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The album contrasts adaptations for string quartet of music from the Middle Ages and early Renaissance with 20th-century compositions. [1] The earliest piece is by the ninth-century Byzantine abbess, poet and composer Kassia; the most recent pieces are by the twentieth-century composers John Cage, Alfred Schnittke, and Arvo Pärt.
Further Out Than the Edge is the debut studio album by South London jazz band Speakers Corner Quartet, released on June 2, 2023, by OTIH Records. [5] [3] [6] The album features guest appearances from Coby Sey, Kelsey Lu, Tirzah, Confucius MC, Joe Armon-Jones, Léa Sen, Kae Tempest, Sampha, Leilah, James Massiah, Tawiah, Lafawndah, Trustfall, Shabaka Hutchings, and Mica Levi.
At least three studios were involved in making a synchronized pair of acetates (at two, working together) and a set of aluminum masters (at the third). Although it had long been believed the sound was captured by a single overhead mic at the hall, the notes to the 1998 release by Phil Schaap claim it was not working that evening and "at least ...
When Mendelssohn composed his octet, it was a rather new genre, and he may have been inspired by Louis Spohr's Double Quartet in D minor, Op. 65. [1] But Spohr's double quartet was written with the two quartets playing apart from each other; Mendelssohn's octet is an undivided ensemble. [ 2 ]
Foxtrot is the fourth studio album by the English progressive rock band Genesis, released on 15 September 1972 by Charisma Records. [1] It features their longest recorded song, the 23-minute track "Supper's Ready".
"Quartet No. 1" uses a 1-chord (G altered) solo vamp over a rock beat in 3/4, and a repeated theme that uses stacked fourths. The third track, "Quartet No. 2 (Part I)" is a ballad , dedicated to jazz pioneer Duke Ellington , incorporating many of the Western classical harmonies and tensions that Ellington used in much of his playing.
The Modern Jazz Quartet later made a full album based on this theme, The Comedy (1962). [2] The title track was released on a 45-rpm 7-inch EP with the track being split across the two sides. The mono version of the album has a good recorded sound quality as one would expect from an important 1956 jazz release.