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Excelsior / Fifth House Ensemble
Cedille

Excelsior / Fifth House Ensemble

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Details

Composer
SHAPIRO BATES BURHANS
Artist
FIFTH HOUSE ENSEMBLE
Format
CD
Label
Cedille
Released
Aug 12, 2014
Catalog #
CDR 148
UPC
735131914826

About

The Fifth House Ensemble of Chicago chamber-music group aims for the stratosphere with Excelsior, its adventurous debut album on Cedille Records. The title refers to an experimental, extreme-altitude U.S. Air Force project of the Cold War era. Excelsior presents world-premiere recordings of works by Caleb Burhans, recipient of commissions from Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall and the Library of Congress; prolific, award-winning composer Alex Shapiro; and Jesse Limbacher, winner of the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award. The disc also includes a work by Mason Bates, Chicago Symphony Orchestra composer-in-residence. Commissioned by Fifth House Ensemble, Burhans’ 30-minute title track depicts Captain Joseph W. Kittinger’s 1960 record-setting free fall and parachute landing from a height of more than 19 miles above the earth. Excelsior transports listeners through a seamless, ethereal blend of acoustic and electric instruments and voice, propelled by suspenseful, repeating motifs.

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 Perpetual Spark 06:53
    Track
    1
    Title
    Perpetual Spark
    Duration
    06:53
    Composer
    Alex Shapiro
    Ensemble
    Fifth House Ensemble
  2. 2 Air 06:08
    Track
    2
    Title
    Air
    Duration
    06:08
    Composer
    Jesse Limbacher
    Ensemble
    Fifth House Ensemble
  3. 3 I. The Continental Divide 04:18
    Track
    3
    Title
    I. The Continental Divide
    Duration
    04:18
    Composer
    Mason Bates
    Ensemble
    Fifth House Ensemble
  4. 4 II. Interstate 70 03:54
    Track
    4
    Title
    II. Interstate 70
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Mason Bates
    Ensemble
    Fifth House Ensemble
  5. 5 III. Zuni Visions from the Canyon Walls 04:34
    Track
    5
    Title
    III. Zuni Visions from the Canyon Walls
    Duration
    04:34
    Composer
    Mason Bates
    Ensemble
    Fifth House Ensemble
  6. 6 IV. Hoover Slates Vegas 03:50
    Track
    6
    Title
    IV. Hoover Slates Vegas
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    Mason Bates
    Ensemble
    Fifth House Ensemble
  7. 7 V. Running Dry on the Sonoran Floor 02:47
    Track
    7
    Title
    V. Running Dry on the Sonoran Floor
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Mason Bates
    Ensemble
    Fifth House Ensemble
  8. 8 Excelsior 30:57
    Track
    8
    Title
    Excelsior
    Duration
    30:57
    Composer
    Caleb Burhans
    Ensemble
    Fifth House Ensemble