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Thirlwell: Dystonia

Thirlwell: Dystonia

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Deeply challenging, even confrontational, to the classical string quartet format, composer JG Thirlwell's Dystonia is a leap forward not only for listeners, but for musicians as well. Mivos Quartet's fiery interpretation of these five pieces — each in its own way difficult, harrowing, engaging and uplifting — is also a tribute to their dedication, skill and sense of adventure as artists.

"This is bold, insistent music that grabs you and takes you where it wants to go," writes Bang on a Can co-founder Michael Gordon in his liner notes for the album. That sentiment lands with a fury in the recording's central piece "Ozymandias," a not-for-the-faint-of- heart excursion that channels the tension and dread of, for example, Bernard Herrmann's famed Psycho score, but expands on it with the subtle, stately majesty of Bartók and Cage

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Product Description:

  • Release Date: July 21, 2023


  • UPC: 713746318925


  • Catalog Number: CA21189


  • Label: Cantaloupe Music


  • Number of Discs: 1


  • Composer: JG Thirlwell


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Mivos Quartet


  • Performer: Jg Thirlwell