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VSQ Performs The Weeknd

By Jessica Apperson

 

The Weeknd’s music is re-envisioned by Vitamin String Quartet, putting a classical spin on the singer’s dark and sensuous R&B. Listen as The Weeknd’s intoxicating slow jams are arranged for the traditional quartet of two violins, viola and cello as VSQ takes on “Starboy,” “Earned It,” “Can’t Feel My Face,” and more.

Read more here - http://consequenceofsound.net/2017/02/vitamin-string-quartet-premiere-cover-of-the-weeknds-starboy-listen/

Listen on Spotify - http://vsq.io/VSQWeekndSpotify

Listen on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/vsq-performs-the-weeknd/id1201004549

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VSQ's arrangement of "True Love Waits" Available Now!

By Jessica Apperson

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0141_cover_300dpi Vitamin String Quartet has brought a sophisticated twist to your favorite pop and rock tunes for more than a decade. Now these exclusive VSQ string arrangements are available for purchase. Each edition includes a score and four individual parts for Violin I, Violin II, Viola and Cello.

Digital Delivery Edition – Download and print your favorite VSQ arrangement immediately with VSQ’s Digital Delivery Edition. All Digital Delivery Editions can also be viewed on up to six devices, including desktop computers, laptops and mobile devices. Click here for more information.

PLEASE NOTE: There may be differences between this sheet music arrangement and that of any corresponding Vitamin String Quartet recordings.

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VSQ Performs Radiohead's "True Love Waits" & "Burn the Witch"

By Jessica Apperson

VSQ Performs Radiohead's

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For their newest single, Vitamin String Quartet continue their decade-plus exploration of the music of Radiohead.  On this release, they focus in on the bookending tracks from Radiohead’s latest A Moon Shaped Pool; driving, ominous opener “Burn the Witch” and sparse, melancholic closer “True Love Waits.”

Official Store - http://vsq.io/2gvSAo1

Listen on Spotify - http://vsq.io/2gIJkuB

Listen on iTunes - https://itun.es/us/ox6rgb

Amazon - http://vsq.io/2gJm4g7   

 

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Available Now: VSQ Arrangement of Muse's "Knights of Cydonia"

By Jessica Apperson

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Vitamin String Quartet has brought a sophisticated twist to your favorite pop and rock tunes for more than a decade. Now these exclusive VSQ string arrangements are available for purchase. Each edition includes a score and four individual parts for Violin I, Violin II, Viola and Cello.

Digital Delivery Edition – Download and print your favorite VSQ arrangement immediately with VSQ’s Digital Delivery Edition. All Digital Delivery Editions can also be viewed on up to six devices, including desktop computers, laptops and mobile devices. Click here for more information.

PLEASE NOTE: There may be differences between this sheet music arrangement and that of any corresponding Vitamin String Quartet recordings, including any studio version.

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Now Available: VSQ Performs the Rock Hits of 2016!

By Jessica Apperson

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VSQ Performs the Rock Hits of 2016 features VSQ’s renditions of the biggest rock and alternative hits of the year. Check it out as viola, violin, and cello take on the hard-rockin’ funk of Red Hot Chili Peppers, the sparse, atmospheric soundscapes of Radiohead, and the anthemic pop-punk of blink-182 and Panic! at The Disco.

 

  1. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dark Necessities
  2. The Lumineers - Ophelia
  3. Panic! at the Disco - Victorious
  4. Fitz & the Tantrums - HandClap
  5. blink-182 - Bored to Death
  6. X-Ambassadors - Unsteady
  7. Radiohead - Daydreaming

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Our Daft Punk Tribute on the Billboard Charts!

By Jessica Apperson

VSQ performs Daft Punk's Random Access Memories

VSQ Performs Daft Punk's Random Access Memories vinyl was the Hot Shot Debut on the Classical Album charts for its first week release on Record Store Day.  We’ve launched our latest tribute and it has soared!  Our reconstructions of Daft Punk’s robot-synth 20th century pop sound into sensational string arrangements reached #4 on Billboard’s Classical Albums chart.  “Lose Yourself to Dance” and check out our string salute to Daft Punk in Billboard’s Classical Albums. Save

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Now Available: VSQ Performs the Hits of 2016, Vol. 1

By Jessica Apperson

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VSQ Performs the Hits of 2016 Vol. 1 features VSQ’s take on the all-time faves people have been jamming to so far in 2016. Listen as viola, violin, and cello take on the sparse grooves of The Chainsmokers’ “Roses,” the lithe romanticism of Justin Bieber’s “Love Yourself,” and the haunted soulfulness of Adele’s “When We Were Young.”

 

Tracklist:

  1. Shawn Mendes – Stitches
  2. Rachel Platten – Stand By You
  3. The Chainsmokers – Roses (feat. Rozes)
  4. The 1975 – Somebody Else
  5. Justin Bieber – Love Yourself
  6. Adele – When We Were Young
  7. Lukas Graham – 7 Years
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