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Ascent / Matthew Lipman
Cedille

Ascent / Matthew Lipman

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Details

Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Lipman, Kramer
Format
CD
Label
Cedille
Released
Feb 08, 2019
Catalog #
CDR 184
UPC
735131918428

About

Dmitri Shostakovich’s long-lost Impromptu for Viola and Piano, Op. 33, recently unearthed in the Moscow State Archives, receives here its world-premiere recording on Matthew Lipman’s Ascent, the acclaimed young American violist’s solo debut album, featuring, in the artist’s words, “music enraptured by flights of fantasy.”

Recipient of a 215 Avery Fisher Career Grant, Lipman has created an album of uplifting and spiritually transcendent works for viola and piano, dedicated to his late mother. Hailed by The New York Times for his “rich tone and elegant phrasing,” Lipman is heard in the world-premiere recording of Clarice Assad’s fantasy piece, Metamorfose, which the violist commissioned. It’s a poignant commentary on grief and acceptance. Robert Schumann’s Fairy Tale Pictures is dreamlike and fanciful. York Bowen’s richly expressive Phantasy draws on the Russian Romantic tradition. Garth Knox’s free-flying Fuga libre transfigures Bach-like fugal fragments through modern, coloristic performance techniques. The album’s finale is the first-ever recording on viola of Hollywood composer Franz Waxman’s popular violin showpiece, Carmen Fantasie. England’s The Telegraph praised Lipman as “gifted with poise and a warmth of timbre” for his recording of Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante with violinist Rachel Barton Pine, the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, and Sir Neville Marriner (Avie), which topped the Billboard classical chart. Lipman’s collaborator on Ascent is pianist Henry Kramer, winner of the Second Prize at the 216 Queen Elisabeth competition and top prizes at the 215 Honens International Piano Competition and 211 Montreal International Music Competition. His first commercial recording, dedicated to Liszt oratorio transcriptions, was recently released on Naxos.

Tracklist 10 tracks

  1. 1 Phantasy, Op. 54 14:36
    Track
    1
    Title
    Phantasy, Op. 54
    Duration
    14:36
    Composer
    York Bowen
    Performer
    Matthew Lipman, Henry Kramer
  2. 2 I. Crisálidas 05:07
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Crisálidas
    Duration
    05:07
    Composer
    Clarice Assad
    Performer
    Matthew Lipman, Henry Kramer
  3. 3 II. Dança das Borboletas 06:47
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Dança das Borboletas
    Duration
    06:47
    Composer
    Clarice Assad
    Performer
    Matthew Lipman, Henry Kramer
  4. 4 I. Nicht schnell 03:20
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Nicht schnell
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Matthew Lipman, Henry Kramer
  5. 5 II. Lebhaft 03:51
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Lebhaft
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Matthew Lipman, Henry Kramer
  6. 6 III. Rasch 02:34
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Rasch
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Matthew Lipman, Henry Kramer
  7. 7 IV. Langsam, mit melancholischem Ausdruck 05:01
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Langsam, mit melancholischem Ausdruck
    Duration
    05:01
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Matthew Lipman, Henry Kramer
  8. 8 Fuga Libre 08:40
    Track
    8
    Title
    Fuga Libre
    Duration
    08:40
    Composer
    Garth Knox
    Performer
    Matthew Lipman
  9. 9 Impromptu for Viola and Piano, Op. 33 01:56
    Track
    9
    Title
    Impromptu for Viola and Piano, Op. 33
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Matthew Lipman, Henry Kramer
  10. 10 Carmen Fantasie (version for viola and piano) 12:00
    Track
    10
    Title
    Carmen Fantasie (version for viola and piano)
    Duration
    12:00
    Composer
    Franz Waxman
    Performer
    Matthew Lipman, Henry Kramer