In 2023, Jürg Frey celebrated his 70th Birthday, and the modestly captivating Swiss composer had numerous celebrations across the globe. This new album released in Winter 2023, is a treasure which demonstrates the power a long-term relationship can have between a composer and an ensemble.
Frey’s quartet is the third written especially for the Bozzini Quartet over the span of 20 years. In the five movements of the work time feels frozen, to the point that the almost grandiose final movement flies by, despite being three times longer than the preceding movements.
Frey’s music can be naively described as simplistic as notes hang lost in space and time — but the music it is not “easy music.” The great contradiction in Frey’s work — complex simplicity — is what draws the ear in, and Bozzini’s ability to play this with passion and skill that it feels like they inhale and exhale Frey’s delicate tones.
