Jefferson Friedman Quartets
 | Label: NEW AMSTERDAM RECORDS Catalog: NWAM030 Format: CD CHIARA STRING QUARTET; MATMOSThese compelling essays in high-energy eclecticism have become Jefferson Friedman’s signature works, thanks largely to the Chiara String Quartet’s passionate advocacy. Both quartets have an essentially neo-Romantic frame, but Mr. Friedman heads in unexpected directions, with hints of neo-medievalism, modernist effects and occasional rock influences. The disc includes remixes — imaginative reconfigurations, with added beats, drones and computer timbres — by the electronica band Matmos. ALLAN KOZINN  Price: $17.98 |