Arditti Quartet, Sarah Maria Sun - Pandora's Box: Saunders, Mason, Bedford, Zorn (2014)

These four must be stopped, Paul Griffiths wrote more than 25 years ago about the widely praised Arditti Quartet, referring to these excellent musicians talent for making wonderful music
irrespective of the quality of the actual composition. As regards the present album, though, we need not worry about this
dilemma, given that each of the compositions by Rebecca Saunders, Benedict Mason, Luke Bedford, and John Zorn is a
little masterpiece in its own right. At the 2013 edition of col legno s Vienna Modern festival, the Arditti Quartet
performed two concerts, and from the live recordings the label has selected four pieces, all released for the first time. The Arditti Quartet has not only helped to shape our perception of contemporary music over the past 40 years but, thanks to their accumulated experience, these four musicians also exemplify the future of this fascinating musical universe.