Stephan Thelen: World Dialogue
Hot on the heels of two successful albums
(as leading member of Sonar w. David Torn), Swiss
composer and guitarist Stephan Thelen presents his
first named RareNoise release, World Dialogue.
World Dialogue casts a light on Stephan Thelen’s work
as a contemporary classical composer. It features
four works for String Quartet, composed over the last decade,
performed by the Kronos Quartet and the Al Pari Quartet.
‘World Dialogue’, ‘Silesia’ and ‘Chaconne’, composed
between 2006 and 2018, were performed and recorded
by the Al Pari Quartet in Berlin earlier this year.
‘Circular Lines’ was commissioned then performed in 2017
by the Kronos Quartet as part of their ’50 For The Future:
The KronosLearning Repertoire’ series of commissions.
These four beautiful compositions shed an important light
on Stephan’s work as a an important contemporary
minimalist, polyrhythmic composer.
