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Ives Quartet CDQuincy Porter:
String Quartets Nos. 1-4Purchase this cd now.
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CD Reviews
Joshua Kosman in sfgate.com:
See full review, September 23, 2007John France in Musicweb International:
The Ives Quartet is based in San Francisco and here make their Naxos debut. The playing is stunning and subtle. As I pointed out above, I do not know these works, but just two hearings reveals a stunning performance, hidden depths and fine expression. This is a Quartet that is perfectly at home with this fine music.Scott Cantrell, classical critic for The Dallas Morning News in GuideLive.com:
FLUENT, COSMOPOLITAN: This recording of the first four of Porter's nine string quartets certainly whets the appetite for the rest and for more of his considerable oeuvre. Porter was a capable violist himself, and his writing is skilled and idiomatic. At various times, you may be reminded of Bartók, maybe Shostakovich or one of the more cosmopolitan English composers, like Frank Bridge.
BOTTOM LINE: Attractive, engaging works, well-played and well-recorded.Jay C. Batzner in Sequenza 21:
In general, I have to say that the Ives Quartet is definitely the kind of quartet to record cycles. They have a wonderful homogeneity of sound and expression which brings out many nuances in compositions that, in lesser hands, may otherwise all sound the same. The Ives Quartet accentuates the differences between each of these quartets while still speaking with a singular clear voice. I look forward to the next disc in the series and to any cycle of American composers that the Ives Quartet wants to record
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