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This work is part of a series for different chamber and symphonic ensembles. The 'Retrato V' for string quartet is divided in two sections. In the first one the dissonant sections interact with the co...

In four movements: Energico y furioso, Largo, Sostenuto and Presto nervoso. The concept of confrontation leads to a posing of contrasts by mean of characteristic elements taken out from the exploitati...

The work creates a sonorous climate with a stressed emphasis in the material aspect of the sound without appealing to big contrasts and trying to make the sonorous material talk by itself. The music g...

Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard, a 19th Century French caricaturist, is not well-known in Japan. The composer was inspired to compose Fiddle after seeing Grandville's work, 'Apocalypse du ballet,' which ex...

The great American philosopher William James talks about a credit system of truth in which we take for granted the knowledge of the world around us. For instance, as a child you learn what a car is, w...

With this score, Periferia inaugurates the collection dedicated to Francesc Taverna-Bech, one of the most renewed Catalan composers of the 20th century. It is a work that evokes music created in the 7...

A complex work, this quartet was commissioned by the Festival Internacional de Santander (Spain). Durán-Loriga works with metric and poly-metric modulations following his interest for deepening the mu...

Composed in 2012, Musikphantome for string quartet was awarded first prize in the 2015 Malta International Composition Competition (Valletta, Malta). From the composer: 'Musikphantome is a term used b...

Charles Camilleri (1931 - 2009) was a Maltese composer. As a teenager, he composed a number of works based on folk music and legends of his native Malta. He moved from his early influences by Maltese...

Guy Cuyvers is a very versatile musician. As a classical guitar player he has been acclaimed by Angel Romero and the international press unanimously praises his film scores. After graduating at the Ro...

Originally composed in 1957 and recipient of the Rheta Sosland Prize for Chamber Music, this String Quartet, Op. 16, of John La Montaine consists of five movements: Risoluto, Scherzo, Recitative, Aria...

This piece is an attempt to experiment with a combination of two contrasting musical ideas. Very gestural and dynamically active type of musical material typical for cadenzas of classic concertos has...