Ligeti/ Quatuor Diotima - Metamorphosis LigetiQuatuor Diotima makes it's Pentatone debut with a recording of Gyrgi Ligeti's string quartets. While the second quartet from 1968 is an avantgarde classic, the first from 1953 54, "Metamorphoses nocturnes", is often nicknamed Bartk's seventh quartet, pointing out the continuity between these two Hungarian master composers. Despite moments of nostalgia, it already possesses the ferocious, adventurous nature of the later quartet. In between these two

Make no mistake

played by a group of outstanding young musicians

It is in every regard a demonstration disc

such as the works by Beach and Bridge

as well as annotation by Alan Robinson based on a 2015 interview with Labi Siffre himself

a soundtrack for rumination

Laurie was offered a contact from ABC Paramount and began to tour quite regularly throughout the remainder of the 1950's and even had a minor hit in 1954 with "Whither Thou Goest

Studio and live recordings from this pioneering Cajun string band led by Luderin Darbone and Edwin Duhon

In those early years

guests and moods into an album that draws you into it's own unique world

de Raaff uses the voice as a lyrical element to let it soar above the orchestral timbres

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