Helmut Lachenmann: String Quartets [Arditti String Quartet] (2007)

“The three quartets provide a commentary on each other and the time in which they were composed. Gran Torso has something of an investigation about it, of a broaching, of forays into critical new land. Reigen designates the sounds and techniques of two very different regions. Grido gains a new expressiveness– the land of music is freely praised and celebrated, although never without reflexive refraction or arousing disturbance. In the Choral at the end comes a sharp crack, a bark, before the music collapses.”

Martin Kaltenecker

Performers:
Arditti String Quartet
Irvine Arditti, violin
Ashot Sarkissjan, violin
Ralf Ehlers, viola
Lucas Fels, cello

Tracklist:
1. Grido: String Quartet Nr.3 (2001/02) [24:20]
2. Reigen seliger Geister: String Quartet Nr.2 (1988/89) [27:22]
3. Gran Torso: Music for String Quartet (1971-72/78) [23:04]