| Quatuor Bozzini / Arbor Vitae |
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| Album: | Arbor Vitae | Collection: | Classical | |
| Artist: | Quatuor Bozzini | Added: | Dec 2008 | |
| Label: | Actuelle Cd | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2009-04-19 | Pull Date: | 2009-06-21 | Charts: | Classical/Experimental |
| Week Ending: | Jun 7 | May 24 | May 17 | May 3 | Apr 26 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 05, 2009: | Memory Select Stochastic String Quartet | 4. | May 13, 2009: | KZSU's Heartbleeps String Quartet In One Movement | |
| 2. | May 23, 2009: | Music Casserole Cognate Canons | 5. | May 01, 2009: | Memory Select Saxony [excerpt] | |
| 3. | May 15, 2009: | Memory Select Quintext II: Clouds, for Iannis Xenakis | 6. | Apr 23, 2009: | orangeasm Quintext Ii: Clouds For Iannis Xenakis |
| Album Review |
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| Wedge Reviewed 2009-04-04 | ||
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Music of James Tenney: String quartets (Disk 1), and string quartets+1 (Disk 2). Many tracks are characterized by long tones from the strings, creating drones that make for good late-night airplay or a complement to noise/experimental shows (1,8,10). But Tenney also shows off composing chops in minimalist and other modern styles (3,5,9,11). Instrumental; FCC clean. DISK 1: String Quartets 1- Quiet buildup to long shimmery tones. 2- A drone of long overlapping tones. 24 minutes long, but the middle part makes a nice noisy excerpt. 3- Active, jumbly, slowly colliding. A good 3-minute short piece. 4- Busy, bustling. Even tuneful, at the end. 5- Minimalist, a rhythmic up-and-down bobbing that goes through multiple variations across 18 minutes. DISK 2: String Quartets+ Guests 1- w/percussion (Rick Sacks): Slow, grim drama. Long tones and small flashes. Perc. ranges from clattery wood to soothing vibraphone near the end. 2- Dissonant, groany strings, tiny piano notes. Slowly builds into a grim intensity. (Eve Egoyan, piano.) (3-8: With bass (Miriam Shalinsky); five movements showing off five distinct composing styles.) 3- Long tones, somewhere between lingering dread and shimmering peace 4- Blippy pizzacato bursts, long silences. Really cool. 5- Metallic, scraping. A noisy drone you wouldn't identify with strings. 6- Big rubberband sliding tones. Swooping, loopy. 7- A long, *very* quiet drone, heavy on bass. | ||
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