Saygun - Str Qt No 4 - Qt Danel (2004) [Philidor; FLAC]

A titan of modern Turkish music.” – The New York Times

“…Saygun’s music is too unusual to sound familiar, and too intriguing to put listeners off.” – Fanfare

“Ahmed Adnan Saygun can be said to be the Turkish Béla Bartók.” – Stereoplay

“Saygun’s gift of orchestration, and particularly in creating dark, velvety, voluptuous textures from such instruments as low winds, harps, and celesta, means that no matter how complex the music may be, it always falls gratefully on the ear…. If you collect characterful and rewarding contemporary music, you will want this.” – classicstoday.com in a review of a recent recording of Saygun’s Symphony No. 4, Violin Concerto, and Suite Opus 14.

Ahmed Adnan Saygun actually studied informally with Bartok, when the latter visited Turkey on one of his ethnographic expeditions. Saygun learned a lot, and they remained good friends until Bartok's death. His Fourth Quartet was begun very late in life. The composer only lived to complete its first two movements, which are heard here as he left them.

Two bios of Saygun included.


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