British Invasion

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The Alexander String Quartet and guitarist William Kanengiser form a dynamic collaboration that explores the music of Sting, Led Zeppelin, John Dowland and The Beatles by way of contemporary composers Ian Krouse, Dušan Bogdanović and Leo Brouwer.


In this project, William Kanengiser and the Alexander String Quartet pay tribute to a group of English musicians who conquered the musical world with their revolutionary explorations. From the Elizabethan lutenist John Dowland to the pop/rock icons Sting, The Beatles and Led Zeppelin, these artists made a lasting impact far from the shores of their small island. Their music served as inspiration for a set of compositions for guitar and string quartet by the talented composers Ian Krouse, Dušan Bogdanović and Léo Brouwer. It is especially appropriate that the guitar sits squarely at the center of these works, as the plucked string was the primary musical voice of these British innovators.


Track Listing

Labyrinth (On a Theme of Led Zeppelin)

Ian Krouse (20:23)

  1. Labyrinth, I: Theme, “Friends” by J. Page & R. Plant
  2. Labyrinth, II: L’istesso tempo, Adagio
  3. Labyrinth, III: Tempo 1
  4. Labyrinth, IV: Quasi Passacaglia
  5. Labyrinth, V: Lento ma sempre stringendo; Tempo 1–Quasi Fugue
  6. Labyrinth, VI: Conclusion

Prisms: Six Songs by Sting

STING — Dušan Bogdanović (19:04)

  1. Prisms, 1: Every Breath You Take (Prelude)
  2. Prisms, 2: Message in a Bottle (Dance)
  3. Prisms, 3: Shape of My Heart (Ballad)
  4. Prisms, 4: Fields of Gold (Choral)
  5. Prisms, 5: Roxanne (Passacaglia)
  6. Prisms, 6: Desert Rose (Dance)

Music in Four Sharps (On Dowland’s ‘Frog Galliard’)

Ian Krouse (13:33)

  1. Music in Four Sharps (On Dowland’s ‘Frog Galliard’)

From Beatlerianas

Lennon/McCartney — Léo Brouwer (14:10)

  1. Eleanor Rigby
  2. She’s Leaving Home
  3. Penny Lane
  4. Yesterday