Atomos: The Art Of Musical Concentration

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Atomos: The Art Of Musical Concentration

Label Cobra Records

Artists Cuarteto Quiroga

€24,99 EUR

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To celebrate its twenty years of existence, the internationally acclaimed Cuarteto Quiroga returns with its new album Atomos: The Art of Musical Concentration - their 7th release in Stereo, 5 Channel Surround and Binaural DSD at NativeDSD. This album represents a personal tribute to the genre and its literature from its origins to the present day, offering a unique perspective. The album "Atomos" features works by three of the most important and historically influential composers in string quartet history: Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Béla Bartók. Additionally, it includes a world premiere recording of "Secreta," a recent masterpiece by one of the absolute greatest living composers of our time, György Kurtág. The aim of "Atomos" is to illustrate how these composers, in their pursuit of the nucleus of musical expression, sought to compress sound to a particle incapable of further division—an atom (ἄτομος)—giving birth to some of the most striking musical achievements in this exceptional repertoire. The ability to convey a lot in a short space of time while maintaining idiomatic subtlety and constructing a complete narrative structure is indeed a quality of extraordinary and transformative rarity. This concision enhances the strength of the message, making compression the most genuine gesture of revolutionary vision in linguistic, narrative, and poetic terms. Brevity, in this context, enhances the eloquence of the message. Throughout this fascinating journey into the art of musical concentration, these four extraordinary composers reveal, through the works recorded here, what is most remarkable in music and life—the ability to pare oneself down to the minimal essence and allow the music to speak for itself with the most persuasive eloquence and the most moving kind of beauty.

Cuarteto Quiroga Aitor Hevia - Violin Cibrán Sierra - Violin Josep Puchades - Viola Helena Poggio - Violoncello

Recording Session Video by NativeDSD's David Hopkins & Jonas Sacks

https://youtu.be/ypCRWfH-4hk

This album has been reviewed in our blog by music reviewer Rush Paul. Go To Article

Tracklist

Total time: 58:28

1. String Quartet in d minor, Op.42, Hob.III:43: I. Andante ed innocentemente

04:33

2. String Quartet in d minor, Op.42, Hob.III:43: II. Minuetto. Allegretto - Trio

03:08

3. String Quartet in d minor, Op.42, Hob.III:43: III. Adagio e cantabile

03:43

4. String Quartet in d minor, Op.42, Hob.III:43: IV. Finale. Presto

02:47

5. String Quartet in f minor, Op.95, Serioso�: I. Allegro con brio

03:57

6. String Quartet in f minor, Op.95, Serioso�: II. Allegretto ma non troppo

07:15

7. String Quartet in f minor, Op.95, Serioso�: III. Allegro assai vivace ma serioso

04:14

8. String Quartet in f minor, Op.95, Serioso��: IV. Larghetto espressivo - Allegretto agitato

04:32

9. String Quartet No.3, BB.93 Sz.85: I. Prima parte. Moderato

05:05

10. String Quartet No.3, BB.93 Sz.85: II. Seconda parte. Allegro

05:31

11. String Quartet No.3, BB.93 Sz.85: III. Ricapitulazione della prima parte. Moderato

03:26

12. String Quartet No.3, BB.93 Sz.85: IV. Coda. Allegro molto

02:04

13. Secreta: Funeral music in memoriam Laszlo Dobszay

06:49

14. Sechs Bagatellen fur Streichquartett, Op.9: V. Auberst langsam

01:24

Additional Information

Label

Cobra Records

SKU

COBRA0088

Qualities

FLAC 96 kHz, FLAC 192 kHz, DSD 64, DSD 128, DSD 256, DSD 512, DXD 24 Bit, DXD 32 Bit

Channels

2ch Stereo, 5ch Surround, 2ch Binaural, 2ch Stereo & 5ch Surround, 2ch Stereo & 2ch Binaural, 2ch Stereo & 5ch Surround & 2ch Binaural

Artists

Cuarteto Quiroga

Composers

Haydn, Beethoven, Bartók, Kurtag, Webern

Genres

Classical

Original Recording Format

DSD 256

Instruments

String quartet

Release Date

August 08, 2023

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Reviews

Positive Feedback

Rushton Paul

This past January I wrote about the marvelous recordings released by the Spanish string quartet, Cuarteto Quiroga. In that article I shared my impressions of six superb albums they released from 2011 to 2021 on the Cobra Records label...

Over the past few days I've been listening to their most recent release, Atomos: the art of musical concentration—music of Haydn, Beethoven, Bartók and Kurtág. And once again I am beside myself with excitement about their performances and the quality of the recording. They have again created a masterpiece of an album.

The Quiroga play with a perfection of ensemble, a combined delicacy of articulation, a uniformity of intonation, and an endless reservoir of technique—it is an unalloyed joy to hear them play. And to hear whatever music they choose. Their albums are always intellectually challenging, educationally rewarding, and emotionally deep.

In this album they deliver to us the gift of immaculate Haydn, ethereal Beethoven, intense but ever musically interesting Bartók, and the challenge of Kurtág. All in one delicious package...

As always in their albums, Cuarteto Quiroga brings to us not just a recital of compatible musical works. They bring an education, an insight, a discovery of mysteries. And for this I am always grateful for their albums, to be listened to all the way through, to be treated as an integral work of art unto itself for the message these marvelous artists have to share.

Source: positive-feedback.com

Atomos: The Art Of Musical Concentration

Atomos: The Art Of Musical Concentration

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