Featuring the Del Sol String Quartet. This CD represents the first-ever complete compilation of George Antheil’s string quartet works, each of which was composed during a different stylistic era in Antheil’s development. The result is a tour through a variety of familiar 20th Century styles now inhabited by the ghosts of five “new” very provocative pieces that comprise a missing link in the repertoire of American 20th Century music.
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Lithuanian Night (1922), 3:29
1. I. Moderato 2:14
2. II. Presto 1:12
Quartet No. 1 for Strings in one movement (1925), 14:24
3. Allegretto allegro
Quartet No. 2 for Strings, “For Sylvia Beach, with Love” (original version, 1927), 19:30
World premiere recording
4. I. Larghetto; Allegro subito 7:48
5. II. Lento 4:02
6. III. Rondino scherzino—Allegro vivace 6:29
7. IV. Presto—Cadenza finale 1:03
Six Little Pieces for String Quartet, “For Mary Louise Bok” (1931), 7:50
World premiere recording
8. I. Moderato expressivo 1:12
9. II. Allegro :49
10. III. Andante 1:37
11. IV. Allegro :42
12. V. Vivo :43
13. VI. Adagio 2:36
Quartet No. 3 for Strings (1948), 17:32
14. I. Allegretto 5:30
15. II. Largo 5:12
16. III. Scherzo—Quasi presto 2:12
17. IV. Allegro giocoso 4:29