Tenney: Arbor Vitæ

Tenney: Arbor Vitæ

Quatuor Bozzini
Ambiances Magnétique "Collection QB" 0806 [CDx2]

Contents:

CD1 - Quatuors

1. Arbor Vitae (2006)
2. Saxony (1978/84)
3. Stochastic String Quartet (1963)
4. String Quartet in One Movement (1955)
5. Koan for String Quartet (1984)

CD2 - Quintettes

1. Cognate Canons (1995, quartet + percussion)
2. Diaphonic Study (1997, quartet + piano)

Quintext: Five Textures (1972, quartet + bass)

3. I. Recent Thoughts for Morton Feldman
4. II. Clouds for Iannis Xenakis
5. III. A Choir of Angels for Carl Ruggles
6. IV. Parabolas and Hyperbolas for Edgard Varèse
7. V. Spectra for Harry Partch

Performers: Clemens Merkel (violin), Nadia Francavilla (violin), Stéphanie Bozzini (viola), Isabelle Bozzini (cello); Rick Sacks (percussion), Eve Egoyan (piano), Miriam Shalinsky (double bass)

Playing time: 63' + 74' = 137'

Recording dates: March 2008 (Frankfurt); released: 2008

This is an impressive collection of string music & performance overall, and especially for Tenney's final work, the quartet Arbor Vitae. (Both of the quintets from the 1990s are major works too.)

Performances tend to be quite elegant, almost over-smooth. (The interpretation of Saxony, most often performed by solo saxophone with tape loop, is an arrangement for string quartet.)

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