"Toshio Hosokawa's compositions for string quartet reveal a deep connection with traditional Japanese arts. His relationship to sounds is therefore fundamentally Asian, based on the idea of permanent transformation. In these string quartets, there is not a single sound whose character is not continuously modified. Effects include glissandos, trills, tremolos, harmonics, vibratos of different sorts, constantly shifting dynamics and bowings, by which the individual note is transformed into a dynamic structure. The Arditti Quartet combines innate comprehension of Hosokowa's style with the highest technical skill in these definitive performances."
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Tracklist
1 Blossoming 13:35
2 Floral Fairy 6:29
- Kalligraphie
3 I 2:49
4 II 2:54
5 III 1:53
6 IV 1:29
7 V 3:21
8 VI 2:23
9 Landscape I 12:30
10 Silent Flowers 13:29
- Urbilder
11 I 2:07
12 II 2:37
13 III 4:44
14 IV 2:47
15 V 2:12
Recorded At ? Hans Rosbaud-Studio
Credits
Cello ? Lucas Fels
Co-producer ? Sudwestrundfunk
Composed By ? Toshio Hosokawa
Cover [Photo] ? Rolf W. Stoll
Engineer ? Norbert Vossen
Ensemble ? Arditti Quartet
Liner Notes ? Dirk Wieschollek
Liner Notes [Translated By] ? John Patrick Thomas, W. Richard Rieves
Photography By [S 14] ? Lukas Beck
Photography By [S 2] ? Kaz Ishikawa
Producer ? Armin Kohler
Recording Supervisor ? Dorothee Schabert
Viola ? Ralf Ehlers
Violin ? Ashot Sarkissjan, Irvine Arditti
Notes
1. Blossoming for string quartet (2007, rev. 2009)
2. Floral Fairy for string quartet (2003)
3-8. Kalligraphie Sechs Stucke fur Streichquartett (2007, rev. 2009)
9. Landscape I for string quartet (1992)
10. Silent Flowers for string quartet (1998)
11-15. Urbilder for string quartet (1980, rev. 1984)
Total time: 75:54
