ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET
Erich Wolfgang Korngold Piano Quintet in E major
This exuberant EP is one of two not-to-be-missed farewell albums from the beloved St. Lawrence String Quartet. Go for a ride with SLSQ in this wild fantastical journey by Erich Wolfgang Korngold,
SLSQ’s celebrated founding violinist Geoff Nuttall passed away in 2022 from pancreatic cancer. Phenotypic Recordings will donate all proceeds from this album to the Geoff Nuttall Memorial Fund for cancer research at Stanford University.
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ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET
“Modern,” “dramatic,” “superb,” “wickedly attentive,” “with a hint of rock 'n roll energy” are just a few ways critics describe the musical phenomenon that is the St. Lawrence String Quartet (SLSQ). The SLSQ is renowned for the intensity of its performances, its breadth of repertoire, and its commitment to concert experiences that are at once intellectually exciting and emotionally alive.
Founded in Toronto in 1989, the SLSQ were renowned for their high-energy, deeply expressive, and “take no prisoners” approach to all music, and beloved for nurturing an engaged and inclusive musical community. As Alex Ross of The New Yorker aptly noted, “the SLSQ is remarkable not simply for the quality of their music-making, exalted as it is, but for the joy they take in the act of connection.”
Well-known for performing a broad and eclectic repertoire, SLSQ were especially regarded for their commitment to the music of Haydn and new music.
Album Information
COMPOSER: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
TITLE: Piano Quintet in E Major Op. 15
ARTISTS: St. Lawrence String Quartet (Geoff Nuttall, violin; Owen Dalby, violin; Lesley Robertson, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello)
SUMMARY: The show-stopping farewell album from the beloved St. Lawrence String Quartet,
CREDITS: Recorded at Bing Concert Hall in Stanford University, December 14 and 15, 2021 | Produced and Engineered by Mark Willsher | Album design by Aryahi Naomi Onaga | Cover photo by Eric Cheng
MUSIC WITH A MISSION: Phenotypic Recordings will donate all proceeds to the Geoff Nuttall Memorial Fund for pancreatic cancer research at Stanford University
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I. Mäßiges Zeitmaß, Mit Schwungvoll Blühendem Ausdruck
II. Adagio. Mit Größter Ruhe, Stets Äußerst Gebunden Und Ausdrucksvoll
III. Finale. Gemessen, Beinahe Pathetisch
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This album [together with Haydn Emperor & Sunrise] mark the end of an era for the St. Lawrence. They were recorded in December of 2021 at Stanford's Bing Concert Hall shortly after Geoff Nuttall received a devastating cancer diagnosis. A few months later, he was gone.
We are forever grateful to have had the opportunity to come together one last time with our dear friend Stephen Prutsman for this performance of Korngold’s monumental Piano Quintet —-a deeply meaningful final collaboration representing thirty years of friendship.
— St. Lawrence String Quartet
