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John Cage, Witold Lutoslawski

Streichquartette (LP)

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The American composer's beautifully evocative quartet from 1950 backed with the Polish composer's 1964 semi.aleatoinc masterwork performed by the LaSalle Quartet and released by Orbis in 1976.

condition (record/cover): NM / NM

John Cage wrote his String Quartet in Four Parts between 1949 and 1950, using a fixed set of chords and avoiding vibrato, so the instruments sound thin and pure, almost like a consort of viols. The four movements follow the seasons, from the gentle flow of the first to the near stillness of the third.

Witold Lutosławski's String Quartet of 1964 lets each player move freely within written sections, coordinated by cues instead of a common beat. The LaSalle Quartet, who gave its first performance in Stockholm in 1965, plays both works. Issued by Orbis in Germany in 1976, with notes by Monika Lichtenfeld.

Details
File under: Avant-Garde
Cat. number: 66 696 6
Year: 1976

Release notes

Composed 1964 and 1949

Tracklist
Streichquartett / String Quartet
A11. Quietly Flowing Along4:14
A22. Slowly Rocking4:52
A33. Nearly Stationary10:32
A44. Quodlibet1:32
Streichquartett / String Quartet
Ba1. Introductory Movement
Bb2. Main Movement
Credits
Jack Kirstein
Cello
John Cage
Composed By (A1 to A4)
Witold Lutosławski
Composed By (Ba, Bb)
Klaus Scheibe
Engineer [Recording]
LaSalle-Quartett
Ensemble
Monika Lichtenfeld
Liner Notes
Harro Wolter
Photography
Karl Faust
Producer (Ba, Bb)
Rainer Brock
Producer (A1 to A4), Recording Supervisor
Peter Kamnitzer
Viola
Walter Levin
Violin [First]
Henry Meyer
Violin [Second]

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