Composer: Henry Cowell, Roy Harris, Andrew Imbrie, Gunther Schuller, Arthur Shepherd
Performer: Emerson String Quartet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: New World
Catalogue: NW80453
Release: 1978
Size: 331 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Cowell: Quartet “Euphometric”
Shepherd: Triptych for high voice and string quartet
02. I. He It Is
03. II. The Day Is No More
04. III. Light, My Light
Harris: Three Variations on a Theme (String Quartet No. 2)
05. Variation I
06. Variation II
07. Variation III
Schuller: String Quartet No. 2
08. I
09. II
10. III
Imbrie: String Quartet No. 4
11. I
12. II
13. III
This 77-minute disc features the renowned Emerson Quartet in five American chamber works, repertoire which they are not normally associated with but which they play superlatively well. The dense, rhythmically complex string writing of the Cowell, Schuller, and Imbrie quartets contrasts with the lush harmonies and lyrical melodies of the Harris and Shepherd works.