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Within a short time after its formation in 1992, the Rubin Quartet quickly emerged as a potent contender among Europe’s young chamber ensembles. These four
The first sounds heard in Sofia Gubaidulina’s Canticle of the Sun, an ascending series of strained solo cello portamentos, gives the impression that we’re in
Sofia Gubaidulina takes herself terribly seriously. Neither of her two most-admired composers, Webern and Shostakovich, are exactly laugh-a-minute types, although Shostakovich might have suggested some
While the major labels dilute their slimmed-down classical budgets trying to find artists to market like pop stars, EigenArt and other small outfits seem to
Tatar-Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina often has been attracted to the colors of stringed instruments, from the Western classical string quartet to the Japanese koto. That
Giya Kancheli employs extreme contrasts to vividly illustrate the realms of life and death as separated by the mythological river Styx. After a ferociously grim
Sofia Gubaidulina (b. 1931) has been called the most important living female composer in the world, but it’s hard to tell with this disc. Her
