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Cassatt String Quartet - Gerald Cohen: Voyagers (2023)

Cassatt String Quartet - Gerald Cohen: Voyagers (2023)
  • Title: Gerald Cohen: Voyagers
  • Year Of Release: 2023
  • Label: Innova
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks)
  • Total Time: 64:48 min
  • Total Size: 278 MB
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Tracklist:

01. Voyagers: I. Cavatina
02. Voyagers: II. Bhairavi
03. Voyagers: III. Galliard
04. Voyagers: IV. Beyond the Heliosphere
05. Playing for Our Lives: I. Beryozkele
06. Playing for Our Lives: II. Brundibar
07. Playing for Our Lives: III. Dies irae
08. Preludes & Debka (Version for Trombone & String Quartet)

For over a decade, the Cassatt String Quartet has collaborated with the composer Gerald Cohen. On July 21, 2023, innova Recordings releases “Voyagers” (innova 090); music by Gerald Cohen performed by the Cassatt String Quartet and guest artists.

“Telling stories through music is central to all I do as a composer and performer – most explicitly in my operas and vocal works, but also in purely instrumental works such as those on this album,” said Gerald Cohen. “This album is the culmination of the voyage I have taken with the Cassatt String Quartet during the past decade. I will always be grateful for the collaboration with these wonderful colleagues.”

The title work is inspired by the Voyager spacecraft that carried the Golden Record, an audio time capsule intended to give extra-terrestrial beings an impression of human culture on Planet Earth. The performance also features Narek Arutyunian on clarinet and bass clarinet.

Playing for Our Lives is a contemporary memorial and tribute to the musical life of the Nazi concentration camp Terezín (Theresienstadt), near Prague. The work uses elements from from the Yiddish folk song Beryozkele, Hans Krasa’s opera Brundibar, and Verdi’s Requiem. Both Voyagers and Playing for Our Lives were written for the Cassatt String Quartet. The album concludes with Preludes and Debka, featuring trombonist Colin Williams.


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