Despite the prominent placement of John Corigliano's two short character pieces, the sentimental Snapshot: Circa 1909 (which is a rather literal interpretation of the cover photograph of the composer's father and uncle) and the quirky and brief string quartet A Black November Turkey (1995), are the disc's most compelling work, and the most likely to reward repeated listening. While this five-movement essay owes a considerable debt to many string quartets before it, and may possibly remind one of examples from Béla Bartók's ...
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Despite the prominent placement of John Corigliano's two short character pieces, the sentimental Snapshot: Circa 1909 (which is a rather literal interpretation of the cover photograph of the composer's father and uncle) and the quirky and brief string quartet A Black November Turkey (1995), are the disc's most compelling work, and the most likely to reward repeated listening. While this five-movement essay owes a considerable debt to many string quartets before it, and may possibly remind one of examples from Béla Bartók's String Quartet No. 5 to George Crumb's Black Angels, it is still identifiable as Corigliano's work in its long-breathed melodies and sensuous application of color, and appreciable for its coherent form, transparent thematic evolution, and impressive range of extended techniques. But the most intriguing aspect of this album lies in the pairing of Corigliano's work with the String Quartet No. 2 (1998) by his one-time student and rising composer Jefferson Friedman. Putting these pieces...
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