One attractive feature of this release by New York's fearless young Mivos Quartet is that the sounds of the string quartet itself are familiar ones -- there are some microtonal retunings in the title work, but nothing where the instruments are forced to sound strange -- and yet the music makes an entirely novel impression. The program features two works inspired by works of literature, but neither is program music in the conventional sense. Taylor Brook's El jardin de senderos que se bifurcan takes its title (the album ...
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One attractive feature of this release by New York's fearless young Mivos Quartet is that the sounds of the string quartet itself are familiar ones -- there are some microtonal retunings in the title work, but nothing where the instruments are forced to sound strange -- and yet the music makes an entirely novel impression. The program features two works inspired by works of literature, but neither is program music in the conventional sense. Taylor Brook's El jardin de senderos que se bifurcan takes its title (the album title is an English translation) from a short story by Jorge Luis Borges on the theme of alternate realities. Brook's thesis is that music may embody alternate stylistic and historical realities, and the six movements of his quartet, slow and primal, embody forms of ensemble rather than melodic-harmonic configurations. Brook's note alludes to Japanese gagaku , central African music, European classical music, free improvisation, "and more." Although the listener may not pick all of...
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Add this copy of Garden of Diverging Paths to cart. $36.24, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2016 by New Focus.
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