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This recording of Corigliano's chamber arrangement of Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan featuring soprano Laura Hynes, is coupled with Vincent Ho's virtuosic and mystical Gryphon Realms for piano trio. World premiere recordings. Corigliano's orchestration of Mr. Tambourine Man can be heard on 8.559331.
I had always heard, by reputation, of the high regard accorded the folk-ballad singer/songwriter Bob Dylan. But I was so engaged in developing my orchestral technique during the years when Dylan was heard by the rest of the world that I had never heard his songs. So I bought a collection of his texts, and found many of them to be every bit as beautiful and as immediate as I had heard – and surprisingly well-suited to my own musical language.
I chose seven poems for what became a thirty-five minute cycle. A Prelude: Mr. Tambourine Man, in a fantastic and exuberant manner, precedes five searching and reflective monologues that form the core of the piece; and Postlude: Forever Young makes a kind of folk-song benediction after the cycle’s close. Dramatically, the inner five songs trace a journey of emotional and civic maturation, from the innocence of Clothes Line through the beginnings of awareness of a wider world (Blowin’ in the Wind), through the political fury of Masters of War, to a premonition of an apocalyptic future (All Along the Watchtower), culminating in a vision of a victory of ideas (Chimes of Freedom). Several years after composing the vocal/piano score I orchestrated the work, and some years later transcribed it for Pierrot ensemble, a chamber group. This is the first recording of the chamber version. - John Corigliano
Gryphon Realms is a three-movement work, inspired by gryphon mythology, that explores the coloristic, virtuosic and expressive possibilities of the piano trio while highlighting my more personal musical language. - Vincent Ho
Tracklist 10 tracks
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1 Prelude: Mr. Tambourine Man 04:32
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Prelude: Mr. Tambourine Man
- Duration
- 04:32
- Composer
- John Corigliano Jr.
- Performer
- Laura Hynes, Mary Sullivan, Cédric Blary, Kyle Eustace
- Ensemble
- Land's End Ensemble
- Conductor
- Karl Hirzer
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2 Clothes Line 06:17
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Clothes Line
- Duration
- 06:17
- Composer
- John Corigliano Jr.
- Performer
- Laura Hynes, Mary Sullivan, Cédric Blary, Kyle Eustace
- Ensemble
- Land's End Ensemble
- Conductor
- Karl Hirzer
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3 Blowin' in the Wind 05:48
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Blowin' in the Wind
- Duration
- 05:48
- Composer
- John Corigliano Jr.
- Performer
- Laura Hynes, Mary Sullivan, Cédric Blary, Kyle Eustace
- Ensemble
- Land's End Ensemble
- Conductor
- Karl Hirzer
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4 Masters of War 03:35
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Masters of War
- Duration
- 03:35
- Composer
- John Corigliano Jr.
- Performer
- Laura Hynes, Mary Sullivan, Cédric Blary, Kyle Eustace
- Ensemble
- Land's End Ensemble
- Conductor
- Karl Hirzer
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5 All Along the Watchtower 03:36
- Track
- 5
- Title
- All Along the Watchtower
- Duration
- 03:36
- Composer
- John Corigliano Jr.
- Performer
- Laura Hynes, Mary Sullivan, Cédric Blary, Kyle Eustace
- Ensemble
- Land's End Ensemble
- Conductor
- Karl Hirzer
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6 Chimes of Freedom - 06:58
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Chimes of Freedom -
- Duration
- 06:58
- Composer
- John Corigliano Jr.
- Performer
- Laura Hynes, Mary Sullivan, Cédric Blary, Kyle Eustace
- Ensemble
- Land's End Ensemble
- Conductor
- Karl Hirzer
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7 Postlude: Forever Young 04:30
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Postlude: Forever Young
- Duration
- 04:30
- Composer
- John Corigliano Jr.
- Performer
- Laura Hynes, Mary Sullivan, Cédric Blary, Kyle Eustace
- Ensemble
- Land's End Ensemble
- Conductor
- Karl Hirzer
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8 I. Serpentile 05:41
- Track
- 8
- Title
- I. Serpentile
- Duration
- 05:41
- Composer
- Vincent Ho
- Ensemble
- Land's End Ensemble
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9 II. Gryphonsong 10:02
- Track
- 9
- Title
- II. Gryphonsong
- Duration
- 10:02
- Composer
- Vincent Ho
- Ensemble
- Land's End Ensemble
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10 III. War Dance 06:08
- Track
- 10
- Title
- III. War Dance
- Duration
- 06:08
- Composer
- Vincent Ho
- Ensemble
- Land's End Ensemble