Unbound by Jasper String Quartet

The seven pieces on this album represent a collection of treasures we’ve discovered from this century. One of these pieces, Annie Gosfield’s “The Blue Horse Walks on the Horizon” was written expressly for our quartet. The rest we unearthed as we sifted through the vibrant and varied landscape of music being created today. We sought to find a set of pieces that were both enchanting on their own and together represent a cohesive aesthetic. From the immense technical challenges of Judd Greenstein’s “Four on the Floor”, the meditative contemplation of David Lang’s “almost all the time”, to the raw emotion and vivid imagery of Missy Mazzoli’s “Death Valley Junction”, these pieces represent an incredible diversity of sound and style. Yet they all reside comfortably in this wonderful tradition of string quartets, of which we are lucky enough to be a part.

—Jasper String Quartet

Tracklist

1.	Caroline Shaw - Valencia	5:57

2.	Missy Mazzoli - Death Valley Junction	8:53

3.	Annie Gosfield - The Blue Horse Walks on the Horizon	16:23

4.	Judd Greenstein - Four on the Floor	10:45

5.	David Lang - almost all the time	18:02

6.	Donnacha Dennehy - Pushpulling	5:11

7.	Ted Hearne - Excerpts from the middle of something (from Law of Mosaics)	3:39