Quartet Gerhard

Quartet Gerhard – Quartet Gerhard – harmonia nova #4 (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:08:04 minutes | 1,10 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © harmonia mundi

‘Our quartet is a story of friendship. We know each other since our childhood and we always have shared the passion for playing music and learning.

That decided us one day, around six years ago, to make playing quartets the main endeavour of our lives – because our common ardour was strong and because the differences between our personalities make our music making more vivid.

Robert Gerhard was a Catalan composer – he was born in Valls, which is very near our birth place in Catalunya – and he was a pupil of Schoenberg at the beginning of the XXth century. Thanks to Gerhard, people like Webern, or Schoenberg himself, were visiting Barcelona very often. One can read in their correspondence how amazed they were about the city and the culture at that time, just before the civil war and fascism killed any progress in Spain.

That’s why we took the name of Gerhard, because he was a resolute man; he joined the avantgarde movement of that time and he fought for his idea of music in a way we identify with.’
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Quartet Gerhard – Ad Astra: Debussy-Humet (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 52:04 minutes | 953 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Klarthe Records

Every year, the music industry produces a multitude of albums reflecting various styles, all seeking to emerge and attract an audience flooded with choice. In the background, algorithms and the quest for profit influence our musical tastes. However, for artists, releasing an album is not just about conforming to these standards. It’s a way of evaluating themselves, capturing their intrinsic energy and reflecting beyond appearances. Music acts as a mirror, allowing us to coexist in a chaos free of the constraints and uncertainties that reveal the truth. Each story, like the melody, is woven from emerging absences and silences, exploring the infinity of our perspective. This album is not about affirmation, but about celebrating life, revealing the essence of everyday moments and the authenticity of emotions. It’s an ode to existence, capturing the subtlety of human emotion and the magic of the everyday.
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