ELECTRONICS ENTERING STRING QUARTET WORLD
Vincent Calianno’s world-premiere string quartet was considerably more than four players given its bonus offering: added prerecorded tracks of electronics, voices, and even more string sounds. Entitled “A History of the String Quartet in its Natural Habitat,” this catalogue traces the evolution of both media—chamber music as well as electronic enhancement—starting stylistically about 1900, going from fully structural to aleatoric music to the present times. Calianno, 39, offers a lot of subtle solo-instrumental work building up to outbursts in ebb…