 |  Schoenfield RecordingsThis summer the Ciompi Quartet brought a long-awaited project to fruition: recording a disc of Paul Schoenfield's two String Quartets.... Collaborations Galore... lately we have taken an active role commissioning works with guests that push the boundaries of what string quartets normally do - and with wonderful results!... PhrasingOr, how the music goes. To phrase well is to shape the music well, first in small sections (phrases), then over larger divisions, then an entire movement, finally the complete work. Ciompi Quartet Introduces Paul Schoenfield's Second String QuartetEntitled "Memoirs," Schoenfield's new quartet is a full-length work dominated by an introspective, searching fugal idea... A New Personality Enters the SceneIn a business where instruments can be hundreds of years old, it was a striking experience to pick up two on which the varnish was literally still sticky.... Ciompi Alla Battuto Inna Sicilia
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