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Bryars: 3 String Quartets
Gavin Bryars
Bryars: 3 String Quartets
Genre: Classical
 
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All Artists: Gavin Bryars
Title: Bryars: 3 String Quartets
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Black Box Classics
Release Date: 11/26/2002
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 680125107923
 

CD Reviews

One great piece, two blah
David J. Smey | Brooklyn, NY United States | 05/02/2008
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Gavin Bryars has become famous for quasi-ambient & somewhat philosophical pieces for large ensembles (like Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet.) The string quartet format doesn't seem to allow him to write the same deep, lush textures, though - what you get here is more straightforward post-minimal writing, not unlike Terry Riley's work for quartet, or even Debussy/Ravel/Britten.



The first quartet ("Between the National and the Bristol") really grabbed me - it manages to create an ominous, suspenseful mood which is later broken by a passionate outburst. 5 stars for that.



The other two struck me as competent but somewhat blah.



Lyric Quartet plays well, I'd also give them four stars. A few weak phrases here and there, intonation and tone could be better, but certainly a decent job."