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- Artist: Quartet San Francisco
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- Release Date: 2006
- Total Time: 63:26
- Genre: Classical
Review
Quartet San Francisco is much in the same spirit as the Turtle Island String Quartet, though their primary focus on this classical crossover CD is on Latin music, especially the tango. Violinists Jeremy Cohen and Kayo Miki, violist Emily Onderdonk and cellist Joel Cohen have a strong chemistry and the ability to engage in the most intricate interplay, while still incorporating improvisation into their performances. They suggest the presence of the late composer Astor Piazzolla's bandoneon in the moving interpretation of the sorrowful "Melodia en la Menor" and engage in a bit of playfulness in Chick Corea's "Armando's Rhumba," one of several tunes that add percussionist John Santos. The influence of the Turtle Island String Quartet is apparent in their lively arrangement of Leonard Bernstein's "Cool" (from the Broadway musical West Side Story). The sole original is Jeremy Cohen's "Crawdambo," a delightful mambo blending a number of musical influences, written in tribute to his late teacher, Anne Crowden. This is an auspicious release by a contemporary string quartet that will hopefully get the opportunity to record on a frequent basis. ~ Ken Dryden, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Cachita, for string quartet & percussion | Rafael Hernández | (2:44) | |
| Milongueando en el 40 | (2:56) | ||
| Crowdambo, for string quartet & percussion | (4:17) | ||
| A los amigos, for string quartet | (4:55) | ||
| Felicia, for string quartet | (2:41) | ||
| Felipe, for string quartet | (5:01) | ||
| La Cumparsita, for tango orchestra | (4:21) | ||
| Melodia en La menor (Melody in A minor), for bandoneón & strings | Astor Piazzolla | (4:43) | |
| Libertango, tango | Astor Piazzolla | (2:32) | |
| Armando's Rhumba, for string quartet & percussion | Chick Corea | (3:26) | |
| El día que me quieras (The Day When You Love Me), tango song for voice & o | Carlos Gardel | (4:43) | |
| Taquito militar, for tango ensemble | Mariano Mores | (4:03) | |
| Comme il faut, tango | (2:41) | ||
| Gallo Ciego | (4:09) | ||
| West Side Story, musical~Cool | Leonard Bernstein | (4:34) | |
| Nuevo tango, tango | Astor Piazzolla | (5:32) |
