“This is an engaging portfolio of Sybarite5’s recordings, a compilation that reflects well on their instrumental finesse, corporate understanding and expansion of the contemporary repertoire.”
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“It’s a party in a box, probably the last thing a lot of people would expect from a contemporary classical string ensemble.”
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“The title may strike lovers of the eclectic as somewhat misleading, given the album’s steady focus on post-minimal styles. However, anyone with a taste for crisp playing and next-level ensemble coordination will find something to love on this record–it is itself an outlier.”
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“Sybarite5 is a string quintet that here displays a new chapter in American string chamber music. Listeners who loved Yo-Yo Ma and Edgar Meyer’s “Goat Rodeo Sessions” album will eagerly devour this one, exquisitely executed. Leaning close to American fiddle music and taking hints from modern minimalism, this collection is a spectacular one. “
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“Not only are they one of the few dedicated quintet line-ups out there, over the past 12 years they have almost single-handedly rejuvenated the repertoire, commissioning new works at a rate of half a dozen per annum, from some of the most interesting voices on the US contemporary music scene.”
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SYBARITE5 | Outliers | #1 Billboard Traditional Classical Albums
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“All in all, this remarkably original album by Sybarite5, available directly from https://sybarite5.org provides a sampler of the varied music being written today for string ensemble. Sami Merdinian and Sarah Whitney, violins; Angela Pickett, viola; Laura Metcalf, cello; and Louis Levitt, bass are the group’s members and they are extraordinary as soloists and nothing but miraculous as an ensemble, playing their daunting repertory with warm hearts and cool heads .”
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