PRISMA Goldmund Quartet

• Philip Glass (b. 1937): Streichquartett No. 3 "Mishima":
• 1Glass: Streichquartett No. 3 "Mishima": Closing02:53
• Arvo Pärt (b. 1935): Da pacem Domine:
• 2Pärt: Da pacem Domine04:31
• Uno Helmersson (b. 1977): Timelapse:
• 3Helmersson: Timelapse02:23
• Pascal Schumacher (b. 1979): Prismatica:
• 4Schumacher: Prismatica05:37
• Sophia Jani (b. 1990): Fall, Glow, Dissolve:
• 5Jani: Fall, Glow, Dissolve07:50
• Total Runtime23:14

Info for PRISMA

The German-based Goldmund Quartet expands its modern classical music repertoire with a deep dive into the world of contemporary classical music arranged for string quartet. The album features pieces by Arvo Pärt, Uno Helmersson and Philip Glass, as well as newly composed pieces by Sophia Jani and Pascal Schumacher.

The Goldmund Quartet is one of the young string ensembles that dare to take a fresh look at the current classical music scene and its repertoire and do not want to settle for what has already been done. With their new programme "Prisma", they are on the lookout for the musical visions of our time and put newly written works by young up-and-coming composers in context with personal favourites from their previous work as a quartet: the result is a modern play of colours from styles and directions that not only reflects the 1920s of the new millennium, but also shapes it in turn.

"I could compare my music to white light, in which all colours are contained. Only a prism can separate these colours and make them visible; this prism could be the mind of the listener." (Arvo Pärt)

Goldmund Quartet

The Goldmund Quartet
formed by violinists Florian Schötz and Pinchas Adt, violist Christoph Vandory and cellist Raphael Paratore, is now counted as one of the most exciting young string quartets in Europe. Since their debut at Munich’s Prinzregententheater, the quartet appeared at international festivals such as the Festival Aix-en-Provence, Festival de Música y Danza Granada and Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele. Recitals have taken them to prestigious chamber music venues and series in Denmark, France, Norway, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Canada, China and the US. The 2017/18 season sees the Goldmund Quartet give its debuts at Washington’s Phillips Collection, Hemsing Festival Norway and at Shanghai Concerto Hall.

Highlights from the past season included their debuts at Vienna’s Musikverein, Konzerthaus Dortmund, Kissinger Sommer and Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival. Further concerts will lead the four musicians to International Music Festival Heidelberger Frühling and Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The Goldmund Quartet has been awarded several prizes and scholarships, amongst them the Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now scholarship. In 2015 they received a scholarship from Deutscher Musikwettbewerb, the Bavarian Young Artist Award and recently the Karl-Klinger-Prize during the 2016 ARD International Music Competition Munich.

In 2018 the Quartet won Second Prize along with the Twentieth Century Prize at the distinguished Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition in London.

This album contains no booklet.