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Luigi Perrachio, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Piano Quintets (Carpe Diem String Quartet - Including World Premiere Recording)
Dances of the Yogurt Maker - Erberk Eryilmaz
"Well, this is a ride and a half. I had no idea really what to expect from the front cover of the disc except for some folk dancing. That is certainly nailed in place, in music of vibrant life... There is stomping, and some calling out by the performers. It is quite the achievement to convey the energy of the piece within the confines of a studio environment, but somehow the Carpe Diem String Quartet manages it. The plaintive melodies (the penultimate movement) are beautifully done... This is a fascinating disc... [The] performances are faultless, as are the production values, and the music itself is well worthy of your time." ~ Colin Clarke, Fanfare [January/February 2022]
Included in producer Judith Sherman’s 2022 Grammy Award for Producer of the Year.
Winner of the Gold Prize at the 2022 Global Music Awards
Montana - Korine Fujiwara
“The Carpe Diem String Quartet… must be one of the most adventurous groups of its kind. Evidently feeling that attention to living composers begins at home, the players have devoted this entire record to works of its own violist, and with performances of idiomatic empathy and infectious enthusiasm prove that she fully deserves their championship.” ~ Strings Magazine [June 2011]
*Fiddle Suite Montana is a Carpe Diem String Quartet exclusive
Longing - Reza Vali
“It is the improvisational nature of the three works written for and performed by the Carpe Diem Quartet with great gusto and an emphasis on exotic folk and Eastern influences that produces the most powerful effects, as in the eight intriguing meditations of Ormavi, told, the composer says, ‘from a solely Persian perspective’.” ~ Laurence Vittes, Gramophone