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JACK Quartet

György Ligeti, Matthias Pintscher, John Cage and Iannis Xenakis

About this CD

Dedicated to performing cutting-edge, up-to-the-minute music, the supremely cool, New York based JACK Quartet electrifies audiences worldwide with "explosive virtuosity" (Boston Globe) and "viscerally exciting performances" (New York Times).

The Quartet made its Wigmore Hall debut in July 2011 in a concert exploring new sounds and musical languages. With an exciting programme of Ligeti, Pintscher, Cage and Xenakis, this recording presents new ways of conceiving the relationship of four string players in a genre which has for over 250 years shown itself remarkably able to support innovation as well as tradition.

Performers

• JACK Quartet

Track Listing

• György Ligeti (1923 –2006)
  String Quartet No. 2 (1968)
  • 01. Allegro nervoso
  • 02. Sostenuto, molto calmo
  • 03. Come un meccanismo di precisione
  • 04. Presto furioso, brutale, tumultuoso
  • 05. Allegro con delicatezza
• Matthias Pintscher (b.1971)
  • 06. Study IV for Treatise on the Veil (2009)
• John Cage (1912–1992)
  String Quartet in Four Parts (1949–50)
  • 07. Quietly Flowing Along
  • 08. Slowly Rocking
  • 09. Nearly Stationary
  • 10. Quodlibet
• Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001)
  • 11. Tetras (1983)

Product Details

• Total Time: 72.40
• Cat. Number: WHLIVE0053
• Recorded: 30 July 2011