Quincy Porter String Quartet No. 3 / Quintet For Oboe And Strings (Elegiac)

Released in 1969 on the Composers Recordings, Inc. (CRI) label, this disc captures a specific moment in mid-century American classical music preservation. CRI was established in 1954 as a non-profit organization specifically to record and distribute works by American composers that were often neglected by major commercial labels, providing an essential archive for academic study and contemporary appreciation.

The recording features the Kohon String Quartet, a group known for their commitment to 20th-century repertoire, performing Quincy Porter's Third String Quartet alongside Robert Bloom and the Yale Quartet on the Quintet for Oboe and Strings. Porter, a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and educator, was celebrated for a lyrical, neo-romantic style that favored clear contrapuntal textures. This release served to document his significant contributions to chamber music during a period when the academic musical establishment sought to solidify the legacies of post-war American figures.