{"product_id":"5051083159463","title":"Ardeo Quartet - Xiii - Import CD Digipak","description":"\u003cp\u003eCredits:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArdeo Quartet\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Aldeo Quartet consists of four female members, including Misa Ryō and Yuko Hara.\nTheir highly anticipated new album is a collection of works related to “XIII (Thirteen),” centered on George Crumb’s *Black Angels*.\n\nFormed in 2001 at the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique, the Aldeo Quartet is an ensemble consisting of four female members—including violinist Misa Yang, a familiar face at the La Folle Journée music festival, and the accomplished violist Yuko Hara—and is active both in France and abroad. “Ardeo” means “I burn” in Latin, a phrase that perfectly captures the very attitude with which these four female musicians approach their music. In recent years, they have also received high praise for their recording of the string quartet arrangement of the “Goldberg Variations.”\nTheir highly anticipated new recording on the KLARTHE label is an ambitious collection of works centered on the number “XIII (thirteen).” Centered on *Black Angels: 13 Images from the Underworld* by the American contemporary composer George Crumb (1929–), the album also features “Sonnet No. 164” from Monteverdi’s *Canzoniere* based on Petrarch’s poetry (the opening of No. 13 from Book 8 of the “Madrigals of War and Love”), Schubert’s String Quartet No. 13 “Rosamunde,” Purcell’s Pavane and Chaconne, and a string quartet arrangement of Schubert’s lieder.\nComposed in 1970 during the Vietnam War, Kram’s *Black Angels* is a work comprising 13 movements divided into three major sections: “Departure,” “Absence,” and “Return.” The entire work is structured like a round-trip journey exploring a “world of darkness,” and Kram himself has described it as “an allegory representing the chaotic modern world.” This is a noteworthy recording in which the Aldeo Quartet takes on this challenging yet magnificent work head-on.\nKing International\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Klarthe Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53595504116001,"sku":"5051083159463","price":3190.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/8482\/2076\/files\/5051083159463.jpg?v=1790481390","url":"https:\/\/cdsvinyljapan.com\/products\/5051083159463","provider":"CDs Vinyl Japan Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}