Deidre Cooper - Glass - Complete String Quartets on CD

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Philip Glass: Disc One: String Quartet No.3 "Mishma", String Quartet No.2 "Company"; String Quartet No.4 "Buczak"; Disc Two: String Quartet No.1 (1966); String Quartet No.5 Following on from the critically acclaimed albums, 'Different Trains and Ghost Stories', Signum is pleased to announce the release of The Smith Quartet's latest album, the complete string quartets by the world-acclaimed composer, Philip Glass. Over a time span of 25 years, Glass completed 8 quartets (the earliest were withdrawn) drawing on the influences of Bach to Shostakovich, as well as exterior musical sources: dance , theatre and film. Clear-cut, polished performances by The Smith Quartet give the listener an excellent taste of a quartet at the forefront of contemporary music. "...Britain's answer to the Kronos." - The Guardian