CDBlue silence : complete works for string quartet / Elena Kats-Chernin ; Acacia Quartet.
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Blue rose (2005) for string quartet Recorded/performed at: Studios 301, Sydney |
Elena Kats-Chernin | Acacia Quartet | 3 mins, 12 sec. |
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Blue silence (2006) for string quartet Recorded/performed at: Studios 301, Sydney |
Elena Kats-Chernin | Acacia Quartet | 7 mins, 2 sec. |
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Burnished silver (2006) for string quartet Recorded/performed at: Studios 301, Sydney |
Elena Kats-Chernin | Acacia Quartet | 2 mins, 41 sec. |
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Butterflying (2007) for string quartet Recorded/performed at: Studios 301, Sydney |
Elena Kats-Chernin | Acacia Quartet | 3 mins, 47 sec. |
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Charleston noir (1997) for string quartet Recorded/performed at: Studios 301, Sydney |
Elena Kats-Chernin | Acacia Quartet | 7 mins, 15 sec. |
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Drinking song (1992) for string quartet Recorded/performed at: Studios 301, Sydney |
Elena Kats-Chernin | Acacia Quartet | 1 mins, 14 sec. |
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Eliza Aria (2004) for string quartet Recorded/performed at: Studios 301, Sydney, on Dec 11. |
Elena Kats-Chernin | Acacia Quartet | 3 mins, 19 sec. |
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Fast blue village 2 (2007) for string quartet Recorded/performed at: Studios 301, Sydney, on Dec 11. |
Elena Kats-Chernin | Acacia Quartet | 5 mins, 14 sec. |
From Anna Magdalena's notebook (2007) for string quartet Recorded/performed at: Studios 301, Sydney, on Dec 11. |
Elena Kats-Chernin | Acacia Quartet | 14 mins, 47 sec. | |
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Grotesk (1993) for string quartet Recorded/performed at: Studios 301, Sydney |
Elena Kats-Chernin | Acacia Quartet | 2 mins, 16 sec. |
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Kwong song (2006) for string quartet Recorded/performed at: Studios 301, Sydney |
Elena Kats-Chernin | Acacia Quartet | 3 mins, 30 sec. |
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Luke's painting (2007) for string quartet Recorded/performed at: Studios 301, Sydney |
Elena Kats-Chernin | Acacia Quartet | 2 mins, 18 sec. |
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Mezmer (2010) for string quartet Recorded/performed at: Studios 301, Sydney |
Elena Kats-Chernin | Acacia Quartet | 3 mins, 40 sec. |
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Moody tango (2010) for string quartet Recorded/performed at: Studios 301, Sydney, on Dec 11. |
Elena Kats-Chernin | Acacia Quartet | 3 mins |
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Naive waltz (2004) for string quartet Recorded/performed at: Studios 301, Sydney |
Elena Kats-Chernin | Acacia Quartet | 1 mins, 43 sec. |
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Pink breasted robin for string quartet Recorded/performed at: Studios 301, Sydney |
Elena Kats-Chernin | Acacia Quartet | 2 mins, 8 sec. |
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Road to harvest (2007) for string quartet Recorded/performed at: Studios 301, Sydney, on Dec 11. |
Elena Kats-Chernin | Acacia Quartet | 4 mins, 22 sec. |
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Russian rag for string quartet Recorded/performed at: Studios 301, Sydney |
Elena Kats-Chernin | Acacia Quartet | 2 mins, 15 sec. |
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Second door on the left (2007) for string quartet Recorded/performed at: Studios 301, Sydney |
Elena Kats-Chernin | Acacia Quartet | 2 mins, 37 sec. |
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Silver eucalypt (2006) for string quartet Recorded/performed at: Studios 301, Sydney |
Elena Kats-Chernin | Acacia Quartet | 3 mins, 3 sec. |
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Silver pearls (2007) for string quartet Recorded/performed at: Studios 301, Sydney |
Elena Kats-Chernin | Acacia Quartet | 2 mins, 56 sec. |
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Silver poetry (2007) for string quartet Recorded/performed at: Studios 301, Sydney |
Elena Kats-Chernin | Acacia Quartet | 2 mins, 47 sec. |
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Slicked back tango (2007) for string quartet Recorded/performed at: Studios 301, Sydney, on Dec 11. |
Elena Kats-Chernin | Acacia Quartet | 1 mins, 32 sec. |
Product details
Blue Silence is the first ever recording of the complete works for string quartet by Elena Kats-Chernin.
As you can hear on this album, Elena's tuneful music combines lightheartedness with melancholy, blended with elements of cabaret, tango, ragtime, klezmer and Bach.
The Acacia Quartet met Elena at a concert in 2011 and a great rapport was struck up. Acacia decided to learn all of Elena's quartet music (so far about 90 minutes, and counting), rehearse it extensively with her and perform it in concerts, then recording it under her supervision. This is an association for the long term - as Elena composes more string quartets, Acacia will learn, perform and record them.This album is the exhilarating first volume of the collaboration
Duration: 87 min.
Liner notes include programme note and biographical notes on composer and performers.
Recorded December 2011 and May 2012.
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