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Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers / Barton Pine, Hagle

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Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Pine, Hagle
Format
CD
Label
Cedille
Released
Oct 19, 2018
Catalog #
CDR 182
UPC
735131918220

About

Violinist Rachel Barton Pine, “an exciting, boundary-defying performer” (Washington Post) known for her “bravura technique and soulful musicianship” (New York Times), headlines a groundbreaking album of blues-influenced classical works for violin and violin and piano by 20th and 21st century composers of African descent.

World-premiere recordings include Noel Da Costa’s ‘A Set of Dance Tunes for Solo Violin,’ based on American fiddle tunes; Daniel Bernhard Roumain’s ‘Filter,’ which conjures the sounds of electronic dance music and psychedelic guitar; Errollyn Wallen’s ‘Woogie Boogie,’ a humorous and inventive reimaging of the boogie woogie blues dance; and Billy Childs’s ‘Incident,’ a single-movement violin sonata / tone poem written as a response to a fatal shooting by police. Another premiere is Wendall Logan’s violin and piano arrangement of Duke Ellington’s 1935 composition, ‘In a Sentimental Mood.’ The album’s title track, Dolores White’s improvisational ‘Blues Dialogues,’ draws on classical, jazz, and country music, as well as African-American vocalizations and a blues harmonic language. David N. Baker’s gospel-tinged ‘Blues (Deliver My Soul)’ evokes the ecstatic energy of a Black church service. Charles S. Brown’s ‘A Song Without Words’ was inspired by bottleneck guitar player and gospel blues master Blind Willie Johnson. Each movement of William Grant Still’s ‘Suite for Violin and Piano’ evokes the work of a different African-American visual artist. Clarence Cameron White’s ‘Levee Dance, Op. 26, No. 2,’ a favorite of violin virtuoso Jascha Heifetz, surrounds a traditional African-American spiritual with a playful, syncopated dance. Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson’s ‘Blue/s Forms’ and ‘Louisiana Blues Strut’ befit a composer with a legacy of achievements in the classical, jazz, modern dance, and pop music worlds.

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REVIEWS:

What a fascinating, beautiful disc… The disc’s title is valid: these really are ‘dialogues’ in the most creative and stimulating sense…Need it be said that Pine plays everything here gloriously… Listen to how unaffectedly she outlines the melody of Still’s central slow movement. In passages of virtuoso display, she’s as sure-footed and as agile as an acrobat.

– Gramophone

This is a superb CD, clearly one of Barton Pine’s real masterpieces. Highly recommended to any other classical violinist who wants to tackle these works, and listeners who enjoy jazz and blues-influenced classical music.

– The Art Music Lounge

This is an amazing disc. Barton Pine and partner Matthew Hagle are to be commended for such a thoughtful, gracious, and inspiring program, recorded in Cedille’s typical robust and clear sound.

– Audiophile Audition

Tracklist 24 tracks

  1. 1 Blues 04:11
    Track
    1
    Title
    Blues
    Duration
    04:11
    Composer
    David N. Baker
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
  2. 2 I. Plain Blues: quarter note = 88-96 01:21
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Plain Blues: quarter note = 88-96
    Duration
    01:21
    Composer
    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine
  3. 3 II. Just Blues: Very free 02:59
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Just Blues: Very free
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine
  4. 4 III. Jettin' Blues: Fast 02:30
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Jettin' Blues: Fast
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine
  5. 5 Louisiana Blues Strut (A Cakewalk) 02:32
    Track
    5
    Title
    Louisiana Blues Strut (A Cakewalk)
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine
  6. 6 I. Suggested by Richmond Barthe, "African Dancer" 04:31
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Suggested by Richmond Barthe, "African Dancer"
    Duration
    04:31
    Composer
    William Grant Still
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
  7. 7 II. Suggested by Sargent Johnson, "Mother and Child" 06:08
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Suggested by Sargent Johnson, "Mother and Child"
    Duration
    06:08
    Composer
    William Grant Still
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
  8. 8 III. Suggested by Augusta Savage, "Gamin" 02:06
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Suggested by Augusta Savage, "Gamin"
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    William Grant Still
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
  9. 9 I. Walk Around Brudder Bones 03:54
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Walk Around Brudder Bones
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Noel DaCosta
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine
  10. 10 II. Neumedia 02:56
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Neumedia
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    Noel DaCosta
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine
  11. 11 III. Little Diamond / Bird on the Wing Jigs 01:58
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Little Diamond / Bird on the Wing Jigs
    Duration
    01:58
    Composer
    Noel DaCosta
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine
  12. 12 IV. New Orleans Clog 00:58
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. New Orleans Clog
    Duration
    00:58
    Composer
    Noel DaCosta
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine
  13. 13 V. New Orleans Clog Blues 03:17
    Track
    13
    Title
    V. New Orleans Clog Blues
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Noel DaCosta
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine
  14. 14 Levee Dance 03:51
    Track
    14
    Title
    Levee Dance
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Clarence Cameron White
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
  15. 15 In a Sentimental Mood (arr. W. Logan for violin and piano) 03:25
    Track
    15
    Title
    In a Sentimental Mood (arr. W. Logan for violin and piano)
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Duke Ellington
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
  16. 16 I. Blues Feeling 03:24
    Track
    16
    Title
    I. Blues Feeling
    Duration
    03:24
    Composer
    Dolores White
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine
  17. 17 II. Expressive 02:45
    Track
    17
    Title
    II. Expressive
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Dolores White
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine
  18. 18 III. Fast and Funky 01:13
    Track
    18
    Title
    III. Fast and Funky
    Duration
    01:13
    Composer
    Dolores White
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine
  19. 19 IV. Moderately Fast 02:49
    Track
    19
    Title
    IV. Moderately Fast
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Dolores White
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine
  20. 20 Woogie Boogie 02:26
    Track
    20
    Title
    Woogie Boogie
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Errollyn Wallen
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
  21. 21 Incident on Larpenteur Avenue 07:44
    Track
    21
    Title
    Incident on Larpenteur Avenue
    Duration
    07:44
    Composer
    Billy Childs
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
  22. 22 Filter 04:35
    Track
    22
    Title
    Filter
    Duration
    04:35
    Composer
    Daniel Bernard Roumain
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine
  23. 23 A Song Without Words 03:10
    Track
    23
    Title
    A Song Without Words
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Charles Brown
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
  24. 24 Lenox Avenue: The Blues (Arr. for violin and piano) 03:55
    Track
    24
    Title
    Lenox Avenue: The Blues (Arr. for violin and piano)
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    William Grant Still
    Performer
    Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle