Lutoslawski, Penderecki, Cage & Mayuzumi - String Quartets (1988)

In addition to Lutoslawski, Penderecki, and Cage, who all made their disorderly appearances here at Avax, now you can sample the work of Toshirô Mayuzumi, Prelude for String Quartet, which features a koto-like pizzicati that breaks out of the droning tremolos with shifting weight of fluctuating glissandi, giving rise to a humorous gesture of rhythmic strummed guitar effect.

Tracklist

Witold Lutoslawski: String Quartet 18:37
1. Introductory Movement
2. Main Movement

Krzysztof Penderecki: String Quartet No.1 6:56
3. Quartetto Per Archi

Toshiro Mayuzumi: Prelude 11:03
4. Prelude for String Quartet

John Cage: String Quartet in Four Parts (1950) 21:20
5. Quietly Flowing Along
6. Slowly Rocking
7. Nearly Stationary
8. Quodlibet

LaSalle Quartet

Deutsche Grammophon: 423 245-2