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American Classics - Riley: Cantos Desiertos / Hawley, McFadden

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Details

Composer
RILEY
Artist
Jeffrey, Alexandra, Mcfadden, Hawley
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Jun 01, 2003
Catalog #
8559146
UPC
636943914625

About


Alexandra Hawley and Jeffrey McFadden offer a wonderfully eclectic program for flute and guitar. If you haven't heard this combination of instruments before, on the evidence presented here you'll very likely agree that it's a most musically rewarding pairing. The flute's smooth timbre ideally complements the guitar's non-legato and softly percussive tone quality--aspects put to good use in Robert Beaser's Mountain Songs, where McFadden's rustic, folksy picking and strumming is tempered by Hawley's serenely floating melodies. Joan Tower's quasi-impressionistic Snow Dreams initially conjures up idyllic, pastoral images before the composer's spiky harmonic style slightly sharpens the music's edges. Likewise, Lowell Liebermann's Sonata for Flute opens with a blissfully ruminative Nocturne, an atmosphere that dissipates immediately with the start of the nervously dancing Allegro finale.


Based on Mexican folk tunes, Terry Riley's Cantos Desiertos features delightfully stirring dances rendered with the aid of percussion. Finally, Peter Schickele's Windows offers a neo-Renaissance Pavane and a songful Cantilena before charging into an all-out strum-fest for the closing Refrain. Hawley and McFadden play beautifully, sounding convincingly at home in all of the varying styles and modes presented by this unusual mix of composers. Naxos' engineering gives listeners a realistic sense of the recording venue. This is one of those discs you just put in your player and totally enjoy.
--Victor Carr Jr, ClassicsToday.com

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 Barbara Allen 02:57
    Track
    1
    Title
    Barbara Allen
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Robert Beaser
  2. 2 The House Carpenter 02:05
    Track
    2
    Title
    The House Carpenter
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Robert Beaser
  3. 3 He's Gone Away 05:34
    Track
    3
    Title
    He's Gone Away
    Duration
    05:34
    Composer
    Robert Beaser
  4. 4 Cindy 02:39
    Track
    4
    Title
    Cindy
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Robert Beaser
  5. 5 Snow Dreams 08:23
    Track
    5
    Title
    Snow Dreams
    Duration
    08:23
    Composer
    Joan Tower
  6. 6 Cancion Desierto 06:31
    Track
    6
    Title
    Cancion Desierto
    Duration
    06:31
    Composer
    Terry Riley
  7. 7 Quijote 04:26
    Track
    7
    Title
    Quijote
    Duration
    04:26
    Composer
    Terry Riley
  8. 8 Llanto 04:47
    Track
    8
    Title
    Llanto
    Duration
    04:47
    Composer
    Terry Riley
  9. 9 Tango Ladeado 03:21
    Track
    9
    Title
    Tango Ladeado
    Duration
    03:21
    Composer
    Terry Riley
  10. 10 Francesco en Paraiso 05:22
    Track
    10
    Title
    Francesco en Paraiso
    Duration
    05:22
    Composer
    Terry Riley
  11. 11 I. Nocturne 08:40
    Track
    11
    Title
    I. Nocturne
    Duration
    08:40
    Composer
    Lowell Liebermann
  12. 12 II. Allegro 04:01
    Track
    12
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    04:01
    Composer
    Lowell Liebermann
  13. 13 Pavane 01:34
    Track
    13
    Title
    Pavane
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Peter Schickele
  14. 14 Cantilena 02:16
    Track
    14
    Title
    Cantilena
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Peter Schickele
  15. 15 Refrain 02:10
    Track
    15
    Title
    Refrain
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Peter Schickele