Gulfstream - American Chamber Music
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COPLAND / LARSEN / LIEUWEN / SCHICKELE
Gulfstream - American Chamber Music
enhake - Wonkak Kim (Clarinet) M. Brent Williams (Violin) Jayoung Kim (Cello) Eun-Hee Park (Piano)
[ Naxos American Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 15 February 2012
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Libby Larsen's Rodeo Queen of Heaven takes its inspiration from religious iconography given a contemporary twist-a painting of a Madonna with gun-in a rhythmically vivacious tableau. Peter Lieuwen presents an aural portrait of the Gulfstream, fusing grace with melodic fragments in a nature depiction rich in depth. Peter Schickele's Quartet is profuse in syncopation, jazz, folk music and a melancholy that only heightens the brilliance of the finale's off-kilter dynamism. Copland's Sextet began life as his Second Symphony but, pared down, proves utterly idiomatic, vital, melodically exciting and bracing.
"The chamber ensemble...plays the pieces with a great deal of youthful gusto." Fanfare
"This is a very fine tasting menu of American chamber music for violin, cello, clarinet and piano. Its four works are united by only one common thread-their extremely high quality. We start with a Libby Larsen work from 2010 and work back to Aaron Copland's Sextet which adds a violin and viola." MusicWeb
Tracks:
Libby Larsen:
Rodeo Reina de Cielo (Rodeo Queen of Heaven)
Peter Lieuwen:
Gulfstream
Peter Schickele:
Quartet for Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano
Aaron Copland:
Sextet
