Price: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor; Five Folksongs in Counterpoint; Sowerby: String Quartet in G minor

Naxos's exploration of the works of Florence Price continues with this album of music for string quartet. Price and Leo Sowerby were contemporaries in the Chicago music community of the 1930s and 1940s, and they are known to have respected each other's works. Sowerby's String Quartet in G minor is a world premiere recording. Performed by the Avalon String Quartet - one of America's leading chamber music ensembles.