CHAOS STRING QUARTET NEW CD OUT NOW!

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Chaos String Quartet’s musicians announce their debut cd with German label Solo Musica featuring works by Haydn, Ligeti and Hensel!

Ligeti, known as one of the fathers of musical chaos, was a great admirer of Haydn. He studied the works of the master in detail to find inspiration and solutions for his own compositions. In Haydn’s Op. 20/5, the music progresses from a tragic F-minor opening to a liberating fugue, representing the transition from sickness to the triumph of life. In contrast, Ligeti’s “métamorphoses nocturnes” take listeners on a journey from the lowest note of the cello to the heavenly stars. Fanny Hensel’s jewellery box piece continues the metamorphosis throughout its four movements, starting from tonal ambiguity and culminating in a joyful E-Flat Major party in the final movement, providing long-awaited relief and release!

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TRACKLIST

Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 20 No. 5 in F minor

I. Moderato

II. Menuet
III. Adagio
IV. Finale. Fuga a 2 soggetti


Ligeti: String Quartet No. 1 ‘Métamorphoses nocturnes’

Mendelssohn, Fanny: String Quartet in E flat major

I. Adagio ma non troppo
II. Allegretto
III. Romanze
IV. Allegro molto vivace

Credits:

Produced by mdw-University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

Executive producer: Johannes Meissl

Recording Producer, Editor, Engineer & Mastering: Benidikt Ross

Coordination mdw:Susanne Latin & Career Center

Recorded at the Concert Hall at the Future Art Lab, mdw Campus, Vienna, Austria

Booklet text: Harald Haselmayr

Artwork: CC. CONSTRUCT Barbara Huber

Photo: Davide Bertuccio