John Corigliano: Music for String Quartet

Copy at Case Memorial Library
Contents: Snapshot, circa 1909 (5:22); A black November turkey (originally for a cappella chorus; arranged by the composer; 2:55); String quartet (1995) (32:22)/ John Corigliano — String quartet no. 2 (1998)/ Jefferson Friedman (21:39).
Personnel: Corigliano Quartet (Michael Jinsoo Lim, Lina Bahn, violins; Melia Watras, viola; Jeffrey Zeigler, violoncello).
Russell Platt wrote in the New Yorker: "Half magus, half magpie, this quintessential New York composer assembles works of piercing tenderness from the shards of twentieth-century music. The Corigliano Quartet plays its signature piece with persuasive devotion; a startlingly mature quartet by Corigliano’s student Jefferson Friedman rounds out the album" ("Classical Notes: Best of 2007," 1/21/08, p. 14). Other items on Mr. Platt's top ten list for 2007 include Marc-André Hamelin's recording of Haydn piano sonatas and the Budapest Festival Orchestra recording of Josephs Legende by Richard Strauss.