Big Beautiful Dark And Scary / Bang On A Can All Stars

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Label
Cantaloupe Music
Release Date
February 28, 2012
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      WOLFE, J. LANG GORDON ZIPOR
    • PERFORMER
      Bang On A Can All-Stars, Bathgate, Black, Chow, Cossin, Stewart, Ziporyn
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 28, 2012
    • UPC
      713746307424
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CA21074
    • LABEL
      Cantaloupe Music
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. Big Beautiful Dark and Scary

      Composer: Julia Wolfe

      Ensemble: Bang on a Can All-Stars

    2. sunray

      Composer: David Lang

      Ensemble: Bang on a Can All-Stars

    3. For Madeline

      Composer: Michael Gordon

      Ensemble: Bang on a Can All-Stars

    4. No. 1. Angkat

      Composer: Evan Ziporyn

      Ensemble: Bang on a Can All-Stars

    5. No. 2. Ocean

      Composer: Evan Ziporyn

      Ensemble: Bang on a Can All-Stars

    6. No. 3. Meditasi, Head

      Composer: Evan Ziporyn

      Ensemble: Bang on a Can All-Stars

    7. Instructional Video

      Composer: David Longstreth

      Ensemble: Bang on a Can All-Stars

    8. Matt Damon

      Composer: David Longstreth

      Ensemble: Bang on a Can All-Stars

    9. Breakfast at J&M

      Composer: David Longstreth

      Ensemble: Bang on a Can All-Stars

    10. Study No. 2a

      Composer: Conlon Nancarrow

      Ensemble: Bang on a Can All-Stars

    11. Study No. 3a

      Composer: Conlon Nancarrow

      Ensemble: Bang on a Can All-Stars

    12. Study No. 3c

      Composer: Conlon Nancarrow

      Ensemble: Bang on a Can All-Stars

    13. Study No. 11

      Composer: Conlon Nancarrow

      Ensemble: Bang on a Can All-Stars

    14. I. Wind

      Composer: Louis Andriessen

      Ensemble: Bang on a Can All-Stars

    15. II. Couple

      Composer: Louis Andriessen

      Ensemble: Bang on a Can All-Stars

    16. III. In the distance

      Composer: Louis Andriessen

      Ensemble: Bang on a Can All-Stars

    17. IV. Light

      Composer: Louis Andriessen

      Ensemble: Bang on a Can All-Stars

    18. Ridgeway

      Composer: Kate Moore

      Ensemble: Bang on a Can All-Stars


The Bang on a Can All-Stars have recorded their first studio album in five years; the first to include the All-Stars' current line-up: Ashley Bathgate, cello; Robert Black, bass; Vicky Chow, piano; David Cossin, percussion; Mark Stewart, electric guitar; and Evan Ziporyn, clarinets.

With Big Beautiful Dark and Scary, the Bang on a Can All-Stars show off their blazing speed, polyrhythmic virtuosity and all-world versatility in a return to the core Bang on a Can sound - an uncategorizable supermix of classical and electric instruments that is part classical ensemble, part rock band, and part jazz sextet. The album is the first in a decade that features the All-Stars exclusively, rather than as part of a collaborative project. Each of the pieces on the double-CD calls upon a different kind of virtuosity, demonstrating the range of musical abilities and experiences arguably unique to this ensemble. Recorded in New York City, all of the music on Big Beautiful Dark and Scary (including the arrangements of the works by Conlon Nancarrow) were written for and premiered by the Bang on a Can All-Stars.