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

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Label
Avie Records
Release Date
February 16, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      RUEHR, ELENA
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Cypress String Quartet, Borromeo String Quartet
    • PERFORMER
      Salters
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 16, 2018
    • UPC
      822252237924
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      AV2379
    • LABEL
      Avie Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Rebels in the vents

      Composer: Elena Ruehr

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    2. II. Three generals

      Composer: Elena Ruehr

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    3. III. Esmeralda and Joachim

      Composer: Elena Ruehr

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    4. IV. The accompanist dies

      Composer: Elena Ruehr

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    5. V. Simon Thibault makes coq au vin

      Composer: Elena Ruehr

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    6. VI. Gen translates for Roxanne

      Composer: Elena Ruehr

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    7. VII. Carmen studies grammar

      Composer: Elena Ruehr

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    8. VIII. Gen arranges a meeting

      Composer: Elena Ruehr

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    9. IX. Cesar sings

      Composer: Elena Ruehr

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    10. X. In the garden

      Composer: Elena Ruehr

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    11. I. Clay Flute

      Composer: Elena Ruehr

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    12. II. The Abbey

      Composer: Elena Ruehr

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    13. III. How She Danced

      Composer: Elena Ruehr

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    14. IV. Bell Call

      Composer: Elena Ruehr

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    15. No. 1. Patterns

      Composer: Elena Ruehr

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    16. No. 2. Interlude

      Composer: Elena Ruehr

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    17. No. 3. Let’s Sit Beneath the Stars

      Composer: Elena Ruehr

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    18. No. 4. Estampie

      Composer: Elena Ruehr

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    19. String Quartet No. 2, "Song of the Silkie"

      Composer: Elena Ruehr

      Ensemble: Borromeo String Quartet

      Performer: Stephen Salters

    20. I. Restless

      Composer: Elena Ruehr

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    21. II. For Todd

      Composer: Elena Ruehr

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    22. III. Idée fixe

      Composer: Elena Ruehr

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    23. IV. Finale

      Composer: Elena Ruehr

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    24. I. Introduzione: Andante con moto

      Composer: Elena Ruehr

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    25. II. Aria: Andante

      Composer: Elena Ruehr

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    26. III. Minuet: Grazioso

      Composer: Elena Ruehr

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    27. IV. Finale: Allegro molto

      Composer: Elena Ruehr

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet


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