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Canons + Hoquets
(CQB 0704, 2007)

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Description

Two contemporary artists, each strong and distinct. Skempton’s expansive canons offset Kondo’s continuous hockets. Jo Kondo: “I am interested in words more than in sentences, in sentences more than in paragraphs, in paragraphs more than in a whole page. Thus, it could be said that in music I am more concerned with each sound than with the phrases they create.” Howard Skempton: “The power of music to inspire confidence is more than equalled by its ability to alleviate anxiety. Through music we are no longer manipulated by time… We can stem the tide of time through the practice of repetition; or through silence, the last refuge of the fastidious.”

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Reviews

“Mai avremmo sospettato che da quattro archi si potessero ricavare una così variegata tavolozza cromatica: musica davvero “abbacinante”!”

Wonderous Stories #13:36 (Italy), July 2008

“Le qualità strumentali del quartetto canadese che porta il nome della sua violoncellista Isabelle Bozzini, sua fondatrice nel 1999 si possono riscontrare qui più sulle caratteristiche del suono (ottimo), piuttosto che sul fraseggio (molto controllato).”

Altremusiche (Italy), June 2008

“Es ist hörbar Musik, zu der das hervorragende kanadische Quatuor Bozzini eine große Affinität besitzt. So wird jede Gestalt nachdrücklich, jeder Zusammenklang bekommt Raum und Tiefe.”

Neuen Musikzeitung (Germany), May 2008

“In their similarities and differences they make an inspiring anthology…”

Vital #624 (Netherlands), April 2008

“Le premier affectionne les canons sensuels et langoureux; le second préfère une musique primesautière et nerveuse.”

CFLX, Délire actuel (Québec), January 2008

“The revered Montreal-based Quatuor Bozzini are great modern explorers. Transcending musical traditions is their entire raison d’être. […] a confident work of art; something other-worldly, textured, occasionally repetitious, fragmented, canonic and medieval. It’ll freak your entourage, and inspire you to new heights. It’s gloriously pompous, really.”

Panpot (Québec), October 2007

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