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Music of Vladimir Martynov

1/6/2012, 4 Tracks, 1:08:32

Featuring

  • David Harrington
  • John Sherba
  • Hank Dutt
  • Jeffrey Zeigler
  • Kronos Quartet
  • Vladimir Martynov

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Performer Biography

Joan Jeanrenaud, a cellist featured on this album, retired from the Kronos Quartet in 1998 to pursue a Grammy-nominated solo career in performance and composition.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

After giving up composition in 1979, Vladimir Martynov devoted himself to reconstructing and preserving traditional Russian Orthodox chant, which influenced his later musical aesthetic.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Martynov interprets American minimalist style through the lens of Orthodox Church traditions, using repetition to achieve metaphysical order and a state of enraptured contemplation.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Martynov's Der Abschied uses musical repetition to create a sonic image of labored breathing, inspired by the vigil at his dying father's side.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The Kronos Quartet, founded by David Harrington, has commissioned over 750 new works and arrangements for string quartet since 1973.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Vladimir Martynov's string quartet Der Abschied (The Farewell) was written as a memorial for his father, Ivan Ivanovich, who passed away in 2003.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The Schubert-Quintet (Unfinished) allowed the Kronos Quartet to reunite with their cellist of 20 years, Joan Jeanrenaud, who had retired from the group in 1998.

Source: Booklet

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