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P VIII: 7 – String Quartet Op. 4 No. 1 in G major; P VIII: 8 – String Quartet Op. 4 No. 2 in E flat major; P VIII: 9 – String Quartet Op. 4 No. 3 in B flat major; P VIII:10 – String Quartet Op. 5 No. 1 in E flat major; P VIII:11 – String Quartet Op. 5 No. 2 in F major; P VIII:12 – String Quartet Op. 5 No. 3 in B flat major
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.
The Fifth Quartet uses a motif of the flashing of lighthouses in Orkney. [4] The Seventh Quartet is a tribute to the Baroque architect Francesco Borromini , and the Eighth Quartet, based on John Dowland 's Queen Elizabeth's Galliard , is dedicated to Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of her eightieth birthday.
A review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic.com stated, "this is superb music, showcasing the guitarist and pianist at their very best." [ 1 ] Writing for All About Jazz, Reid Thompson described the album as "full of intuition, soul , and swing , and lacking in pretense," going on to say that the album "has me asking myself 'does music get ...
152/1: I Know that My Love to Thee (Já vím, že v sladké naději) Moderato: 2nd version of B.11/6, B.160/4 152/2: Death Reigns in Many a Human Breast (V tak mnohém srdci mrtvo jest) Allegro ma non troppo: 2nd version of B.11/1, B. 11/3, B.160/2 152/3: When Thy Sweet Glances Fall on Me (V té sladké moci očí tvých) Andante con moto
The actual sessions had taken place in June 1953, December 1954, and January 1955, and (as Prestige Records had yet to enter the 12-inch LP era) were first released on two 10-inch albums, entitled Modern Jazz Quartet (PRLP 160, 1953, whose second side contained "The Queen's Fancy", "Delauney's Dilemma", "Autumn In New York" and "But Not For Me") and The Modern Jazz Quartet, Vol. 2 (PRLP 170 ...
According to AllMusic, the Quartet avoids cultural imperialism or appropriation and, "Pieces of Africa teems with beguiling melodies, making it one of this quartet's more accessible projects and also one of its best." [1] A review in Gramophone argues that only Escalay and White Man Sleeps are successful compositions for string quartet. [2]
[4] Mark Allender's review on Allmusic likewise ranks the soundtrack very high in Glass's oeuvre: The music is absolutely beautiful, augmented by the raw, woody sounds of the Kronos Quartet. No refined or reverbed string sounds here; you hear the naked, scratchy sound of a bow on a string all the way through, playing in the interwoven ...