Good to know Pete. I was worried that the new pop LPs would sound like the CDs, which sound like mp3s.
This is an awesome album. Perfect recording. Dynamics, space, tone are all there very intense. This may be the best recorded string quartet record I have. Naxos is always good, but this is ridiculous.
The music is very unique, original, modern, smart. The band is very tight, extremely well rehearsed for this tough music. Feels like they have something to prove, like the greatest musicians always do. The overall theme of the recording is all about dynamics. Obviously the loudness dynamics are here but every facet of music is taken to extreme. Chaos and harmony, dread and humor, peace and violence, dissonance and simple harmony. I have never heard such innovative and original effects and techniques written for string quartet. This is very entertaining and enlightening.
This is my kind of music!
Here's a video from the recording of this record:
Linkhttp://www.parkerquartet.com/