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From the album "Ins stille Land" (PENTATONE)

SONGS AND QUARTETS OF FINAL JOURNEYS AND CONSOLATIONS

After their multi-award-winning album Aus der Ferne, the Signum Quartett continues their Schubert journey for PENTATONE with Ins stille Land, another recording that explores the fascinating connections between his string quartets and songs, the latter arranged for string quartet by Xandi van Dijk, the ensemble’s violist. The concept for this recording project grew out of the Schubertiad, where chamber music and vocal works would be heard side by side in an intimate setting. Many of the songs and quartets featured on Ins stille Land share a fascination for death, but death as a final journey that ultimately offers consolation. While the song Ins stille Land (Into the silent land) fully epitomizes this idea, the world famous “Death and the Maiden” quartet is the album’s centrepiece.

Franz Schubert: 3. Scherzo from String Quartet in d minor D 810 "Death and the Maiden"

Dvořák: Serenade in D Minor, Op. 44, B. 77 & Serenade in E Major, Op. 22, B. 52

Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22, B. 52: II. Tempo di Valse

Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22, B. 52: IV. Larghetto

Live performance from the inaugural Las Vegas Wine and Music Festival 2015 on June 11 at the Nevada State Museum. 

Philip Setzer, Clara Lyon (violins); Chieh-Fan Yiu (viola); Arnold Choi (cello)

Barber | ADAGIO (from String Quartet, op. 11)

Live performance on Saturday, June 13 at Las Vegas Wine and Music Festival in the Nevada State Museum.

Carol Wincenc (flute), Alan Kay (clarinet), Frank Morelli (bassoon),  Christina McGann, Clara Lyon, Jennifer Caine, Samantha Ciarlo (violin); Chieh-Fan Yiu, David Chavez (viola); Sally Singer Tuttle, Arnold Choi (cello); Paul Firak (bass); Oksana Ezhokina (piano)

No conductor (Orpheus-style).

Copland | APPALACHIAN SPRING (for 13 musicians)

Recorded live on June 11, 2015 at the Las Vegas Wine and Music Festival on the grounds of the Nevada State Museum. 
Clara Lyon, Philip Setzer, Violin; David Chavez, Viola; Sally Singer-Tuttle, Cello.

Antonín Dvořák | String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, "American", Movement No. 1

Alexander Tsfasman. Suite for piano and orchestra (1945)
1 1. Snowflakes
2 2. Lyrical Waltz
3 3. Polka
4 4. Rapid Movement
Dmitri Shostakovich. Concerto No. 1 for piano, trumpet and string orchestra in C minor, Op. 35
5 I. Allegretto
6 II. Lento
7 III. Moderato
8 IV. Allegro con brio
Nikolai Kapustin. Concerto No. 2 for piano and orchestra, Op. 14
9 I. Allegro molto
10 II. Andante
11 III. Rondo-toccata
Total time: 53.43

Dmitry Masleev, piano
Leonid Gourjev, trumpet (5–8)
The Siberian State Symphony Orchestra
Conductor – Vladimir Lande

Recorded in 2019.
Sound engineer – Alexey Barashkin
Project supervisor – Andrey Krichevskiy
Label manager – Karina Abramyan
Release editor – Tatiana Kazarnovskaya
Project manager – Marina Bezrukova
Design – Grigory Zhukov
Photos by Dmitry Masleev, Daniil Rabovsky, Nikita Larionov
Translation – Nikolai Kuznetsov
Digital release: Dmitry Maslyakov, Roman Tomlyankin
MEL_CD_1002624

Antonín Dvořák | String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, "American", Movement No. 1

David Chavez

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