Bang on a Can co-founder Julia wolfe has turned the string quartet world upside down with these hip and innovative works. Ferocious and fresh, Wolfe's quartets, played here in blistering performances by the Lark Quartet, Cassatt Quartet and featuring one of the most-talked-about NYC quartets, Ethel, have been exciting audiences, quartets and critics for the last ten years. Heard ont the stages of Lincoln Centre, the Kennedy Centre and the Other Minds Festival, in the repertoires of the Kronos, Smith, and Mondrian quartets (and others!), hers are some of the most celebrated and performed quartets in the world. Defying classification, Wolfe's music conveys intensity and intimacy, a virtuosity and joy of sound that turns the string quartet into a relentless high voltage vehicle of expression. Beautifully recorded and produced by Michael Reisman. Julia Wolfe's CD, 'Arsenal of Democracy', was released by Point Music/Universal.
