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The Arts Desk Reviews Patagón!
Graham Rickson reviews our Cindy Cox: Patagón recording in The Arts Desk: “Cindy Cox’s Columba aspexit is based around a chart by Hildegard von Bingen. … What Cox does with her material is fascinating; the use of canons giving the piece a very distinctive character, both archaic and fiercely contemporary. … The quartet writing is…
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Stephen Malinowski Animates Patagón!
Cindy Cox: Patagón Amazon iTunes Apple Music ArkivMusic Spotify See more of Stephen Malinowski’s Animated Scores featuring ASQ recordings:
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Follow Along With The Patagón Score!
Cindy Cox has graciously made her Patagón score available online! Take a look and follow along as you listen! Amazon iTunes Apple Music ArkivMusic Spotify
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More Praise for Patagón
MusicWeb International‘s Paul Corfield Godfrey adds to the growing praise for the Alexander String Quartet’s Cindy Cox: Patagón recording: “The opening Elegy for the difficult and sometimes intractable medium of solo violin does no violence to the nature of the instrument, and indeed begins with a sense of rapture which charms the ear before leading…
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The Whole Note Reviews Patagón
“Cox’s music here is quite fascinating, quite varied and not easy to describe. The composer Robert Carl, writing in Fanfare Magazine, said that “Cox writes music that demonstrates an extremely refined and imaginative sense of instrumental colour and texture … this is well wrought, imaginative, and not easily classifiable music.” It’s exactly that. … Inspired…
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Fanfare Magazine Reviews Patagón
Fanfare Magazine’s Colin Clarke has a new review for our latest recording Patagón featuring the music of Cindy Cox: “Elegy for solo violin is a five-minute, slowly-unfolding, eloquent tribute. Zakarias Grafilo plays it beautifully, particularly the stratospherically-high final section: the music seems to ascend into silence like a spirit finding the higher realms. … Out…
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Patagón Receives 5 Stars from Audiophile Audition!
New ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review from Steven Ritter of Audiophile Audition for Cindy Cox: Patagón: “You want the short review? This is the best new music disc I have heard this year, and you should buy it. That was for those of you shopping and caught up in the Christmas season. … Cox seems to have a…
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Now Available — Patagón : Cindy Cox
This is ASQ’s second recording of Cindy Cox’s first quartet, Columba aspexit, a stunningly difficult yet delicately spiritual work of exquisite beauty. The 2nd Quartet, Patagón, was written at the request of, and dedicated to, the Alexander String Quartet on the occasion of their 30th Anniversary. Cindy wrote this powerfully evocative work chronicling her sabbatical…
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Columba aspexit, after Hildegard von Bingen
Columba aspexit, after Hildegard von Bingen (1995) in four movements, played without pause Columba aspexit has its origins in a chant by the twelfth-century mystic Hildegard. Her visions and prophecies are collected in a large volume called Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum (Symphony of the Celestial Harmonies), and within this collection are fourteen chants, “Columba…
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Explore Patagón with Cindy Cox
Patagón is the ancient, archaic name for the land of Patagonia. My newer compositions increasingly link to nature and landscape, and this latest string quartet evokes the idea of the far away, the other-worldly, and the remote. In 2011, I spent a sabbatical leave in travels to South America, and I was particularly inspired by…
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Cindy Cox — A cherished friend and colleague
Cindy Cox graciously accepted our invitation to write a new quartet to help us celebrate our thirtieth anniversary in 2013. In fact, she recklessly jumped in without a commission in place, agreeing to undertake the work during the sabbatical she was taking with her family in South America. The Quartet has admired her meticulous compositional…
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Cindy Cox: Patagón — Pre-Order Now!
Patagón Now Available for Pre-Order! “Cindy Cox and the Alexander String Quartet have enjoyed a close working relationship for almost two decades, and that strong connection comes across beautifully in this recording of Cox’s Patagón. ASQ approaches the score with their customary flair and polish, mastering the extended techniques and bringing out all the richness…
