{"id":44952,"date":"2024-07-09T15:20:28","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T13:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4bbd9062-72d0-42b9-a0a4-a7e6187be602"},"modified":"2024-07-09T15:36:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T13:36:05","slug":"american-voices","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/american-voices\/","title":{"rendered":"American Voices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By <\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 09 July 2024 at 13:20 PM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>In his review, Michael Jameson highly recommends the Pacifica Quartet\u2019s new collection of stunning performances, a\u00a0superb slice of Americana&#8230;<\/p><p><strong>American Voices<\/strong><br\/>Dvo\u0159\u00e1k: String Quartet in F major \u2018American\u2019; Price: String Quartet in G major; Gruenberg: Four Diversions for String Quartet; James Lee III: Pitch In*<br\/>Pacifica Quartet; *Uniting Voices\/Josephine Lee<br\/><em>Cedille CDR 90000 228\u00a0\u00a0\u00a065:23 mins\u00a0<\/em><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/REVIEWS-CHAMBER-CHOICE-Price-Four-Diversions-for-String-Quartet.mp3\"\/><\/figure><h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-clip-florence-price-four-diversions-for-string-quartet\">Clip: Florence Price \u2013 Four Diversions for String Quartet<\/h6><p>This appetising miscellany of Americana from the Pacifica Quartet opens with an invigorating account of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/antonin-dvorak\">Dvo\u0159\u00e1k<\/a>\u2019s perennial F major string quartet. <\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/best-american-composers-ever\">25 best American composers of all time<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>Affectionately and adroitly played, theirs is a very impressive performance indeed, with buoyantly-sprung rhythms underscoring the folkish elements of this much over-subscribed work to the degree that virtually every bar sounds freshly-minted. <\/p><p>Particularly memorable is the cellist\u2019s winningly under-stated playing in the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/musical-terms\/lento-music-definition\">Lento<\/a><\/em>\u00a0slow movement.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/guide-florence-price\">Florence Price<\/a>\u2019s music has belatedly found currency in recent times. <\/p><p>While derivative, hers is a distinctive yet always cultivated voice, as evidenced by this skilfully-crafted G major quartet, begun in 1929, yet sadly left incomplete. <\/p><p>Of its two extant movements, the lyrical outpourings of the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/musical-terms\/what-andante\">Andante<\/a><\/em>\u00a0vividly recollect American hymn melodies and the Pacifica Quartet play with moving conviction.<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/articles\/best-pieces-music-inspired-american-folk-tunes\">The best pieces of music inspired by American folk tunes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>Louis Gruenberg (1884-1964) composed prolifically across many genres, but is all but forgotten today. <\/p><p>His\u00a0<em>Four Diversions<\/em>, Op. 32, written in 1930, are taxing and complex virtuoso studies, often jazz-influenced and brimming with excitement and incident in this stunning new account. <\/p><p>I knew this work only from a GM Recordings CD from 1986, now unavailable but comprehensively eclipsed by this newcomer. <\/p><p>Finally, you probably wouldn\u2019t be acquring this album just for James Lee III\u2019s meandering\u00a0<em>Pitch In<\/em>\u00a0(commissioned for this project); its inclusion doesn\u2019t diminish this otherwise superb release. <\/p><p>Highly recommended.\u00a0<em>Michael Jameson<\/em><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"American Voices Trailer 1\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p_YOsPLaY2s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>American Voices<\/em> Trailer<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Published: Tuesday, 09 July 2024 at 13:20 PM In his review, Michael Jameson highly recommends the Pacifica Quartet\u2019s new collection of stunning performances, a\u00a0superb slice of Americana&#8230; 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