Antares, an ensemble founded to perform Messaien's Quartet for the End of Time, releases this recording of two major works written for one of the group's predecessors, the Tashi Quartet, by Peter Lieberson and Roger Reynolds. Both works represent a degree of experimentation for each composer, with Lieberson adopting a Stravinsky-inspired approach to twelve-tone harmony, and Reynolds using Gabriel Garcia Marquez' prose as a model for the syntax of phrasing and ensemble interaction.
