Beaudoin / Kreutzer Quartet / Knoop Microtimings CD

This 2-CD set includes the inaugural recordings of Beaudoin's music based on microtiming: A refined methodology for translating micro-temporal properties of a recorded performance into standard notation, which are then used as the basis for newly-composed acoustic works. The CDs include 11 recent pieces, recorded in England, based on microtimings of Argerich playing Chopin, Cortot playing Debussy, and Pollini playing Webern. Disc 1 is devoted to piano music and Disc 2, string quartet music.

1. Etude D'un Prelude I?Chopin Desseche 2. Etude D'un Prelude Iv?Black Wires 3. Etude D'un Prelude Vii?Latticed Window 4. Etude D'un Prelude Xi?Four28 5. The Artist and His Model I?La Fille Floutee 6. I. Neuordnung Nach Dauern 7. II. Bewegungen in Zeitlupe 8. III. Neuordnung Nach Lautstarken 9. I. Etude D'un Prelude Ii?Flutter Echoes 10. II. Etude D'un Prelude Vi?The Real Thing 11. III. Etude D'un Prelude Vii?Kertesz Distortion 12. IV. 28Four 13. The Artist and His Model Ii?La Duree Sans Contacts S'affaiblit