Sono Luminus
DSL-92142
The Jasper String Quartet
Sono Luminus is proud to introduce a stunning new talent to the label, The Jasper String Quartet, with their debut album The Kernis Project: Beethoven. For this debut recording, they chose two pieces closest to their collective heart. Aaron Jay Kernis took quartet writing to the next level when writing his Pulitzer Prize winning Quartet No. 2 “musica instrumentalis”. The first two movements take inspiration from Baroque and Renaissance dance forms and the last movement is directly influenced by the joyous fugue of Beethoven’s Op. 59 No. 3. With his last “Razumovsky” Quartet, Beethoven began his transformation into the most revered quartet composer of all time. The two pieces share a profound depth of expression and expansion of the possibilities of the quartet genre, making them a perfect pair for this project.
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String Quartet No.9 in C Major, Op.59, No.3 (“Razumovsky No.3”) — Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) [1] I. Introduction: Andante con moto: Allegro vivace 10:43 [2] II. Andante con moto quasi Allegretto 9:58 [3] III. Menuetto grazioso 5:22 [4] IV. Allegro molto 6:23 String Quartet No.2 “musica instrumentalis” — Aaron Jay Kernis (b.1960) [5] I. Overture 11:29 [6] II. Sarabande Double, Sarabande Simple 16:14 [7] III. Double Triple Gigue Fugue 10:59 Total Time 71:09 |
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