NPR MUSIC: 10 Classical Albums To Usher In The Next Decade
NPR MUSIC: 10 Classical Albums To Usher In The Next Decade
BY TOM HUIZENGA
“The Pulitzer-winning composer's debut album is an object lesson in how to steer the 250-year-old formula of the string quartet deftly into its next chapter. Shaw, still in her 30s, looks back to master practitioners such as Mozart and Haydn — sprinkling traces of them into the mix — to create her kinetic, forward-looking music. The six compositions on Orange are rigorously constructed and presented with precision and utter joy by the Attacca Quartet.”