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Glass: String Quartet No. 5; Suite from Dracula; String Sextet / Carducci Quartet
Naxos

Glass: String Quartet No. 5; Suite from Dracula; String Sextet / Carducci Quartet

$19.99

Details

Composer
GLASS, PHILIP
Artist
O?Duill, Rosefield
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Sep 11, 2015
Catalog #
8559766
UPC
636943976623

About

Philip Glass’ Fifth String Quartet is the most substantial of his five quartets and the most traditional, using formal structures and expressive contrasts that go far beyond minimalism. While maintaining Glass’ unmistakable personal style, this is a quartet that delivers both driving energy and an unforgettable, threnody-like tenderness. Glass chose a string quartet for his score to the film Dracula to ‘evoke the feeling of the world of the 19th c.’, the music underpinning the film’s visual drama while avoiding obvious ‘horror’ effects. The String Sextet is an arrangement of Glass’s Third Symphony, combining symphonic scale with the intimacy synonymous with the chamber music genre.

REVIEWS:

The Carducci’s performance is imbued with a grainy, almost greyscale patina. In ‘Excellent Mr Renfield’ and ‘Women in White’, moments of eerie anticipation are punctuated by dramatic outbursts. The quartet is joined by Cian O’Dúill (viola) and Gemma Rosefield (cello) for the string sextet arrangement of Glass’s Symphony No 3. Written originally for a 19-piece string orchestra, the Third lends itself well to a chamber setting. There are a few moments when the lines split to one-to-part, but what is lost in weight and depth is more than made up in clarity, focus and forward momentum.

-- Gramophone

…here, at last, is what I’ve awaited. [Carduccis’] performance of the sextet is, hands down, much better than the one with the Glass Chamber Players on Orange Mountain; in fact, I can’t imagine one that could be better. As I think this is one of Glass’s best later compositions, this release warrants immediate purchase. To this there are also just as luminous performances of the Fifth Quartet and a suite from the Dracula score—the latter, again, infinitely more vibrant and passionate than [previous recordings].

-- American Record Guide

Tracklist 17 tracks

  1. 1 I. — 01:18
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. —
    Duration
    01:18
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Ensemble
    Carducci String Quartet
  2. 2 II. — 02:48
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. —
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Ensemble
    Carducci String Quartet
  3. 3 III. — 06:05
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. —
    Duration
    06:05
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Ensemble
    Carducci String Quartet
  4. 4 IV. — 04:41
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. —
    Duration
    04:41
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Ensemble
    Carducci String Quartet
  5. 5 V. — 07:38
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. —
    Duration
    07:38
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Ensemble
    Carducci String Quartet
  6. 6 Titles 01:17
    Track
    6
    Title
    Titles
    Duration
    01:17
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Ensemble
    Carducci String Quartet
  7. 7 Journey to the Inn 00:49
    Track
    7
    Title
    Journey to the Inn
    Duration
    00:49
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Ensemble
    Carducci String Quartet
  8. 8 Excellent Mr. Renfield 02:43
    Track
    8
    Title
    Excellent Mr. Renfield
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Ensemble
    Carducci String Quartet
  9. 9 The Storm 01:36
    Track
    9
    Title
    The Storm
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Ensemble
    Carducci String Quartet
  10. 10 In the Theatre 02:53
    Track
    10
    Title
    In the Theatre
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Ensemble
    Carducci String Quartet
  11. 11 Woman in White 03:24
    Track
    11
    Title
    Woman in White
    Duration
    03:24
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Ensemble
    Carducci String Quartet
  12. 12 Dr. Van Helsing and Dracula 02:22
    Track
    12
    Title
    Dr. Van Helsing and Dracula
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Ensemble
    Carducci String Quartet
  13. 13 The End of Dracula 04:17
    Track
    13
    Title
    The End of Dracula
    Duration
    04:17
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Ensemble
    Carducci String Quartet
  14. 14 I. — 04:31
    Track
    14
    Title
    I. —
    Duration
    04:31
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Performer
    Cian O'Duill, Gemma Rosefield
    Ensemble
    Carducci String Quartet
  15. 15 II. — 05:50
    Track
    15
    Title
    II. —
    Duration
    05:50
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Performer
    Cian O'Duill, Gemma Rosefield
    Ensemble
    Carducci String Quartet
  16. 16 III. — 09:41
    Track
    16
    Title
    III. —
    Duration
    09:41
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Performer
    Cian O'Duill, Gemma Rosefield
    Ensemble
    Carducci String Quartet
  17. 17 IV. — 03:17
    Track
    17
    Title
    IV. —
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Philip Glass
    Performer
    Cian O'Duill, Gemma Rosefield
    Ensemble
    Carducci String Quartet