PENTATONE releases Ginastera: String Quartets with Miró Quartet in JULY 2025.
A master of vivid contrasts and emotional depth, Ginastera infused his music with the spirit of Argentine folk traditions, bold modernist language, and a profound sense of expression. These three quartets span the entirety of his creative development, tracing a fascinating journey across three distinct stylistic periods. This is the Miró Quartet’s third album on PENTATONE, following the recording of Beethoven’s Complete String Quartets (2019) and Home (2024).
“In the Anglophone and Eurocentric spheres of classical music, Latino composers in general are often given little attention, and when programmed, largely marginalized. But the music of Ginastera, and in particular these quartets, truly defy this trend: the vibrant rhythms, the passionate lyricism, the deep national pride of this music shines through to perennial appeal, and the brilliance and inventiveness of the pieces themselves shine forth as masterworks of compositional technique and innovation on a level of genius matched by few composers of any time period.
Ginastera remains to this day one of the great musical voices of the Americas, an inspiration to the generations of musicians and composers yet to come, and these three quartets hopefully will continue as major works in the core repertoire of the string quartet long into the future.”
John Largess
Miró Quartet
Digital Release Date: 25 JULY 2025
Physical Release: JULY 2025
Released physically on standard CD and digital formats for streaming and high-resolution downloads.