Composer: Béla Bartók, Franz Joseph Haydn, Leoš Janáček, Felix Mendelssohn, Steve Reich, Franz Peter Schubert, Dmitri Shostakovich, Bedrich Smetana
Performer: Kuss Quartet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Rubicon
Catalogue: RCD1102
Release: 2022
Size: 1.32 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Haydn: Die Worte des Erlösers am Kreuze, Hob.XX:1B
01. I. Introduktion
02. Ciurlo: Hasta pulverizarse los ojos
Haydn: Die Worte des Erlösers am Kreuze, Hob.XX:1B
03. V. Mich duerstet
Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810 “Death and the Maiden”
04. III. Scherzo
Bartók: String Quartet No. 6, Sz. 114
05. I. Mesto – Piu mosso pesente. Vivace
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110
06. I. Largo
07. Bertelsmeier: Krise
Reich: WTC / 911
08. III. WTC
09. Komitas: Spring
Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op, 80
10. II. Adagio
Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor “From my life”
11. IV. Vivace
Janáček: String Quartet No. 1, JW 7 / 8 (Inspired by Tolstoy’s Kreutzer Sonata)
12. I. Adagio. Con moto
13. II. Con moto
14. III. Con moto – Vivo – Andante
15. IV. Con moto – (Adagio) – Piu mosso
16. Escudero: Post
We live in a time of turmoil, flux, stress and crisis. The stresses and strains of modern life during and after the pandemic, war raging in Ukraine, climate change, energy shortages, soaring cost of living, large numbers of refugees seeking safe haven, lack of trust in our leaders – this is the reality of life in the 2020s.
The Kuss Quartet’s new album draws upon music composed over the past 250 years that embraces emotional turmoil, suffering, and psychological stresses. Some of the music was composed during periods of deep personal trauma for the composers. This very same music can also bring about a mood of reflection, solace, and contemplation. This is music for our times, as powerful and relevant now as it was when new.