Robert Schumann - Dmitri Shostakovich - Caroline Shaw

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Calidore String Quartet

Label: Signum Classics
Format: CD
Barcode: 0635212065020

Catalog number: SIGCD 650
Releasedate: 23-10-20

- A unique exploration by the Calidore String Quartet of the use of language within music.

A compilation of quartets by Schumann, Shostakovich and Caroline Shaw from the acclaimed American string quartet, Calidore String Quartet, exploring the visceral forms of expression that exist at the intersection of music and language. For this recording the Calidore String Quartet gathered music which transmits ideas by imitating language; its rhythms, cadences and intentions. But it also explores what happens when music substitutes for language. When it fills the void of forbidden speech or even how it carries on when language has been exhausted.

String Quartet No. 3, Op. 41

I. Andante espressivo — Allegro molto moderato

07:25

String Quartet No. 3, Op. 41

II. Assai agitato

06:20

String Quartet No. 3, Op. 41

III. Adagio molto

07:38

String Quartet No. 3, Op. 41

IV. Finale: Allegro molto vivace

07:19