Agócs, Harrison & Rodriguez: Works for Violin & Percussion Orchestra

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
October 28, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Kati Agocs, Lou Harrison, Robert Xavier Rodriguez
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble
    • PERFORMER
      Nicholas Kitchen, Frank Epstein
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 28, 2022
    • UPC
      747313421275
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8574212
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Xochiquetzal and Her Retinue of Hummingbirds -

      Composer: Robert Xavier Rodriguez

      Ensemble: New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble

      Performer: Nicholas Kitchen

    2. II. Xochiquetzal's Love Spell -

      Composer: Robert Xavier Rodriguez

      Ensemble: New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble

      Performer: Nicholas Kitchen

    3. III. Xochiquetzal's Husband, Tlaloc, God of Thunder and Rain -

      Composer: Robert Xavier Rodriguez

      Ensemble: New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble

      Performer: Nicholas Kitchen

    4. IV. Xochiquetzal's Tears of Yellow Marigolds -

      Composer: Robert Xavier Rodriguez

      Ensemble: New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble

      Performer: Nicholas Kitchen

    5. V. Xochiquetzal's Gifts of Music and Dance

      Composer: Robert Xavier Rodriguez

      Ensemble: New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble

      Performer: Nicholas Kitchen

    6. I. Allegro, maestoso

      Composer: Lou Harrison

      Ensemble: New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble

      Performer: Nicholas Kitchen

    7. II. Largo, cantabile

      Composer: Lou Harrison

      Ensemble: New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble

      Performer: Nicholas Kitchen

    8. III. Allegro, vigoroso, poco presto

      Composer: Lou Harrison

      Ensemble: New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble

      Performer: Nicholas Kitchen

    9. I. Incantada

      Composer: Kati Agócs

      Ensemble: New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble

      Performer: Nicholas Kitchen

    10. II. Inquieto

      Composer: Kati Agócs

      Ensemble: New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble

      Performer: Nicholas Kitchen

    11. III. Maestoso -

      Composer: Kati Agócs

      Ensemble: New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble

      Performer: Nicholas Kitchen

    12. IV. Brioso; Cantabile

      Composer: Kati Agócs

      Ensemble: New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble

      Performer: Nicholas Kitchen


The unique instrumentation of the three works in this album was pioneered by the innovative Lou Harrison, whose 1959 concerto encapsulates his culturally wide-ranging aesthetic. More conventional instruments work alongside calibrated extras such as wash tubs and flowerpots in a work of color, languorous elegance and kinetic energy. The companion works were composed in its honor: Robert Xavier Rodríguez’s Xochiquetzal evokes the ancient Mayan world in imaginary folk music to form a synthesis of time periods and cultures, while the economical serenity of Kati Agócs’s concerto also includes bitonal effects and zesty syncopation.