CLASSIC AL A UDI O AMARA PIANO QUARTET AMERICAN PIANO QUARTETS FDS58035 | 856092001353 1 CD | SRP: US $18.99 CA $22.99 COMPOSER: Lee Hoiby • Walter Piston • Paul Schoenfield • George Tsontakis ARTIST: Amara Piano Quartet TRACK LIST: Piano Quartet No. 3 01. I. Barren - Dolce cantabile - Desolate 02. II. Legato - Liquid 03. III. Breezy - Vigorous 04. Carolina Reveille 05. Dark rosaleen - Rhapsody on an Air Quartet 06. I. Leggiero e scorrevole 07. II. Adagio sostenuto 08. III. Allegro vivo • This album marks the debut recording of the Amara Piano Quartet, the successor to the Ames Piano Quartet, whose distinguised performing history spanned the last thirty-six years. • Once pianist William David and violinist Mahlon Darlington retired in 2012, Jonathan Sturm and George Work welcomed Borivoj Martinic-Jercic and Mei-Hsuan Hunga to the group. • The quartet was named “Amara”, a name connoting mythic paradise in Abyssinia. On this albu, they start of their discography with works by Tsontakis, Schoenfield, and several others. DISTRIBUTED BY RELEASE DATE: 10/14/16 NAXOS OF AMERICA | NAXOS OF CANADA | NEW RELEASE 51