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Daugherty: Route 66 / Marin Alsop, Bournemouth Symphony
Naxos

Daugherty: Route 66 / Marin Alsop, Bournemouth Symphony

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Details

Composer
DAUGHERTY, MICHAEL
Artist
Alsop
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Jan 25, 2011
Catalog #
8559613
UPC
636943961322

About


Michael Daugherty manages to have his musical cake and eat it too. His music's eclectic "pop" elements rub shoulders with thoroughly modern compositional techniques. Time Machine, for example, requires three conductors, but its various textural layers and rhythmic complexities never sound confused. Indeed, its ticking woodblocks sound very much like Daugherty--something similar occurs at the start of Ghost Ranch, inspired by paintings by the always marvelous Georgia O'Keefe. Both this latter work and Sunset Strip are triptychs in the grand tradition of Ives (Three Places in New England) and Debussy (La mer).

Route 66, by contrast, is a seven-minute cross-country travelogue, and one of Daugherty's best-known works (after the expansive Metropolis Symphony). Marin Alsop has established herself as a champion of Daugherty's music, and performs all of it with obvious commitment. The Bournemouth orchestra, particularly its brass section (horns and trumpets), makes the most of the numerous solo opportunities that Daugherty offers the players. Naxos' engineers do an excellent job capturing the music's wide range of colors and, in Time Machine, its spacial elements. No reservations whatever--this is just excellent.

--David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. 1 Route 66 06:56
    Track
    1
    Title
    Route 66
    Duration
    06:56
    Composer
    Michael Daugherty
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  2. 2 I. Bone 06:07
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Bone
    Duration
    06:07
    Composer
    Michael Daugherty
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  3. 3 II. Above Clouds 08:36
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Above Clouds
    Duration
    08:36
    Composer
    Michael Daugherty
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  4. 4 III. Black Rattle 09:27
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Black Rattle
    Duration
    09:27
    Composer
    Michael Daugherty
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  5. 5 I. 7 PM 04:46
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. 7 PM
    Duration
    04:46
    Composer
    Michael Daugherty
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  6. 6 II. Nocturne 03:15
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Nocturne
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Michael Daugherty
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  7. 7 III. 7 AM 09:08
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. 7 AM
    Duration
    09:08
    Composer
    Michael Daugherty
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  8. 8 I. Past 07:09
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Past
    Duration
    07:09
    Composer
    Michael Daugherty
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop, Mei-Ann Chen, Laura Jackson
  9. 9 II. Future 13:24
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Future
    Duration
    13:24
    Composer
    Michael Daugherty
    Ensemble
    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop, Mei-Ann Chen, Laura Jackson