Del Sol String Quartet: Zia
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Label: Sono Luminus
Cat No: DSL92164
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 2nd January 2013
Contents
Works
Spanish Garland: 12 Folk Melodies from SpainLeyendas: An Andean Walkabout
String Quartet Set
Fast Blue Village 2
Nayshaboorak (Calligraphy no.6)
Artists
Del Sol String QuartetAbout
While the five contemporary composers on this CD are deeply tied to the Western European music tradition - especially its system of notation - they draw on ancient and traditional folk music from four corners of the world and make it new by incorporating techniques such as inventive intonations or heterophony.
The eldest of these, Lou Harrison (1917-2003), was encouraged to view the world’s vast array of traditional music influences by his teacher, Henry Cowell (1894-1965). Cowell went beyond his predecessors (Beethoven, Rimsky-Korsakov, Bartok and others) by proselytizing for in-depth studies of music in Asia, Africa, Central and South America and what we call the 'Middle East', rather than just a few selected European ethnicities. In retrospect, his lifelong work created a more welcoming environment for those who emerged after his death, including José Evangelista, b.1943, Reza Vali, b.1952, Elena Kats-Chernin, b.1957 and Gabriela Lena Frank, b.1972.
The San Francisco based Del Sol String Quartet, founded in 1992, has long made a practice of fostering contemporary music from throughout the entire Western Hemisphere, working with the composers themselves whenever possible. Since Del Sol released their first commercial CD in 2002, focused on music of the Americas, their recorded repertoire has expanded to composers of the Pacific Rim, historical antecedents and, by this release, a more global scope, with influences from Peru, Turkey, Spain, Iran, and Uzbekistan. Del Sol’s approach is distinguished by selecting music originally composed for string quartet rather than arrangements referencing traditional folk music.
Critically acclaimed as “steeped in bravery and imagination” (James M Keller, Chamber Music Magazine- February 2007), this high energy quartet of master musicians explores new ways to interact with audiences, composers and artists across cultures and art forms.
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