Quartets: One – Four Peter Gregson

• Peter Gregson (b. 1987): Quartets: One:
• 1Gregson: Quartets: One: I. Primary Colours06:11
• 2Gregson: Quartets: One: II. The Day Before03:10
• 3Gregson: Quartets: One: III. Sequence (Three)02:32
• 4Gregson: Quartets: One: IV. Space05:12
• 5Gregson: Quartets: One: V. Duplicity06:00
• Quartets: Two:
• 6Gregson: Quartets: Two: I. Sequence (Four)04:30
• 7Gregson: Quartets: Two: II. Warmth04:22
• 8Gregson: Quartets: Two: III. Plainchant04:21
• 9Gregson: Quartets: Two: IV. Drone05:55
• Quartets: Three:
• 10Gregson: Quartets: Three: I. Even05:37
• 11Gregson: Quartets: Three: II. Up02:43
• 12Gregson: Quartets: Three: III. Sequence (Eight)03:19
• 13Gregson: Quartets: Three: IV. Cantus04:49
• 14Gregson: Quartets: Three: V. Murmuration03:37
• 15Gregson: Quartets: Three: VI. …from a memory05:49
• Quartets: Four:
• 16Gregson: Quartets: Four: I. Three Parallels: 105:14
• 17Gregson: Quartets: Four: II. Three Parallels: 205:02
• 18Gregson: Quartets: Four: III. Three Parallels: 304:41
• Total Runtime01:23:04

Info for Quartets: One – Four

Renowned composer, cellist and Deutsche Grammophon recording artist Peter Gregson presents his sixth studio album, Quartets. The deluxe edition of the album unites pieces from earlier albums Quartets: One, Two, Three and Four, completing the conceptual cycle the composer set out for himself of creating a "quartet of quartets."

"The String Quartet is a mighty instrument in itself, an incredible sound and deliciously expressive medium for which to write with an unparalleled repertoire going back hundreds of years." - Peter Gregson.

Gregson has enjoyed a long and successful career with the cello as its center point, having composed for films, TV series as well as releasing his own highly acclaimed material. This latest album is a deep exploration of the string quartet highlighting all its hidden potential. In the album, Gregson invites listeners on an emotive journey that moves from an entirely acoustic body of work in Quartets: One, to increasingly adding synthesizers and electronic effects such as reverbs, delays and harmonizers to create rich sonic textures in Quartets: Two and Three to later return to an all-acoustic set-up and his original classical sound world in Quartets: Four. The album illustrates Gregson's unparalleled intimacy with the cello and his mastery of using electronic effects that enhance the instrument in a way that feels wholly natural and almost imperceptible. Recorded in world-class studios including Abbey Road Studio 3, Quartets is an essential album for anyone who's passionate about strings.

Peter Gregson, synthesizer, composer, producer
Warren Zielinski, violin
Ben Hancox, violin
Magdalena Filipczak, violin
James Boyd, viol
Meghan Cassidy, viol
Laurie Anderson, viol
Richard Harwood, cello
Ashok Klouda, cello

Peter Gregson
is a cellist and composer "working at the forefront of the new music scene" (The New Yorker) Recently, he has premiered works by composers including Tod Machover, Daníel Bjarnason, Gabriel Prokofiev, Max Richter, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Steve Reich, and Sally Beamish; he collaborates with many of the world’s leading technologists, including Microsoft Labs, UnitedVisualArtists, Reactify and the MIT Media Lab.

Peter developed and was commissioned to compose ‘The Listening Machine‘, a data sonification of Twitter in collaboration with Daniel Jones and Britten Sinfonia for the BBC/Arts Council’s “The Space”, where it ran continuously between May-January 2013.

His debut solo album, ‘Terminal’, was commissioned by Bowers & Wilkins and launched in April 2010. A limited edition 10′′ vinyl was commissioned by Mute in May 2011, featuring new solo works for Peter written by Max Richter and Jóhann Jóhannsson and was released at the ‘Short Circuit’ Festival at The Roundhouse. In May 2012, Nonclassical released Gabriel Prokofiev’s ‘Cello Multitracks’, a cello suite written for Peter which the two have toured around the world.

'Lights in the Sky', his second studio album, composed for cello, piano, and analogue synthesisers, was released at Imogen Heap's 'Reverb Festival' in August 2014.

His third studio album, TOUCH, will be released on Sono Luminus in August 2015.

In demand for his work across major film and television soundtracks, Spitfire Audio developed a sample library of Peter's extended techniques and sounds from his blue, five-string electric cello, all recorded at Pixel, his studio in London.

The score to his first feature film, 'A Little Chaos' , directed by Alan Rickman and starring Kate Winslet and Matthias Schoenaerts, is available now on Milan Records.

This album contains no booklet.