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Ruehr: 6 String Quartets / Salters, Cypress & Borromeo String Quartets

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Details

Composer
RUEHR, ELENA
Artist
Salters
Format
CD
Label
Avie Records
Released
Feb 16, 2018
Catalog #
AV2379
UPC
822252237924

About

For Guggenheim Fellow composer Elena Ruehr the appeal of the string quartet lies in the ability of four instruments to express an infinite range of emotional possibilities, to communicate across time. Her six string quartets attest to her enthusiasm for musical time-travel: echoes of Perotin, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Dvorak, Schoenberg and jazz are there, but the musical language is purely her own. Elena’s Six String Quartets are a magnum opus, three of them commissioned by the Cypress String Quartet, two by the Rockport Chamber Music Festival, and one an ASCAP Award winner. “…sumptuously scored and full of soaring melodies and piquant harmonies.” (The New York Times) “Music with heart and a forceful sense of character and expression.” (The Washington Post)

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REVIEW:

The structure of each quartet is unique to itself, having little in common with the conventional form, even when nominally in the four movements of classical design. There is a tangible community of spirit in these six works, even with the more notionally abstract Fourth (2005) and Sixth (2012). Stephen Salters, something of a Ruehr specialist, is in fine — occasionally falsetto — voice, nimbly accompanied by the Borromeo Quartet. The Cypress Quartet, for whom Nos 4–6 were written, play the remainder with authority and complete assurance. Avie’s sound—mastered by Mark Wilsher—is beautifully clear.

– Gramophone

Tracklist 27 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Rebels in the vents 01:16
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Rebels in the vents
    Duration
    01:16
    Composer
    Elena Ruehr
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  3. 2 II. Three generals 01:04
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Three generals
    Duration
    01:04
    Composer
    Elena Ruehr
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  4. 3 III. Esmeralda and Joachim 02:37
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Esmeralda and Joachim
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Elena Ruehr
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  5. 4 IV. The accompanist dies 01:39
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. The accompanist dies
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Elena Ruehr
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  6. 5 V. Simon Thibault makes coq au vin 00:49
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Simon Thibault makes coq au vin
    Duration
    00:49
    Composer
    Elena Ruehr
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  7. 6 VI. Gen translates for Roxanne 02:54
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Gen translates for Roxanne
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Elena Ruehr
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  8. 7 VII. Carmen studies grammar 02:56
    Track
    7
    Title
    VII. Carmen studies grammar
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    Elena Ruehr
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  9. 8 VIII. Gen arranges a meeting 01:34
    Track
    8
    Title
    VIII. Gen arranges a meeting
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Elena Ruehr
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  10. 9 IX. Cesar sings 01:15
    Track
    9
    Title
    IX. Cesar sings
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Elena Ruehr
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  11. 10 X. In the garden 10:18
    Track
    10
    Title
    X. In the garden
    Duration
    10:18
    Composer
    Elena Ruehr
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  12. 11 I. Clay Flute 03:54
    Track
    11
    Title
    I. Clay Flute
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Elena Ruehr
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  13. 12 II. The Abbey 08:55
    Track
    12
    Title
    II. The Abbey
    Duration
    08:55
    Composer
    Elena Ruehr
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  14. 13 III. How She Danced 04:12
    Track
    13
    Title
    III. How She Danced
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    Elena Ruehr
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  15. 14 IV. Bell Call 06:30
    Track
    14
    Title
    IV. Bell Call
    Duration
    06:30
    Composer
    Elena Ruehr
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  16. 15 No. 1. Patterns 07:39
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 1. Patterns
    Duration
    07:39
    Composer
    Elena Ruehr
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  17. 16 No. 2. Interlude 03:35
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 2. Interlude
    Duration
    03:35
    Composer
    Elena Ruehr
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  18. 17 No. 3. Let’s Sit Beneath the Stars 05:26
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 3. Let’s Sit Beneath the Stars
    Duration
    05:26
    Composer
    Elena Ruehr
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  19. 18 No. 4. Estampie 04:08
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 4. Estampie
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Elena Ruehr
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  20. Disc 2
  21. 1 String Quartet No. 2, "Song of the Silkie" 15:21
    Track
    1
    Title
    String Quartet No. 2, "Song of the Silkie"
    Duration
    15:21
    Composer
    Elena Ruehr
    Performer
    Stephen Salters
    Ensemble
    Borromeo String Quartet
  22. 2 I. Restless 07:12
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Restless
    Duration
    07:12
    Composer
    Elena Ruehr
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  23. 3 II. For Todd 03:19
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. For Todd
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    Elena Ruehr
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  24. 4 III. Idée fixe 07:30
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Idée fixe
    Duration
    07:30
    Composer
    Elena Ruehr
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  25. 5 IV. Finale 05:18
    Track
    5
    Title
    IV. Finale
    Duration
    05:18
    Composer
    Elena Ruehr
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  26. 6 I. Introduzione: Andante con moto 07:26
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Introduzione: Andante con moto
    Duration
    07:26
    Composer
    Elena Ruehr
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  27. 7 II. Aria: Andante 07:04
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Aria: Andante
    Duration
    07:04
    Composer
    Elena Ruehr
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  28. 8 III. Minuet: Grazioso 07:57
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Minuet: Grazioso
    Duration
    07:57
    Composer
    Elena Ruehr
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  29. 9 IV. Finale: Allegro molto 08:03
    Track
    9
    Title
    IV. Finale: Allegro molto
    Duration
    08:03
    Composer
    Elena Ruehr
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet