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Reference: VRS 2095
Barcode:
8436009800952
Release date: 29/09/2010
Package: 1 CD (DDD)
Booklet in spanish and english
Additional info
Recording: Grabación realizada en el Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Getafe (Madrid) los días 6 al 8 de mayo de 2010
Recording Engineer: José Miguel Martínez
Recording assistant: Adels González
Digital Editing: Pilar de la Vega
Production: José Miguel Martínez, Pilar de la Vega
Texts: José Ramón Ripoll
Translation: Ari Weinstein
Photos: José Latova (Alfredo Aracil), Macusa Cores (Cuarteto Bretón)
Design:Pilar de la Vega
Cover: Alberto Corazón. “Cuatro cuartetos” (2010)
(p) 2010 Classic World Sound
© 2010 Classic World Sound
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Alfredo Aracil
The String Quartets
Cuarteto Bretón
Categories: Contemporary, Spanish and BBVA Foundation-Verso Collection
Period: 21st Century
Overview
Alfredo Aracil (Madrid, 1954) is one of the principal creators of the Spanish contemporary music panorama. Having studied with such masters as Marco, Bernaola, Halffter, Stockhausen and Kagel, the composer from Madrid has effectively combined his impressive creative facet with teaching and artistic planning for many prestigious national and international cultural institutions.
Chamber music undeniable occupies an important place in Aracil’s oeuvre. The four string quartets, which are here stunningly interpreted by the members of the Bretón Quartet, evidence an elegance and extraordinary subtlety in the approach to the complex polyphonic fabric of the four instruments. The classical esthetic of the string quartet is combined, mixed, fused and alternates with a solid, particularly innovative and avant-garde artistic language. The ample chronological frame of these works, written between 1975 and 2010, also allows us to observe the interesting process of maturation and evolution Aracil has experienced in the nearly four decades of his impeccable artistic trajectory.
Track list
| 1. | | Cuarteto 3 (Alfredo Aracil) | | 18:18 | | 2. | | Música de cámara (Cuarteto I): Mov. I (Alfredo Aracil) | | 05:44 | | 3. | | Música de cámara (Cuarteto I): Mov. II (Alfredo Aracil) | | 06:13 | | 4. | | Música de cámara (Cuarteto I): Mov. III (Alfredo Aracil) | | 04:25 | | 5. | | Cuarteto 2: Mov. I (Alfredo Aracil) | | 06:31 | | 6. | | Cuarteto 2: Mov. II (Alfredo Aracil) | | 03:37 | | 7. | | Cuarteto 4 (Figura ante el espejo): Mov. I (Alfredo Aracil) | | 04:28 | | 8. | | Cuarteto 4 (Figura ante el espejo): Mov. II (Alfredo Aracil) | | 03:16 | | 9. | | Cuarteto 4 (Figura ante el espejo): Mov. III (Alfredo Aracil) | | 01:05 | | 10. | | Cuarteto 4 (Figura ante el espejo): Mov.IV (Alfredo Aracil) | | 04:22 | | 11. | | Cuarteto 4 (Figura ante el espejo): Mov. V (Alfredo Aracil) | | 00:45 | | 12. | | Cuarteto 4 (Figura ante el espejo): Mov. VI (Alfredo Aracil) | | 03:53 | | | Total time: | 62:43 | |
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