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Disc No: AV 2379
Price: Sek. 215 For Guggenheim Fellow composer Elena Ruehr the appeal of the string quartet lies in the ability of four instruments to express an infinite range of emotional possibilities, to communicate across time. Her six string quartets attest to her enthusiasm for musical time-travel: echoes of Perotin, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Dvorák, Schoenberg and jazz are there, but the musical language is purely her own
Name: Ruehr: Six String Quartets
 

       

ComposerOpusMusicKey Performer
Ruehr, Elena (b. 1963)   String Quartet No. 5 (Bel Canto)   The Cypress String Quartet
The Borromeo String Quartet
Stephen Salters, baritone
Ruehr, Elena   String Quartet No. 3  
Ruehr, Elena   String Quartet No. 1  
Ruehr, Elena   Song of the Silkie (String Quartet No. 2)  
Ruehr, Elena   String Quartet No. 6  
Ruehr, Elena   String Quartet No. 4  

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