American Excursions

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Label
Centaur Records
Release Date
May 2, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Samuel Barber, Mary Ellen Childs, Gabriela Lena Frank, Fred Hersch, Dana Suesse, Karen Tanaka
    • PERFORMER
      Alexander Crosett
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 02, 2025
    • UPC
      044747406329
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CRC4063
    • LABEL
      Centaur Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. —

      Composer: Karen Tanaka

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    2. No. 2. —

      Composer: Karen Tanaka

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    3. No. 3. —

      Composer: Karen Tanaka

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    4. Now

      Composer: Mary Ellen Childs

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    5. Barcarola Latinoamericana

      Composer: Gabriela Lena Frank

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    6. I. Un poco allegro

      Composer: Samuel Barber

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    7. II. In slow blues tempo

      Composer: Samuel Barber

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    8. III. Allegretto

      Composer: Samuel Barber

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    9. IV. Allegro molto

      Composer: Samuel Barber

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    10. Serenade to a Skyscraper

      Composer: Dana Suesse

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    11. Chorale

      Composer: Fred Hersch

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    12. No. 1. Delicately

      Composer: Fred Hersch

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    13. No. 2. Gracefully

      Composer: Fred Hersch

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    14. No. 3. Flowing

      Composer: Fred Hersch

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    15. No. 4. Intimately

      Composer: Fred Hersch

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    16. No. 5. Wavelike

      Composer: Fred Hersch

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    17. No. 6. Jubilant, with a Brazilian Rhythm

      Composer: Fred Hersch

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    18. No. 7. Mysteriously

      Composer: Fred Hersch

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    19. No. 8. Playfully

      Composer: Fred Hersch

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    20. No. 9. Tango

      Composer: Fred Hersch

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    21. No. 10. Rippling

      Composer: Fred Hersch

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    22. No. 11. Veiled and Dreamlike

      Composer: Fred Hersch

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    23. No. 12. Joyfully

      Composer: Fred Hersch

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    24. No. 13. Lyrically

      Composer: Fred Hersch

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    25. No. 14. Festively

      Composer: Fred Hersch

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    26. No. 15. Mechanically

      Composer: Fred Hersch

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    27. No. 16. Sweetly

      Composer: Fred Hersch

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    28. No. 17. Moving

      Composer: Fred Hersch

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    29. No. 18. Passionately

      Composer: Fred Hersch

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    30. No. 19. Bittersweet

      Composer: Fred Hersch

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    31. No. 20. Humorously

      Composer: Fred Hersch

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    32. No. 21. Tenderly

      Composer: Fred Hersch

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    33. No. 22. Energetically

      Composer: Fred Hersch

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    34. No. 23. Energetically (continued)

      Composer: Fred Hersch

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    35. No. 24. Ecstatically

      Composer: Fred Hersch

      Performer: Alexander Crosett

    36. Coda: Majestically, Deliberately Deliberately

      Composer: Fred Hersch

      Performer: Alexander Crosett


This repertoire spans almost eighty years of classical composers' excursions into blues, folk, hip-hop, jazz, musical theater, samba, tango, techno and other genres. Each piece goes beyond mere stylistic imitation, cultivating an authentic expressivity within a transcribed musical language rooted in the Americas. ___Alexander Crosett