On 17 April, the Jupiter Quartet releases its latest album Undreamed Shores on Orchid Classics. It features world-premiere recordings of new string quartets written for the ensemble: Michi Wiancko (To Unpathed Waters, Undreamed Shores), Stephen Andrew Taylor (Chaconne/Labyrinth), and Kati Agócs (Imprimatur, String Quartet No. 2), who are also longtime friends of the group. The three works each explore themes that include climate crisis, the pandemic, memory and re-imagination.
The recording is the Jupiter Quartet’s ninth studio album, and its final album with violinist Nelson Lee, who departed from the group’s lineup in September 2025. He was succeeded by violinist Mélanie Clapiès, who joined the line-up of violinist Meg Freivogel, violist Liz Freivogel and cellist Daniel McDonough.
