The Calidore String Quartet presents their first album on Signum Records - a collection of quartets by Janacek, Prokofiev, Golijov and Mendelssohn. The pieces were the products of four compelling personal narratives: an escape from the Nazi eastern offensive in WWII, a life caught in the crosshairs of a surge of violence in the Middle East, the sudden death of one's closest friend and the struggle of being trapped in a loveless marriage. Felix Mendelssohn and Leos Janacek turned to their art to find an outlet for their personal grief while Sergei Prokofiev and Osvaldo Golijov used their compositions to make sense of a world that was turned upside down by violent conflict. Because of and despite these origins the works are imbued with emotional potency, and the quartet hopes that that these works can provide "a message of hope because they illuminate the human potential to create beauty even in the darkest of circumstances."

Tracklist:

String Quartet No. 2, Op. 92: I. Allegro Sostenuto
String Quartet No. 2, Op. 92: II. Adagio
String Quartet No. 2, Op. 92: III. Allegro
String Quartet No. 1, "Kreutzer Sonata": I. Adagio
String Quartet No. 1, "Kreutzer Sonata": II. Con Moto
String Quartet No. 1, "Kreutzer Sonata": III. Con Moto
String Quartet No. 1, "Kreutzer Sonata": IV. Con Moto (Adagio)
Tenebrae
String Quartet No. 6, Op. 80, Mwv R 37: I. Allegro Vivace Assai
String Quartet No. 6, Op. 80, Mwv R 37: II. Allegro Assai
String Quartet No. 6, Op. 80, Mwv R 37: III. Adagio
String Quartet No. 6, Op. 80, Mwv R 37: IV. Finale. Allegro Molto

UPC: 635212055120
Label: Signum Classics
Release Date: 10.12.18
Format: CD

Golijov / Calidore String Quartet - Resilience (CD)