quasi fugue

      Composer: Ian Krouse

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

      Performer: William Kanengiser

    6. Part VI: Conclusion

      Composer: Ian Krouse

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

      Performer: William Kanengiser

    7. No. 1. Prelude: Every Breath You Take

      Composer: Sting, Dušan Bogdanović

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

      Performer: William Kanengiser

    8. No. 2. Dance: Message in a Bottle

      Composer: Sting, Dušan Bogdanović

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

      Performer: William Kanengiser

    9. No. 3. Ballad: Shape of My Heart

      Composer: Sting, Dušan Bogdanović

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

      Performer: William Kanengiser

    10. No. 4. Choral: Fields of Gold

      Composer: Sting, Dušan Bogdanović

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

      Performer: William Kanengiser

    11. No. 5. Passacaglia: Roxanne

      Composer: Sting, Dušan Bogdanović

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

      Performer: William Kanengiser

    12. No. 6. Dance: Desert Rose

      Composer: Sting, Dušan Bogdanović

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

      Performer: William Kanengiser

    13. Music in Four Sharps, Op. 52 (version for guitar and string quartet)

      Composer: Ian Krouse

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

      Performer: William Kanengiser

    14. Eleanor Rigby

      Composer: Leo Brouwer

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

      Performer: William Kanengiser

    15. She's Leaving Home

      Composer: Leo Brouwer

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

      Performer: William Kanengiser

    16. Penny Lane

      Composer: Leo Brouwer

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

      Performer: William Kanengiser

    17. Yesterday

      Composer: Leo Brouwer

      Ensemble: Alexander String Quartet

      Performer: William Kanengiser


The Alexander String Quartet and guitarist William Kanengiser form a dynamic collaboration that explores the music of Sting, Led Zeppelin, John Dowland and The Beatles by way of contemporary composers Ian Krouse, Dušan Bogdanovic and Leo Brouwer. In this project, William Kanengiser and the Alexander String Quartet pay tribute to a group of English musicians who conquered the musical world with their revolutionary explorations. From the Elizabethan lutenist John Dowland to the pop/rock icons Sting, The Beatles and Led Zeppelin, these artists made a lasting impact far from the shores of their small island. Their music served as inspiration for a set of compositions for guitar and string quartet by the talented composers Ian Krouse, Dušan Bogdanovic and Léo Brouwer. It is especially appropriate that the guitar sits squarely at the center of these works, as the plucked string was the primary musical voice of these British innovators.