Clouds 2 - "Possible-à-chaque-instant..." string quartet No. 7

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Peter Ruzicka has had a considerable impact on the world of music for decades, not only as a general director (among others at the Salzburg Festival, the Hamburg State Opera, and the Munich Biennale), but also as a highly sought-after conductor and composer on the international stage. On July 3, 2018, Peter Ruzicka celebrated his 70th birthday. This CD, the seventh in the NEO catalog, was released on this occasion.||||The Minguet Quartet won the ECHO Klassik Award 2010 for its complete recording of Ruzicka's string quartets (numbers 1-6 at the time). This CD is a logical and perhaps necessary continuation of the series: In addition to String Quartet No. 7 - which, at over 40 minutes long, is much more extensive than its predecessors - it includes CLOUDS 2 for string quartet and orchestra conducted by the composer. Ruzicka says that in this work, he was guided by the image of music that is in search of a sound he has never heard himself before, and which has never occurred before in all his works.