Hovhaness: Spirit Murmur – Shanghai Quartet

Music of Alan Hovhaness and Zhou Long

The Shanghai Quartet

Alan Hovhaness
Bagatelle No. 1, Op. 30 No. 1 (2:01)
Bagatelle No. 2, Op. 30 No. 2 (1:03)
Bagatelle No. 3, Op. 30 No. 3 (1:57)
Bagatelle No. 4, Op. 30 No. 4 (3:32)
String Quartet No. 1, Op 8 “Jupiter” [13:04]
I. Prelude (1:54)
II. Fugue with Four Subjects (4:47)
III. Andante lamentando (4:12)
IV. Fugue (2:02)
Suite from String Quartet No. 2 [4:56]
I. Gamelan in Sosi Style (1:42)
II. Spirit Murmur (1:17)
III. Hymn (1:51)
String Quartet No. 3, Op. 208 No. 1 “Reflections on my Childhood” [Childhood Fantasia in New England] [15:33]
I. Andante; Adagio (8:00)
II. Andante; Poco Allegretto (7:29)
Quartet No. 4, Op. 208 No. 2 “The Ancient Tree” [Under the Ancient Maple Tree] [18:05]
I. Adagio ma non troppo (7:16)
II. Fugue (2:17)
III. Adagio; Andante con moto; Allegro (8:26)

Zhou Long: Song of the Ch’in (8:48)