• Ames Piano Quartet releases latest recording

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  The Ames Piano Quartet, the resident chamber music ensemble at Iowa State, released its eighth recording on Feb. 1.
  
  The CD is comprised of recently composed American piano quartets included the featured work, "Dark Rosaleen - Rhapsody on an air of James Joyce" by Lee Hoiby. This one movement, 20-minute piece was written especially for the Ames Piano Quartet in 2000. The Ames Town and Gown Chamber Music Association commissioned the piece to celebrate that group’s 50th anniversary.
  
  Also included on the recording is a piano quartet by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer William Bolcom written in 1976.
  
  "In contrast to the lyrical and tonal character of the Hoiby, the Bolcom is a strikingly dissonant and powerful work," said William David, pianist with the Ames Piano Quartet.
  
  Also on the CD is "Variants" by Richard Willis, a composer based at Baylor University until his death in 1997.
  
  The CD has been released through Albany Records and is available for purchase at www.albanyrecords.com.
  
  The Ames Piano Quartet has also recorded another CD. That recording features the the works by Czech composers Martinu, Suk and Novak. No release date has yet been established for this CD.
  
  The Ames Piano Quartet was founded in 1976 as resident ensemble at Iowa State. Since that time, the Quartet has performed over 500 professional engagements in 40 states, in Austria, France, the Far East and January 2003 performances in Cuba.
  
  Members of the group includeWilliam David, piano; Mahlon Darlington, violin; Jonathan Sturm, viola; and George Work, cello.
  
  

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