{"id":8035,"date":"2017-10-11T16:42:30","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T23:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/?p=8035"},"modified":"2017-10-12T09:45:54","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T16:45:54","slug":"recent-album-releases-quatuor-eclisses-michael-kolk-plays-nick-peros-and-yuri-liberzon-plays-piazzolla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/recent-album-releases-quatuor-eclisses-michael-kolk-plays-nick-peros-and-yuri-liberzon-plays-piazzolla\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Album Releases: Quatuor Eclisses, Michael Kolk Plays Nick Peros, and Yuri Liberzon Plays Piazzolla"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most weeks we take a peak at recent albums or sheet music releases. Here are three of the CDs that have come into the\u00a0Classical Guitar<\/em>\u00a0office recently.<\/p>\n

If you have a CD you\u2019d like to submit to us, here\u2019s our address:<\/p>\n

Classical Guitar
\n501 Canal Blvd. suite J
\nRichmond, CA 94804-3505<\/p>\n

Some of the albums we talk about online will be reviewed in the magazine, some not. But we want to at least mention them here. You can listen to some of these on various of streaming services, but we always encourage you to support the artists by actually\u00a0buying<\/em>\u00a0anything you like! Obviously we cannot research and report every outlet or online business where these albums are sold, so check your favorite places that sell CDs and downloads!<\/p>\n

To see our previous listings, scroll to the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n

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\nQuatuor Eclisses<\/strong>
\nAd Vitam<\/p>\n

The latest outing from this excellent French quartet (Gabriel Bianco, Arka\u00eftz Chambonnet, Pierre Leli\u00e8vre, and Benjamin Valette) presents two pieces written for the group\u2014by Karol Beffa and the seemingly ubiquitous\u00a0S\u00e9rgio Assad, who never fails to come up with interesting material that both challenges and delights players and listeners\u2014three from earlier piano works by Ravel, Turina, and\u00a0Bart\u00f3k, and one from an orchestral piece by Ginastera. There’s a tremendous range of styles and moods here. I was delightfully surprised by the melodious\u00a0Bart\u00f3k (it’s based on folk themes), and appreciated the modern tonalities and unpredictable structure of the Beffa and, especially, the Assad (in which, he explains in the notes, he attempts to musically describe aspects of the players’ personalities). It’s an adventurous and rewarding listen by four superb players.<\/p>\n

Les M\u00e9t\u00e9ores<\/em> (Beffa); Danses populaires roumaines<\/em> (Bart\u00f3k); Danzas Fant\u00e1sticas<\/em>; One 4 all 4 one<\/em> (Assad); Pavane pour une infant d\u00e9funte<\/em> (Ravel); Estancia<\/em> (Ginastera)<\/p>\n

The album is available through Ad Vitam Records,\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>Amazon<\/a>, and iTunes<\/a>, and streamed on Apple Music, Spotify<\/a>, and YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Below is the CD version of the S\u00e9rgio Assad, piece,<\/em> One 4 All 4 One, from YouTube:<\/em>
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