Sono Luminus is proud to bring you the second CD from The Jasper String Qt, The Kernis Project: Schubert, pairing the celestial works of Aaron Jay Kernis and Franz Schubert. This enchanting project is the follow-up to their previous release, The Kernis Project: Beethoven (DSL92142).


Not only do Schubert and Kernis both ruminate in the angelic and spiritual realms for these works, their overall compositional structures are strikingly similar. Both feature monumental opening movements, transcendent slow movements, short and driving scherzos, and devilish finales. Though different in many respects, these two works garner startling parallels despite the 166 years between them.

Winner of the 2012 Cleveland Quartet Award, the Jasper String Qt has been hailed as 'sonically delightful and expressively compelling' (The Strad) and as 'powerful' (The New York Times). They play 'with sparkling vitality and great verve, ...polished, engaged, and in tune with one another.' (Classical Voice of North Carolina) Based in New Haven, CT, the Jasper Qt enjoys prestigious appointments as 2010-12 Quartet-in-Residence at Oberlin Conservatory (Oberlin, OH) and Ensemble-in-Residence at Classic Chamber Concerts (Naples, FL).