Bresnick / Brentano String Quartet- Planet On Table
"As the long-awaited follow-up to the 2006 Cantaloupe release The Essential Martin Bresnick, this volume of Bresnick's recorded oeuvre focuses on the epic five-part string quartet The Planet on the Table, composed in 2019 and recorded by the Brentano String Quartet. Inspired, or better yet instigated, by the poetry of Wallace Stevens, the piece is meant to convey music and sounds that emerge from the mists of memory.
Tracklist:
- Planet on the Table~I. Mrs. Anderson's Swedish Baby
- Planet on the Table~II. She Measured the Hour
- Planet on the Table~III. Scene 10 Becomes 11
- Planet on the Table~IV. Someone Has Walked Across the Snow
- Planet on the Table~V. His Self and the Sun
- Parisot, for 12 cellos
- Bird as Prophet, for violin and piano
- Bundists, for piano solo
"As the long-awaited follow-up to the 2006 Cantaloupe release The Essential Martin Bresnick, this volume of Bresnick's recorded oeuvre focuses on the epic five-part string quartet The Planet on the Table, composed in 2019 and recorded by the Brentano String Quartet. Inspired, or better yet instigated, by the poetry of Wallace Stevens, the piece is meant to convey music and sounds that emerge from the mists of memory.
Tracklist:
- Planet on the Table~I. Mrs. Anderson's Swedish Baby
- Planet on the Table~II. She Measured the Hour
- Planet on the Table~III. Scene 10 Becomes 11
- Planet on the Table~IV. Someone Has Walked Across the Snow
- Planet on the Table~V. His Self and the Sun
- Parisot, for 12 cellos
- Bird as Prophet, for violin and piano
- Bundists, for piano solo