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Aboutcage Vol. 10: String Quartet In Four Parts, Five3
The string quartet - cornerstone of classical music - becomes, for John Cage, a field of exploration and challenge. This CD presents two masterpieces, distant in time but kindred in spirit, that show how Cage reinvented a traditional ensemble from within. String Quartet in Four Parts (1950) and Five3 (1991) are milestones of a writing that avoids convention, seeking instead new listening spaces and active silence. The trombones presence in Five3 opens unexpected horizons, between spirituality and substance. Interpretative precision and the performers alignment become not only technical necessities, but part of the creative process itself. This is a recording that invites us to reconsider the idea of the "classical", transforming it into a living, surprising, essential experience.