Del Sol String Quartet: Scrapyard Exotica (2012) [Blu-ray]

'Scrapyard Exotica' is Del Sol String Quartet’s third full studio album from Sono Luminus. The triumvirate of composers featured on this album represent leading voices in very different flavours of music within the classical avant-garde. Diverse influences run the gamut from club beats, to throat singing, to Middle Eastern dance rhythms, from the melodic beauty of Schubert to swinging jazzy grooves to the world of science fiction. Yet each voice is firmly rooted in the here and now, sharing their experiences of life in the 21st century.

Live audiences have been equally stunned by the power of each piece and we are thrilled to bring these recordings to those who haven’t yet heard them in the concert hall. The album begins with Mason Bates’ four exciting 'Bagatelles for String Quartet and Electronica', which was made in collaboration with Del Sol by playing with new sounds in the studio. “Mason the alchemist took our experiments in the studio and morphed them into the electronica track that you hear in Bagatelles", says violist Charlton Lee.

Recorded: 20-21 December 2012
Recording Venue: Osher Salon, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, United States

Треклист:
Mason Bates
Bagatelles for String Quartet and Electronica
1. I. Rough Math
2. II. Scrapyard Exotica
3. III. On a Wire: Mating Dance
4. IV. Viscera

Ken Ueno
5. Peradam

Mohammed Fairouz
The Named Angels
6. I. Mikhail’s Thunder
7. II. Azrael, Malak al-Maut
8. III. Jibreel at HIRA
9. IV. Israfel’s Spell