Nimbus
Augusta Read Thomas: Sol
$23.99
Details
- Composer
- Augusta Read Thomas
- Artist
- Various
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Nimbus
- Released
- Feb 06, 2026
- Catalog #
- NI6464
- UPC
- 0710357646423
About
For some twenty-five years I've had the inestimable privilege of collaborating with Augusta Read Thomas, and so it is with some authority that I claim she is a singular refutation of Newtonian physics: she creates energy. In countless workshops, recording sessions, performances, and masterclasses I've watched her elicit previously undiscovered timbral nuance, dynamic possibility, and personal virtuosity from players and composers alike. Hers is a creative energy so irrepressible that somewhere amidst the cascade of commissions, awards, and international flights to attend performances of her work she, to mention just two examples, launched Chicago's largest-scale new music festival (Ear Taxi) as well as one of the country's most prolific incubators of new work, The Grossman Ensemble. I'm happy to report that the performances captured within this tracklist provide significant evidence in substantiating this bold claim. To my ears, Sol offers Gusty's compositional luminosity as a collection of rituals for introspection, spiritual stimulus, and, at the very least, a reminder that light can prevail in darkness. Particularly enticing is that when imbibed as a whole, this record shepherds us through an extraordinary ceremony that, as with each of the five rites comprising it, tenders the possibility for subtle yet substantive restoration and, ultimately, transformation. © Doyle Armbrust
Tracklist 12 tracks
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1 I. Reaching Skyward 06:09
- Track
- 1
- Title
- I. Reaching Skyward
- Duration
- 06:09
- Composer
- Augusta Read Thomas
- Ensemble
- Grossman Ensemble
- Conductor
- Jeffrey Milarsky
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2 II. Two Drumming Rituals 06:10
- Track
- 2
- Title
- II. Two Drumming Rituals
- Duration
- 06:10
- Composer
- Augusta Read Thomas
- Ensemble
- Grossman Ensemble
- Conductor
- Jeffrey Milarsky
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3 III. Bell Prayers 06:13
- Track
- 3
- Title
- III. Bell Prayers
- Duration
- 06:13
- Composer
- Augusta Read Thomas
- Ensemble
- Grossman Ensemble
- Conductor
- Jeffrey Milarsky
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4 I. Invocation: Majestic, blazing, illuminated 01:11
- Track
- 4
- Title
- I. Invocation: Majestic, blazing, illuminated
- Duration
- 01:11
- Composer
- Alexander Hersh, Augusta Read Thomas
- Performer
- Alexander Hersh
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5 II. Spiritus: Lyrical, rhapsodic, animated and sparkling 03:04
- Track
- 5
- Title
- II. Spiritus: Lyrical, rhapsodic, animated and sparkling
- Duration
- 03:04
- Composer
- Alexander Hersh, Augusta Read Thomas
- Performer
- Alexander Hersh
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6 III. Spiraling Healing Poem: Elegant, dreamy 03:25
- Track
- 6
- Title
- III. Spiraling Healing Poem: Elegant, dreamy
- Duration
- 03:25
- Composer
- Alexander Hersh, Augusta Read Thomas
- Performer
- Alexander Hersh
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7 I. Ceremonious - Stately 05:39
- Track
- 7
- Title
- I. Ceremonious - Stately
- Duration
- 05:39
- Composer
- Augusta Read Thomas
- Performer
- Josh Jones
- Ensemble
- DePaul Wind Ensemble
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8 II. Lyrical - Elegant 05:11
- Track
- 8
- Title
- II. Lyrical - Elegant
- Duration
- 05:11
- Composer
- Augusta Read Thomas
- Performer
- Josh Jones
- Ensemble
- DePaul Wind Ensemble
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9 Light Pearls Through Prisms 05:50
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Light Pearls Through Prisms
- Duration
- 05:50
- Composer
- Augusta Read Thomas
- Performer
- Marianne Parker
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10 I. Reaching Skyward 04:34
- Track
- 10
- Title
- I. Reaching Skyward
- Duration
- 04:34
- Composer
- Augusta Read Thomas
- Performer
- Garrett Arney, John Corkill, Adam Rosenblatt, Nonoka Mizukami
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11 II. Three Drumming Rituals 11:43
- Track
- 11
- Title
- II. Three Drumming Rituals
- Duration
- 11:43
- Composer
- Augusta Read Thomas
- Performer
- Garrett Arney, John Corkill, Adam Rosenblatt, Nonoka Mizukami
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12 III. Bell Prayers 03:52
- Track
- 12
- Title
- III. Bell Prayers
- Duration
- 03:52
- Composer
- Augusta Read Thomas
- Performer
- Garrett Arney, John Corkill, Adam Rosenblatt, Nonoka Mizukami