Tres movimentos Porteños
José Bragato
Deus Xango
Astor Piazolla
Piano Quintet in A minor - I. Allegro non troppo
Florence Price
Viego Ciego
Catulo Castillo, arranged by Gerardo Moreira
SUREÑO
As we are passionate advocates of the rich music of Latin America, our recording explores music from Buenos Aires featuring Piazzolla's beloved Estaciones Porteñas. It will also bring to light the music of Piazzolla's cellist, José Bragato a fantastic musician and composer in his own right.
KAIA QUARTANGO
Featuring tango music from the Rio de la Plata region, Quartango is an embrace between two musical worlds: the spontaneity and passion of tango with the nuance and blend of the classical string quartet.
“Through Quartango the quartet sings with emotions. The precise rhythm, intonation and blend of sound all work as a unit that serve the music.”
-Mtro. Tulio Belardi, former principal conductor of
Porto Alegre Symphony Orchestra, Brazil
The album brings together tango music from Astor Piazzolla, Carlos Gardel, Osvaldo Fresedo, Pedro Laurenz, Sebastian Piana and Gerardo Matos Rodriguez. Bandoneón player Richard Scofano joins the quartet for two iconic works, La Cumparsita and Milonga de mis amores. Kaia’s combination of classical training and passion for world music makes them uniquely poised to bring the music of Quartango to life.
LATINOAMÉRICA
Latinoamérica is KAIA's debut album. A mix of contemporary classical and folk-influenced music from Latin America for string quartet featuring works composed and arranged by Julián Orbón, Elbio Barilari, Gustavo Leone, Rubén González, Cliff Colnot and Andrés Martínez de Velasco.
New Latin American Music for Guitar & String Quartet
The album beautifully blurs the lines between jazz, classical, Latin and world music.
- Downbeat Magazine
Originations
Ryan Cohan featuring KAIA String Quartet
On Originations, Ryan Cohan brings his broad spectrum of musical influences and sensibilities across multiple genres into focus through a personal lens in his most compelling musical statement to date. With the support of a Chamber Music America New Jazz Works commission (his third), Cohan penned Originations - a stunning work of six integrally linked yet independently standing compositions scored for an eleven-piece jazz chamber ensemble. The narrative driving the music boldly illuminates and affirms the vital human and spiritual connections between disparate traditions and ideologies. Featuring a dynamic symbiosis of Middle Eastern and North African musical themes, Western classical music elements, modern jazz and impressionistic harmonic colors and improvisation, Originations blurs its diverse stylistic ingredients to create a vibrant sonic tapestry woven in Cohan’s distinctive voice.
Become Giant
Matt Ulery featuring KAIA String Quartet
A work of heartbreaking grandeur, Become Giant—the new release by master composer/bassist Matt Ulery on Woolgathering Records—features world-renowned violinist Zach Brock and the brilliant Chicago-based KAIA String Quartet soaring for 36 minutes over a harmonically lush, rhythmically dense, and melodically enchanted musical forest.