Title: American Tapestry
Artist: Calidore Quartet
Label: Signum Classics
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 635212097021
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2026-02-13
Number of Discs: 1

American Tapestry by the Calidore String Quartet weaves together a panoramic portrait of American musical expression across the 20th and 21st centuries. The programme spans Samuel Barber's lyrical String Quartet No. 1, featuring the iconic Adagio; Wynton Marsalis's jazz-inflected At the Octoroon Balls; and John Williams's With Malice Toward None-here in it's world premiere string quartet version. The album concludes with Erich Korngold's radiant String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, written in postwar Los Angeles. Together, these works reveal a vibrant continuum of American artistry-a sound world both richly diverse and deeply unified in spirit.

Tracks:
1.1 String Quartet No. 1, Op. 11~I. Molto allegro e appassionato
1.2 String Quartet No. 1, Op. 11~II. Molto adagio
1.3 String Quartet No. 1, Op. 11~III. Molto allegro (come prima)
1.4 At the Octoroon Balls~3. Creole Contradanzas
1.5 At the Octoroon Balls~4. Many Gone
1.6 At the Octoroon Balls~5. Hellbound Highball
1.7 With Malice Toward None (from Lincoln)
1.8 String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 34~I. Allegro moderato
1.9 String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 34~II. Scherzo. Allegro molto
1.10 String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 34~III. Sostenuto. Like a Folk Tune
1.11 String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 34~IV. Finale: Allegro. Allegro con fuoco