On their ECM New series debut, the Boston-based Parker Quartet, hailed by the Washington Post for “exceptional virtuosity and imaginative interpretation,” play music of György Kurtág and are joined by violist Kim Kashkashian, one of the quarter’s early mentors, to play Dvořák. In this powerful programme of contrasts, Dvořák’s outgoing String Quintet No. 3, composed in America in 1893, is framed by two of Kurtág’s concentrated, meticulously-shaped works – the Six Moments musicaux (2005) and the Officium breve in memoriam Andreae Szervánszky (1988/89). Throughout, the Parker Quartet’s feeling for colour and texture is in evidence. The quartet’s insights into Kurtág’s soundworld have been developed through extensive work with the Hungarian composer. The album was recorded at Zürich’s Radio DRS Studio.
GYÖRGY KURTÁG - MOMENTS MUSICAUX OP.44
1 Invocatio [un fragment] 01:30
2 Footfalls ... mintha valaki jönne ... 02:46
3 Capriccio 01:32
4 In memoriam Sebõk György 03:35
5 Rappel des oiseaux... [Étude pour les harmoniques] 02:31
6 Les adieux [in Janáceks Manier] 02:48
ANTONÍN DVORÁK - STRING QUINTET NO.3 IN EB MAJOR OP.97
7 Allegro non tanto 09:30
8 Scherzo, Allegro vivace 05:58
9 Larghetto 10:05
10 Finale, Allegro giusto 08:34
GYÖRGY KURTÁG - OFFICIUM BREVE IN MEMORIAM ANDREAE SZERVÁNSZKY, OP.28
11 Largo 00:25
12 Più andante 00:44
13 Sostenuto, quasi giusto 00:40
14 Grave, molto sostenuto 00:32
15 (Fantasie über die Harmonien des Webern-Kanons) Presto 00:42
16 (Canon a 4) Molto agitato 00:20
17 Canon a 2 (frei, nach op.31/VI von Webern) Sehr fliessend 00:39
18 Lento 00:38
19 Largo 00:56
20 [Webern: Kanon a 4 (op.31/VI)] Sehr fliessend 02:21
21 Sostenuto 02:39
22 Sostenuto, quasi giusto 00:41
23 Sostenuto, con slancio 01:06
24 Disperato, vivo 00:48
25 Arioso interrotto (di Endre Szervánszky) Larghetto 01:14
Parker Quartet
Daniel Chong Violin
Ken Hamao Violin
Jessica Bodner Viola
Kee-Hyun Kim Violoncello
Kim Kashkashian Viola
CONCERTS
October 10 Parker Quartet Ashmont Hill Chamber Music Dorcester, MA United States of America
October 14 Parker Quartet University of South Carolina Recital Columbia, MA United States of America
October 17 Parker Quartet University of South Carolina Family Concert Columbia, MA United States of America
October 21 Parker Quartet Music Toronto Toronto, ON Canada
November 19 Parker QuartetBlodgett Chamber Music Series, Paine Hall, Harvard Univ. Cambridge, MAU United States of America
November 21 Parker Quartet CU Presents Boulder, CO United States of America
November 22 Parker Quartet CU Presents Boulder, CO United States of America
