Souvenirs Rolston String Quartet, Miguel Da Silva, Gary Hoffman

• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893): String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11:
• 1 String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11: I. Moderato e semplice 11:53
• 2 String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11: II. Andante cantabile 06:54
• 3 String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11: III. Scherzo. Allegro non tanto e con fuoco 04:19
• 4 String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11: IV. Finale. Allegro giusto - Allegro vivace 06:54
• Children's Album, Op. 39:
• 5 Children's Album, Op. 39: I. Morning Prayer (Arr. for String Quartet by Rostislav Dubinsky) 01:22
• 6 Children's Album, Op. 39: VI. The Sick Doll (Arr. for String Quartet by Rostislav Dubinsky) 01:12
• 7 Children's Album, Op. 39: VII. The Doll's Funeral (Arr. for String Quartet by Rostislav Dubinsky) 01:31
• 8 Children's Album, Op. 39: IX. The New Doll (Arr. for String Quartet by Rostislav Dubinsky) 00:31
• 9 Children's Album, Op. 39: XIII. Kamarinskaja (Arr. for String Quartet by Rostislav Dubinsky) 00:36
• String Sextet in D Minor "Souvenir de Florence", Op. 70:
• 10 String Sextet in D Minor "Souvenir de Florence", Op. 70: I. Allegro con spirito 10:39
• 11 String Sextet in D Minor "Souvenir de Florence", Op. 70: II. Adagio cantabile e con moto 09:58
• 12 String Sextet in D Minor "Souvenir de Florence", Op. 70: III. Allegretto moderato 06:42
• 13 String Sextet in D Minor "Souvenir de Florence", Op. 70: IV. Allegro vivace 07:07
• Total Runtime 01:09:38

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Für das „Rolston String Quartet“, ist Tschaikowskys Musik einfach unwiderstehlich - und so war ein Debütalbum nur mit seinen besten Kammermusikwerken eine naheliegende Wahl. Tschaikowskys Musik ist von Natur aus fröhlich, virtuos und herzzerreißend, oft alles auf einmal - aber nie von rabiater Natur. Die Musiker lieben den Charme und die Nostalgie der Kindheit, die Tschaikowsky von Anfang bis Ende ausstrahlen kann. In diesem Album haben wir aus jeder seiner frühen, mittleren und späten Phase ein Werk ausgewählt: sein Streichquartett Nr. 1 in D-Dur, Auszüge aus seinem "Kinder-Album" und sein geliebtes "Souvenir de Florence" für Streichsextett. Wir konnten nicht nur ein Quartett präsentieren, das wir schätzen, sondern wir hatten auch die Möglichkeit, mit zwei der brillanten Professoren der Chapelle zusammenzuarbeiten: dem Bratscher Miguel da Silva und dem Cellisten Gary Hoffman. Die Musiker lieben Tschaikowskys Kammermusik wegen seiner atemberaubenden Fähigkeit, symphonisch zu schreiben, und das mehr als andere Komponisten: Schon mit den Eröffnungsakkorden des D-Dur-Quartetts erweitert Tschaikowsky die Klangmöglichkeiten des traditionellen Streichquartetts auf die eines Symphonieorchesters. Abgerundet wird das Programm durch fünf zarte und liebenswerte Stücke: Unsere Lieblingsstücke aus Tschaikowskys "Kinderalbum" für Klavier solo, arrangiert für Streichquartett von Rostislav Dubinsky, dem ersten Geiger des Borodin Quartetts.

Rolston String Quartet
Miguel da Silva, Viola
Gary Hoffman, Cello

Rolston String Quartet
With their debut recording, “Souvenirs” scheduled for a November 2019 release, Canada’s Rolston String Quartet continues to receive acclamation and recognition for their musical excellence. As the 2018 recipient and first international ensemble chosen for the prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award from Chamber Music America, their accolades and awards precede them. In 2016, a monumental year, they won First Prize at the 12th Banff International String Quartet Competition, Grand Prize at the 31st Chamber Music Yellow Springs Competition, and Astral’s National Auditions.

Recent highlights include debut performances at Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, The Freer Gallery, and Chamber Music Houston, two major Canadian tours under the Prairie Debut and Debut Atlantic touring networks, and three European tours with dates in Leipzig, Berlin, Lucerne, Heidelberg, Barcelona, and Graz among others. Their 2019-20 season includes concerts at UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music, Texas Performing Arts, Chamber Music Northwest, and Calgary Pro Musica; the chamber music societies of Detroit, Fort Worth, Kansas City, Philadelphia, and Vancouver; and the Louvre Museum. As Süddeutsche Zeitung states, “they showed such delicacy, slender elasticity, impeccable intonation, and such eminent sense of tonal balance…This is a new bright star on the truly not empty string quartet sky of our day.”

Notable collaborations include performances with renowned artists Janina Fialkowska, Gary Hoffman, Nobuko Imai, Miguel da Silva, and David Shifrin, as well as the St. Lawrence, and Dover Quartets. The quartet are associated artists at the Queen Elizabeth Music Chapel, and completed a two-year term as the Yale School of Music’s fellowship quartet-in-residence in spring 2019. Previously, they were the graduate quartet-in-residence at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. Keeping in the teaching tradition, they have taught at the Yale School of Music, University of Toronto, and the Bowdoin International Music Festival among others. Primary mentors include the Brentano Quartet, James Dunham, Norman Fischer, and Kenneth Goldsmith, and the quartet has received additional guidance from the St. Lawrence String Quartet, Barry Shiffman, Miguel da Silva, and Alastair Tait.

The Rolston String Quartet was formed in the summer of 2013 at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity's Chamber Music Residency. They take their name from Canadian violinist Thomas Rolston, founder and long-time director of the Music and Sound Programs at the Banff Centre.

Luri Lee plays a Carlo Tononi violin, generously on loan from Shauna Rolston Shaw. Emily Kruspe plays a 1900 Stefano Scarampella violin, generously on loan from the Canada Council for the Arts Musical Instrument Bank. The Rolston String Quartet is endorsed by Jargar Strings of Denmark.

Booklet für Souvenirs