Utwory na płycie:

• String Quartet No. 5 "Bel Canto" - I. Rebels in the Vents
• String Quartet No. 5 "Bel Canto" - II. Three Generals
• String Quartet No. 5 "Bel Canto" - III. Esmeralda and Joachim
• String Quartet No. 5 "Bel Canto" - IV. The Accompanist Dies
• String Quartet No. 5 "Bel Canto" - V. Simon Thibault makes coq au vin
• String Quartet No. 5 "Bel Canto" - VI. Gen Translates for Roxanne
• String Quartet No. 5 "Bel Canto" - VII. Carmen Studies Grammar
• String Quartet No. 5 "Bel Canto" - VII. Gen Arranges a Meeting
• String Quartet No. 5 "Bel Canto" - IX. Cesar sings
• String Quartet No. 5 "Bel Canto" - X. In The Garden
• String Quartet No. 3 - I. Clay Flute
• String Quartet No. 3 - II. The Abbey
• String Quartet No. 3 - III. How She Danced
• String Quartet No. 3 - IV. Bell Call
• String Quartet No. 1 - I. Patterns
• String Quartet No. 1 - II. Interlude
• String Quartet No. 1 - III. Let's Sit Beneath the Stars
• String Quartet No. 1 - IV. Estampie
• String Quartet No. 2: Song of the Silkie
• String Quartet No. 6 - I. Restless
• String Quartet No. 6 - II. For Todd
• String Quartet No. 6 - III. Idée Fixe
• String Quartet No. 6 - IV. Finale
• String Quartet No. 4 - I. Introduzione. Andante con moto
• String Quartet No. 4 - II. Aria. Andante
• String Quartet No. 4 - III. Minuet. Grazioso
• String Quartet No. 4 - IV. Finale. Allegro Molto

CD 1:
String Quartet No. 5 (Bel Canto) commissioned by the Cypress String Quartet
String Quartet No. 3 commissioned by the Rockport Chamber Music Festival
String Quartet No. 1 - Four Pieces for String Quartet commissioned by the Shanghai String Quartet

CD 2:
String Quartet No. 2 - Song of the Silkie commissioned by the Rockpport Chamber Music Festival
String Quartet No. 6 commissioned by the Cypress String Quartet
String Quartet No. 4 commissioned by the 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, Dvořák, 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.

Guggenheim Fellow and ASCAP Award winning composer Elena Ruehr’s six string quartets are a magnum opus that travel musical time with echoes of Perotin, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Dvořák, Schoenberg and jazz, but the musical language is purely her own.

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Recorded 6-7 September 2007 (CD2, tracks 6-9), 17-18 and 20-21 December 2007 (CD1, 11-18), 23-24 May 2010 (CD1, 1-10) 17-18 December 2015 (CD2, 2-5) at Skywalker Sound Scoring Stage, San Rafael, California; 10-12 August 2017 (CD2, 1) at Futura Prod.