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Concord String Quartet

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Active until
  
1987

Genre
  
Classical

Active from
  
1971

Albums
  
Crumb: Black Angels - Cage: String Quartet in Four Parts

Record labels
  
New World Records, NWCRI, VOX, SINETONE AMR, VoxBox

Similar
  
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The Concord String Quartet was an American string quartet established in 1971. The members of the quartet were Mark Sokol and Andrew Jennings, violins; John Kochánowski, viola; Norman Fischer, cello. They gave their last regular concert on May 15, 1987. An anniversary concert was given in December 1996 at the Naumburg Foundation.

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Concord string quartet


Selected recording

  • American String Quartets 1950-1970
    • Works: Stefan Wolpe: String Quartet, C. 170 Earle Brown: String Quartet John Cage: String Quartet in Four Parts Leon Kirchner: String Quartet No. 3 for strings & tape Christian Wolff: Summer for string quartet George Crumb: Black Angels (Images I), for electric string quartet Lejaren Hiller: String quartet No.5 (In Quarter-Tones) Jacob Druckman: String Quartet No. 2 Morton Feldman: Structures, for string quartet Label and catalog number: VOXBOX CDX 5143 (ADD; two discs: 74:11, 74:33; issued 1995). Recording date: 1972. Critical reaction: Selected by Fanfare Magazine as a "Hall of Fame" recording.

    Songs

    String Quartet No 6: Variations on "Canon in D Major - P 37"1991
    String Quartet1995
    Structures for String Quartet1995

    References

    Concord String Quartet Wikipedia
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