Suspenseful chromatic melodic lines over rapidly whirling diatonic figures introduce tension and resolution
Classically influenced tonal language with repetition and harmonic prolongations for rich texture
Includes winner of the 1989 Kennedy Center/Friedheim Award, highlighting artistic distinction
Summarized by Shop
American String Quartet "George Tsontakis has the 'luck' of having concrete musical ideas that the ear can perceive and the mind can hold in memory. These ideas tend to be expressed in concentrated, densely packed, nodule-like motives that the composer treats obsessively, and which, as they spread out in time and spin in tight figurationa
Format
Music CD
Number of Discs
2
Composer
George Tsontakis
Genre
Classic
Award
1989 Kennedy Center/Friedheim Award (Quartet No. 4)