String Quartets Nos. 1-3

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ALBERTO GINASTERA
String Quartets Nos. 1-3
Lucy Shelton (soprano) / Enso Quartet

[ Naxos / CD ]

Release Date: Tuesday 7 July 2009

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"String quartet playing of jaw-dropping prowess revealing masterpieces of the 20th century quartet literature."
(Bargain of the Month MusicWeb Sept 2009)

Naxos's recording of Ginastera's Complete Music for Cello and Piano (8.570569) was hailed for 'the music's percussive rhythms as well as its reflective and mysterious melodic invention' by The Strad. Similarly, each of his highly individual and engaging string quartets abound in kinetic energy, glowingly evocative writing and the ever-present rhythms and sounds of his native Argentinean music. In his expressive Third String Quartet a solo soprano, fully integrated into the quartet texture, sings texts by Alberti, Jiménez and Lorca to create an intensely coloured spectrum of words and music.

Tracks:

String Quartet No. 1, Op. 20
String Quartet No. 2, Op. 26
String Quartet No. 3, Op. 40
(with Lucy Shelton, soprano)