Kurtag / Dvorak / Parker Quartet / Kashkashian Six Moments Musicaux / String Quintet Op 97 CD

On their ECM New Series debut, the Boston-based Parker Quartet, hailed by the Washington Post for "exceptional virtuosity and imaginative interpretation," play music of Gyorgy Kurt g and are joined by violist Kim Kashkashian, one of the quartet's early mentors, to play Dvor k. In this powerful program of contrasts, Dvor k's outgoing String Quintet No. 3 is framed by two of Kurt g's concentrated, meticulously shaped works.

1. * Gy÷rgy Kurtßg - Moments Musicaux Op.44 2. Invocatio [Un Fragment] 3. Footfalls... Mintha Valaki J÷nne 4. Capriccio 5. In Memoriam Seb?k Gy÷rgy 6. Rappel Des Oiseaux... [?tude Pour Les Harmoniques] 7. Les Adieux [In Janßceks Manier] 8. * Anton?n Dvorßk - String Quintet No.3 in Eb Major Op.97 9. Allegro Non Tanto 10. Scherzo, Allegro Vivace 11. Larghetto 12. Finale, Allegro Giusto 13. * Gy÷rgy Kurtßg - Officium Breve in Memoriam Andreae Szervßnszky, Op.28 14. Largo 15. Pi? Andante 16. Sostenuto, Quasi Giusto 17. Grave, Molto Sostenuto 18. (Fantasie ber Die Harmonien Des Webern-Kanons) Presto 19. (Canon a 4) Molto Agitato 20. Canon a 2 (Frei, Nach Op.31/Vi Von Webern) Sehr Fliessend 21. Lento 22. Largo 23. [Webern: Kanon a 4 (Op.31/Vi)] Sehr Fliessend 24. Sostenuto 25. Sostenuto, Quasi Giusto 26. Sostenuto, Con Slancio 27. Disperato, Vivo 28. Arioso Interrotto (Di Endre Szervßnszky) Larghetto