Affetto Records
David Amram: So in America
$18.99
Details
- Composer
- AMRAM, DAVID
- Artist
- Amram, Parsons, Darvarova, Carbone, Magill, Roadnofsky, Weaver, Amram Ensemb
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Affetto Records
- Released
- Mar 16, 2018
- Catalog #
- AF1801
- UPC
- 888295682008
About
The phenomenon of legendary composer and multi-instrumentalist David Amram defies easy definitions. Always ahead of his time in anything that he created, and immersed in jazz, folk, world music, film and theater music, as well as in contemporary classical music, he was praised by The Washington Post as "one of the most versatile and skilled musicians America has ever produced", while The Boston Globe hailed him as "the Renaissance man of American music", and The New York Times proclaimed him "multicultural before multiculturalism existed". Being first and being ahead of his time comes naturally to David Amram - a pioneer of the jazz French Horn who simultaneously amassed the highest number of performances of the Brahms Horn Trio, while fascinating the crowds at folk and world music festivals, writing several books, composing scores for films and plays, touring worldwide, collaborating with iconic figures like Jack Kerouac, Elia Kazan, Pete Seeger, Paquito D'Rivera and Tito Puente, and at the same time also making his mark as a celebrated prolific composer of classical music, having written over 100 works in the symphonic, operatic and chamber music genres. Amram's legacy is a huge collection of so many milestones and inroads, that have established him as not only one of the most eclectic composers of the 20th and 21st centuries, but also as a guiding light, role model and enormous source of inspiration for younger generations. This album presents selected chamber music compositions written by David Amram between 1958 and 2017, and includes four world-premiere recordings.
Tracklist 11 tracks
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1 No. 1. Jim and Antonio 04:38
- Track
- 1
- Title
- No. 1. Jim and Antonio
- Duration
- 04:38
- Composer
- David Amram
- Ensemble
- Amram Ensemble
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2 No. 2. Janie and Tea Cake 10:04
- Track
- 2
- Title
- No. 2. Janie and Tea Cake
- Duration
- 10:04
- Composer
- David Amram
- Ensemble
- Amram Ensemble
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3 No. 3. Sal and Terry, The Mexican Girl 09:35
- Track
- 3
- Title
- No. 3. Sal and Terry, The Mexican Girl
- Duration
- 09:35
- Composer
- David Amram
- Ensemble
- Amram Ensemble
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4 The Wind and the Rain 06:42
- Track
- 4
- Title
- The Wind and the Rain
- Duration
- 06:42
- Composer
- David Amram
- Performer
- Ronald Carbone, Thomas Weaver
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5 I. Allegro moderato 05:57
- Track
- 5
- Title
- I. Allegro moderato
- Duration
- 05:57
- Composer
- David Amram
- Performer
- Elmira Darvarova, Thomas Weaver
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6 II. Andante espressivo 06:21
- Track
- 6
- Title
- II. Andante espressivo
- Duration
- 06:21
- Composer
- David Amram
- Performer
- Elmira Darvarova, Thomas Weaver
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7 III. Theme and variations 05:34
- Track
- 7
- Title
- III. Theme and variations
- Duration
- 05:34
- Composer
- David Amram
- Performer
- Elmira Darvarova, Thomas Weaver
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8 Portraits 12:04
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Portraits
- Duration
- 12:04
- Composer
- David Amram
- Ensemble
- New York Piano Quartet
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9 Elegy (version for violin and piano) 13:48
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Elegy (version for violin and piano)
- Duration
- 13:48
- Composer
- David Amram
- Performer
- Elmira Darvarova, Thomas Weaver
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10 No. 1. Children of the American Bop Night 03:15
- Track
- 10
- Title
- No. 1. Children of the American Bop Night
- Duration
- 03:15
- Composer
- David Amram
- Performer
- Estelle Parsons, David Amram
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11 No. 2. So in America 02:21
- Track
- 11
- Title
- No. 2. So in America
- Duration
- 02:21
- Composer
- David Amram
- Performer
- Estelle Parsons, David Amram