I'm still spending a lot of time listening to this album.
This piece is from an opera by Lembit Beecher, "Sophia's Forest", and this two part suite is the inner world of the narrator, an immigrant child fleeing a civil war. There are nine "sound sculptures" that are electronically manipulated in addition to the four string players.
I like this (and most everything else on the album) because it is certainly modern and not just straightforward string quartet music, but there is a lyricism and a theme that comes through without difficulty.
Plus, I figured just playing The Beths would be too easy.
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Plus, I figured just playing The Beths would be too easy.
Everyone is going to think that someone else is going to play The Beths and it will end up that no one will play The Beths.
I'm kind of hoping that's how it goes, tbh.
I'm liking this album, especially the part in RIPEFG: II where it feels like the entire composition is put on a rack and stretched nearly to breaking. It's a fascinating way to add tension to an already tense sound.
Cool, glad you're liking it.