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String Quartet No 3 "Mishima" (1985)
- Dunvagen Music Publishers Inc (World)
The quartet is based on music from the film "Mishima"
Programme Note
Mishima String Quartet (String Quartet No.3) originally appeared as parts of the film score for Mishima by film maker Paul Schrader. The film follows a complex narrative structure which divides the life of this famous contemporary Janpaeses novelist into 3 parts - his childhood, his mature years and the last day of his life. These subjects were intercut to produce a shifting kaleidoscopic vision of Mishima's life. The scenes of his childhood were filmed in black and white and scored for String Quartet. At the time of writing the film music, I anticipated the String Quartet section would be extracted form the film score and made into a concert piece in its own right.
© Philip Glass
© Philip Glass
Scores
Score sample
Discography
First Light: Muhly & Glass
- LabelPentatone
- Catalogue NumberPTC5186745
- EnsembleNorwegian Chamber Orchestra
- SoloistPekka Kuusisto, violin; Nico Muhly, piano
- Released4th June 2021
Kronos Quartet Performs Philip Glass
- LabelNonesuch
- Catalogue Number79356-2
- EnsembleKronos Quartet
Complete String Quartets
- LabelSignum Classics
- Catalogue NumberSIGCD117
- EnsembleThe Smith Quartet
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