Roger Sessions - Quintet, Quartet, 6 pieces [FLAC][chabosun]

Roger Sessions - String Quintet and Quartet; Pieces for Cello; Canons

Naxos 8.559261

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Ripped with cdparanoia III 10.2 and encoded with FLAC 1.2.1.

Roger Sessions is primarily talked about as the teacher of Mr. Who-Cares-If-You-Listen himself, Milton Babbitt; thus, his name usually evokes memories of the dry-as-dust inversionally combinatorial pitch set partitions of that Most Esteemed Demigod of American Academic Music, sending most of us to the exits. Imo, this is unfair; I believe Sessions is an interesting composer who deserves to be listened to on his own terms. He may, in fact, be one of the 2 or 3 *good* Pulitzer-Prize-winning American composers amidst all the mediocrity. :-) The selections and performances on this disc are, I think, excellent, so definitely give them a shot.

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tracklist:
SQ01_String_Quintet_for_2_violins,_2_violas_and_cello_-_1._Movimento_tranquillo.flac
SQ02_String_Quintet_for_2_violins,_2_violas_and_cello_-_2._Adagio_ed_espressivo.flac
SQ03_String_Quintet_for_2_violins,_2_violas_and_cello_-_3._Allegro_appassionato.flac
SQ04_Canons_(to_the_memory_of_Stravinsky)_for_string_quartet.flac
SQ05_Six_Pieces_for_Cello_-_1._Prelude._Allegro_energico.flac
SQ06_Six_Pieces_for_Cello_-_2._Dialogue._Andante.flac
SQ07_Six_Pieces_for_Cello_-_3._Scherzo._Allegro.flac
SQ08_Six_Pieces_for_Cello_-_4._Berceuse._Lento_e_dolce.flac
SQ09_Six_Pieces_for_Cello_-_5._Fantasy._Con_fantasia.flac
SQ10_Six_Pieces_for_Cello_-_6._Epilogue._Adagio_molto.flac
SQ11_String_Quartet_no._1_in_E_minor_-_1._Tempo_moderato.flac
SQ12_String_Quartet_no._1_in_E_minor_-_2._Adagio_molto.flac
SQ13_String_Quartet_no._1_in_E_minor_-_3._Vivace_molto.flac