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Fred Lerdahl, Vol. 4
Bridge Records

Fred Lerdahl, Vol. 4

$18.99

Details

Composer
LERDAHL, FRED
Artist
Various Artists
Format
CD
Label
Bridge Records
Released
May 14, 2013
Catalog #
BCD9391
UPC
090404939129

About

Volume 4 of Bridge’s Fred Lerdahl series offers music composed over a span of four decades. Three recent pieces, Spirals, Three Diatonic Studies, and Imbrications, are recorded here for the first time and two earlier works, Wake and Fantasy Etudes, are re-issues. Spirals is scored for an orchestra of double woodwinds, two horns, two trumpets, percussion, piano, and strings. The two movements are of equal length, the first fast and brilliant, the second slow and lyrical. Three Diatonic Studies originated in a commission from the Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival to write a variation based on the “Aria” of Bach’s Goldberg Variations. Lerdahl later added two other diatonic studies to form the present suite. The brief Imbrications was written in 2001 in honor of the composer Andrew Imbrie’s 80th birthday. The inspiration for Wake came from James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake. The work was composed at the request of the legendary soprano Bethany Beardslee and was composed while Lerdahl was in residence at the Marlboro Music Festival. Lerdahl composed Fantasy Etudes in 1985. The piece is in one movement and is scored, like Imbrications, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, and piano. The stunning performance here is by three-time Grammy-winning ensemble, eighth blackbird. Fred Lerdahl’s music is highly esteemed for having developed original harmonic syntaxes and formal processes, presented with expressive depth.

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 I. — 09:09
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. —
    Duration
    09:09
    Composer
    Fred Lerdahl
    Ensemble
    Odense Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Scott Yoo
  2. 2 II. — 09:43
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. —
    Duration
    09:43
    Composer
    Fred Lerdahl
    Ensemble
    Odense Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Scott Yoo
  3. 3 No. 1. Chasing Goldberg 02:02
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 1. Chasing Goldberg
    Duration
    02:02
    Composer
    Fred Lerdahl
    Performer
    Mirka Viitala
  4. 4 No. 2. Cyclic Descent 03:41
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 2. Cyclic Descent
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Fred Lerdahl
    Performer
    Mirka Viitala
  5. 5 No. 3. Scalar Rhythms 02:31
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 3. Scalar Rhythms
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Fred Lerdahl
    Performer
    Mirka Viitala
  6. 6 Imbrications 02:31
    Track
    6
    Title
    Imbrications
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Fred Lerdahl
    Ensemble
    Argento Chamber Ensemble
    Conductor
    Michel Galante
  7. 7 Wake 15:47
    Track
    7
    Title
    Wake
    Duration
    15:47
    Composer
    Fred Lerdahl
    Performer
    Bethany Beardslee
    Ensemble
    Boston Symphony Chamber Players
    Conductor
    David Epstein
  8. 8 Fantasy Etudes 13:15
    Track
    8
    Title
    Fantasy Etudes
    Duration
    13:15
    Composer
    Fred Lerdahl
    Ensemble
    Eighth Blackbird