At last!  The George Rochberg string quartets nos.  3-6, called the
'Concord Quartets' in honor of their dedicatees, the Concord String
Quartet, are finally released in CD format on Nonesuch 80551-2.  The third,
mentioned occasionally in these precincts, is the one with which Rochberg
turned his back on dodecaphonic music and began using eclectic styles
coexisting in the same work.  Its premiere on May 15, 1972 was a cause
celebre.  The LP of the third released shortly afterward was a best-seller.
(Its adagio is frankly one of my favorite quartet movements.) When the
Concord played all three quartets in a concert in 1979, Leonard Bernstein
embraced the composer in a bear hug and called them masterpieces.

So, heads up, Listers. This is a must have for lovers of modern quartets.

Scott Morrison