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The American Album - Dvorak, Barber, Griffes & Puts

Cypress String Quartet

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Format: CD

Cat No: AV2304

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Release Date:  28 October 2013

Label:  Avie

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  822252230420

Genres:  Classical  Chamber Music  

  • Description

    'The American Album' by the Cypress String Quartet is a stunning appreciation of the American musical spirit from 1893-1936, headlined by Czech composer Antonin Dvorak's "American" Quartet, with works by Charles Griffes, Samuel Barber - his Quartet, Op 11 includes the famous "Adagio" - and contemporary composer Kevin Puts.

    The Cypress String Quartet debuted on Avie with a recording of their namesake work, Dvorak's "Cypresses" coupled with the composer's expansive G major Quartet, No. 13, "a lovely performance", according to International Record Review. The Czech composer features again in the ensemble's American Album with his beloved "American" Quartet, which shares the program with Barber's String Quartet - featuring the famous Adagio central movement - and "Two Sketches Based on Indian Themes" by Charles Griffes.

    Personnel: Cecily Ward, Tom Stone (violin), Ethan Filner (viola), Jennifer Kloetzel (cello)

    Critical acclaim for the Cypress String Quartet:

    "Artistry of uncommon insight and cohesion" - Gramophone

    "Beautifully proportioned and powerful" - The Washington Post

    "Such rare sincerity as to make long-familiar music sound utterly fresh." - Cleveland Plain Dealer

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Antonin Dvorak: String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op.96 American, I. Allegro ma non troppo
      • 2. II. Lento
      • 3. III. Molto vivace
      • 4. IV. Vivace ma non troppo
      • 5. Charles Tomlinson Griffes: Two Sketches Based on Indian Themes, Lento e mesto
      • 6. Allegro giocoso
      • 7. Kevin Puts: Lento assai
      • 8. Samuel Barber: String Quartet in B Minor, Op. 11, I. Molto allegro e appassionato
      • 9. II. Molto adagio
      • 10. III. Molto allegro (come prima) - Presto