Arditti Quartet
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Biography
The Arditti Quartet, a British string quartet founded in 1974 by violinist Irvine Arditti, initially comprised Arditti, Levine Andrade, Lennox Mackenzie, and John Senter. The group was formed while the members were students at the Royal Academy of Music and quickly gained recognition for their performances of complex contemporary pieces. Their debut concert featured works by Krzysztof Penderecki, marking the beginning of their collaborative approach with composers. The quartet's repertoire expanded rapidly, focusing on compositions by living artists. Notable collaborations include works by Thomas Adès, Luciano Berio, Elliott Carter, and György Ligeti. The Arditti Quartet has performed in prestigious venues worldwide and held the largest discography of any string quartet, with releases such as The Arditti Quartet (1995) and Eliott Carter Chamber Music (2009). In 1999, they received the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize for lifetime achievement.
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- Elegy, for string quartet
- String Quartet No. 2~Alla chitarra
- Fell, for string quartet & electric guitar by Arditti Quartet
- String Quartet No. 2~Quiet heterophony - col legno, vertical spiccato
- String Quartet No. 2~A fast, scherzo-like mechanism of terraced accelerandos
- Pandora's Box
- Wonderful Four-Headed Nightingale
- Fletch
- String Quartet No. 2~A second scherzo, with changing metre
- String Quartet No. 2~Static harmony with microtonal inflexions
- Ruzicka: Klangschatten
- Birtwistle : Pulse Shadows : III Frieze 1
- Birtwistle : Pulse Shadows : II Thread suns
- Ruzicka: ...über ein Verschwinden (String Quartet No. 3)
- Birtwistle : Pulse Shadows : V Fantasia 2
- Ruzicka: ...sich verlierend for String Quartet and Spoken Word (String Quartet No. 4) by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
- ...fragment..., Five Epigrams for String Quartet (2. String Quartet)~2. Eccitato
- Birtwistle : Pulse Shadows : IV White and Light
- ...fragment..., Five Epigrams for String Quartet (2. String Quartet)~1. Molto calmo, statico
- ...fragment..., Five Epigrams for String Quartet (2. String Quartet)~4. Movimentato
- Birtwistle : Pulse Shadows : VII Fantasia 3
- ...fragment..., Five Epigrams for String Quartet (2. String Quartet)~3. Sfasciarsi
- Birtwistle : Pulse Shadows : VI Psalm
- Birtwistle : Pulse Shadows : IX Frieze 2
