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George Crumb / John Cage / The Concord String Quartet
Landmark 1976 recording of Crumb and Cage string quartet works performed by the Concord String Quartet, exemplifying American experimental classical music.
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This 1976 release documents two seminal works of American avant-garde music: George Crumb's "Black Angels," a haunting string quartet exploring extended techniques and microtonal sonorities, and John Cage's "String Quartet in Four Parts," representing the composer's late-period return to traditionally notated yet conceptually radical composition. The Concord String Quartet's interpretation bridges experimental and classical traditions, capturing the profound influence of twentieth-century compositional innovation on chamber music performance practice.