Bach / Gould Project Catalyst Quartet

Album info

Album-Release:
2015

HRA-Release:
27.04.2015

Label: Azica Records

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Chamber Music

Artist: Catalyst Quartet

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Glenn Gould (1932-1982)

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  • 1Aria02:08
  • 2Variatio 1. a 1 Clav.00:56
  • 3Variatio 2. a 1 Clav.00:40
  • 4Variatio 3. Canone all'Unisuono a 1 Clav.01:02
  • 5Variatio 4. a 1 Clav.00:28
  • 6Variatio 5. a 1 o vero 2 Clav.00:43
  • 7Variatio 6. Canone alla Seconda. a 1 Clav.00:37
  • 8Variatio 7. a 1 o vero 2 Clav.01:01
  • 9Variatio 8. a 2 Clav.00:56
  • 10Variatio 9. Canone alla Terza. a 1 Clav.00:50
  • 11Variatio 10. Fughetta. a 1 Clav.00:43
  • 12Variatio 11. a 2 Clav.00:56
  • 13Variatio 12. Canone alla Quarta. a 1 Clav.01:00
  • 14Variatio 13. a 2 Clav.02:56
  • 15Variatio 14. a 2 Clav.01:07
  • 16Variatio 15. Canone alla Quinta. a 1 Clav.02:23
  • 17Variatio 16. Ouverture. a 1 Clav.01:28
  • 18Variatio 17. a 2 Clav.01:06
  • 19Variatio 18. Canone alla Sexta. a 1 Clav.00:42
  • 20Variatio 19. a 1 Clav.00:55
  • 21Variatio 20. a 2 Clav.01:06
  • 22Variatio 21. Canone alla Settima. a 1 Clav.01:15
  • 23Variatio 22. a 1 Clav.00:37
  • 24Variatio 23. a 2 Clav.01:01
  • 25Variatio 24. Canone all'Ottava. a 1 Clav.01:16
  • 26Variatio 25. a 2 Clav.04:33
  • 27Variatio 26. a 2 Clav.01:04
  • 28Variatio 27. Canone alla Nona. a 2 Clav.00:55
  • 29Variatio 28. a 2 Clav.01:08
  • 30Variatio 29. a 1 o vero 2 Clav.01:06
  • 31Variatio 30. Quodlibet. a 1 Clav.01:03
  • 32Aria da capo02:18
  • 33String Quartet, Op. 135:47
  • Total Runtime01:15:46

Info for Bach / Gould Project

The long awaited release of the Catalyst Quartet's debut album with Azica Records - The Bach/Gould Project. Having been collectively inspired by Bach's genius and the groundbreaking recording of Glenn Gould's 1955 recording of the Goldberg Variations we have decided to explore and highlight this three dimensional relationship. That being our relationship to Bach, the relationship of Bach to Glenn Gould, and Gould's relationship to the string quartet. Through a collaborative arranging process, the Catalyst Quartet will create the first fully realized 4-voiced version of the Goldberg Variations for string quartet.

The project includes performances and a recording of own arrangement of the complete Goldberg Variations paired with Gould's singular composition, String Quartet, on the Azica Records Label.

The Catalyst Quartet:
Karla Donehew-Perez, violin
Jessie Montgomery, violin
Paul Laraia, viola
Karlos Rodriguez, cello


The Catalyst Quartet
Hailed by the New York Times at their Carnegie Hall debut as “invariably energetic and finely burnished… playing with earthy vigor” the Catalyst Quartet, prize winners of the Gianni Bergamo Classical Music Award 2012 (Switzerland) is comprised of top Laureates and alumni of the internationally acclaimed Sphinx Competition.

Known for “rhythmic energy, polyphonic clarity and tight ensemble-playing” (New York Concert Review). The quartet has toured domestically and abroad including sold out performances at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Chicago’s Harris Theater, the Frank Gehry designed New World Center in Miami, and Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium), to name a few. They have also appeared on multiple radio and television broadcasts such as American Public Media’s Performance Today, Chicago (WFMT), Houston (KUHF), Seattle (KING FM), Vermont Public Radio, Detroit Public Television; and have contributed to online and print media including The Strad and Strings magazine.

The Catalyst Quartet has held residencies and given master classes at institutions such as the University of Washington, University of Michigan, Rice University, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, In Harmony Project (UK), Pennsylvania State University, and the University of South Africa. They also serve as principal faculty at the Sphinx Performance Academy at Oberlin College and Roosevelt University. The Quartet has been guest artists at Festival del Sole, Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, Sitka Music Festival, Juneau Jazz and Classics, the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme, Juilliard String Quartet Seminar, Strings Music Festival, and the Grand Canyon Music Festival.

The Catalyst Quartet’s debut album, The Bach/Gould Project, featuring their own arrangement of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations and Glenn Gould’s String Quartet can be found on the Azica Records label. They are also featured on the album STRUM, the string works of quartet violinist Jessie Montgomery (available fall 2015).

This album contains no booklet.

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