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The Unfolding of Music II: Disc 1 (2008)

<em>The Unfolding of Music II:</em> Disc 1

Disc I brings together masterworks by four of Western music’s foremost creative minds, beginning at the very summit of the Baroque period with Johann Sebastian Bach’s Fourth Brandenburg Concerto. Nearly 150 years later, Johannes Brahms completed his Opus 40 Horn Trio, a work with deep pathos that captures the quintessence of nineteenth-century Romanticism. Igor Stravinsky’s Three Pieces for String Quartet reflect the maelstrom of the early twentieth-century avant-garde, combining cubism, Russian folk tradition, and other elements under the rubric of the composer’s supreme sophistication. The disc ends with the powerful Elegy: Snow in June for cello and percussion quartet, written by Chinese composer Tan Dun to memorialize the events at Tiananmen Square in 1989.

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Brandenburg Concerto no. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049 (1721) | Johann Sebastian Bach (15:58)

  • Adam Barnett-Hart, Violin
  • Kenneth Cooper, Harpsichord
  • Hsin-Yun Huang, Viola
  • Erin Keefe, Violin
  • Sooyun Kim, Flute
  • Laurence Lesser, Cello
  • Demarre McGill, Flute
  • Arnaud Sussmann, Violin
  • DaXun Zhang, Double Bass

Horn Trio in E-flat Major, op. 40 (1865) | Johannes Brahms (27:54)

  • Jorja Fleezanis, Violin
  • Derek Han, Piano
  • William VerMeulen, Horn

Three Pieces for String Quartet (1914) | Igor Stravinsky (7:38)

  • Escher String Quartet

Elegy: Snow in June (1991) | Tan Dun (25:21)

  • Florian Conzetti, Percussion
  • Andrés Díaz, Cello
  • Christopher Froh, Percussion
  • Daniel Kennedy, Percussion
  • Tom Kolor, Percussion

Artists

  • Adam Barnett-Hart, Violin
  • Florian Conzetti, Percussion
  • Kenneth Cooper, Harpsichord
  • Andrés Díaz, Cello
  • Escher String Quartet, String Quartet
  • Jorja Fleezanis, Violin
  • Christopher Froh, Percussion
  • Derek Han, Piano
  • Hsin-Yun Huang, Viola
  • Erin Keefe, Violin
  • Daniel Kennedy, Percussion
  • Sooyun Kim, Flute
  • Tom Kolor, Percussion
  • Demarre McGill, Flute
  • Arnaud Sussmann, Violin
  • William VerMeulen, Horn
  • DaXun Zhang, Double Bass

<em>The Unfolding of Music II:</em> Disc 1 Total Time: 76:51
Discs: 1
Price: $15.00
Year Recorded: 2008